Good evening and welcome to tonights lecture. After the lecture, there will be a q a and book signing. The views of the author do not viewsarily represent the of the museum or the state of new york. We present Glenn Williams tonight who will present dunmores war the last conflict of the colonial american area. Aboutthe author of a book the campaign against the air courier and holds a phd from the university of michigan. I would now like to welcome him. Glenn thank you for that kind introduction. I have to add you heard up i worked on military history. This was done on my own time. It does not reflect the center ,f military history views either. I would like to thank the museum and the sons of the revolution for inviting me here. I love coming here. I talked your once before but every time i come to new york city i always try to find at least one reason, one connection. As you can see, the talk is about dunmores war. It is james dr. John murray, the fourth earl of dunmore. Not John Duns
Thurgood marshall if you do not understand that he is not just a black man, but also a lawyer. Of law shapes his perception the world as much as the color of us. Her good used to say, i do not need to put my hand in front of my face to know what color i am. He knew he was black. He had grown up in a jim crow south. He has seen and traveled right , the law school destruction of the Community Segregation brought about. But at the same time, he had the lawyers lens by which he understood the situations and he gave them away to fight back. He further believed in the law. He believed in the constitution. He believed the american legal political cant do shall system was fundamentally the political constitutional system was fundamentally sound, but that it had a cancer on it. And that cancer was segregation. And that his job like a surgeon was to cut out the cancer and leave that cancer and what was left to be healthy. That is what drove him. Thurgood as a young man had the goody. He was a ha
Details the florida intercoastal waterway. William it wasnt it was built for anybody and everybody. Sailors, a lot of sailboats chargers steelers there were four principal investors in the waterway and they were all key businessmen in cain augustine. Saint augustine. They included dr. John wescott who was a medical doctor, a mineralogist, a surveyor. He was everything. In fact, in 1855, he was surveyor general of the whole state of florida. When it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida, dr. Wescott would know they needed about 100,000 in capital. Dr. Wescott put in 49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money. And the other three put in the balance, 51,000. Back then, in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something, to do almost anything, you had to get a charter from the state legislature. And in 1881, dr. Wescott was well known. It had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general, it had always been his dream
Officials are desperate to avoid violent clashes. Reporter they cited the incident that happened earlier this year. They want to make sure it doesnt happen again. It is a leisurely afternoon. If you look behind me you can see several dozen officers are staging on that side. Behind our Camera Position you can see they are doing the same thing underneath the trees. Hopefully you can see that. They are moving Police Officers into place. I am told the securities and perimeter put in place between 4 30 pm and 5 pm. In order to get into this area you will have to need one of these things. A ticket. Otherwise they wont let you in. That is between 4 30 pm and 5 pm this afternoon you need a ticket to get into this area. Otherwise you will be kept from the area. Thats take a look at our video. Heather talked about the trouble they are bracing for. Official started moving barriers into the campus early this morning. This is and anticipation of counterprotest. Uc berkeley Police Officers we cannot
Barth. I am a history professor at Arizona State university. With two very stellar what was programs. There they are, on the screen. The school of historical, philosophical and religious studies. Quite a mouthful. We call it shippers. Also, the center for political thought and leadership. Or ptl, another stellar program. If this lecture intrigues you, you should check out our center. We are doing big things. Finally, if you are interested in learning more about yours truly, www. Professorbarth. Com. You can read about me on that website. A generation of politicians has passed. Alexander hamilton died in a dual in 1804. James madison pictured there on the right retired from politics and dies in 1836. John adams at Thomas Jefferson die on the same day, july 4, 1826. 50 years to the day of the signing of the declaration of independence. Pretty incredible. You cant make Something Like that up. America is changing. A market revolution is sweeping the young republic. Mass commercialization.