Really a grans sed sense of his biology. Last time we were looking at his youth. A youth that we say is often times wrapped in romance, in myth, it is hard to get at. It is a period where it is least documented and it is an interesting period. But of course he is most known to americans and perhaps to folks around the world as a great military commander. The general that led the americans through the american war for indense and eight long years of war. And his identity as a warrior is a crucial one. Thinking about who is George Washington, how did he think of himself, as, and why does it matter today. He is still studied regularly in the great military disciplines well as the war college. Washington is a fundamental figure in the establishment of american tradition of leadership in arms. He was the first officer of the American Army. The United States army dates its on birth to his service. And the Continental Congress of him taking over the army that we will talk about a little bit.
Welcome to todays lecture on Franklin Delano roosevelt. The man generally considered by historians to be the greatest president of the 20th century and even beyond that. Throughout all of American History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, orld war ii. There has been a long and ngoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that ranklin d roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go alon
My name is Chris Mackowski, editor in chief of emerging civil war. Delighted to have you with us. Our first speaker today is derrick maxfield. Hes an associate professor and batavia new york, hometown of emory upton for those of you who are from spots of india. Derek has recently earned fame for his brand new book as part of the emerging civil war series. It is called hellmira, the unions most notorious prison of war camp in elmira, new york. Thank you very much, im very pleased to be here to talk about my latest project. Prisoner of war camps in general have been quite a surprise to me. Ive studied the civil war since i was quite young and i knew the length of the tragedy during the civil war. But it was eyeopening to me the extent of the humanitarian crisis that unfolded over the course of those four bloody years. Over 56,000 died in prisoner of war camps over that time. Just over 500,000 incarcerated in total. Although we understand that this is just a small number of casualties con
Civil war virtual symposium. Glad to have you with us. My name is chris mackowski. Our next speaker today comes to us from our sister site, emerging revolutionary war. Mark maloy is a historian with the National Parks service. This is the civil war, mark. So we decided we would let him come talk about for sometime because its as close as we can get in the war to the revolutionary war era. I say all that because mark is a delightful historian and wonderful guy. I wish i could get him to laugh on you. Is most distinctive feature is his laugh, which we love to get him pumped up and going. We are delighted to have him today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumner. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. [laughs] its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We love to have done it in person, but being able to do a digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it as well. As chris mentioned, my main passion is the Ame
And republican candidate scott held this seat after winning the Congressional Election in 2015. Prior to serving in congress, he represented Virginia Beach in the house of delegates. Taylor served overseas as a navy seal sniper. He received a bachelors and a masters degree in International Relations from harvard. The debatemoderate is National Political reporter joe st. George. He has covered National Politics for a number of years. Thank you for being here. Joe should be a fascinating hourlong discussion. My job is quite simple. Ask questions on the minds of voters as they vote. We know plenty of virginians are already voting. My second job, enforce the rules. 90 second answers, 62nd report 60 secondrt rebuttals. First, opening statements. Congresswoman luria, you won the coin toss. Rep. Luria thank you so much for hosting this important conversation tonight. Luria. Is elaine im currently your representative in the virginia Second District. Im a 20 year navy veteran. I served in the o