Good evening im the exec difficult director of the society of the cincinnati. Its my inestimable is pleasure to introduce our speak this evening. This is his book, he is going to talk to us about it. The book is the road to concord. Or how four stolen cannon ignited the revolutionary war. He will defend that premise for us a bit later, but i want to tell you what my reaction to this book is. Ive had the opportunity to read it already. Its one of three books i read cover to cover. I dont read it quickly. The reason is, first, it is extremely well written. It is graceful prose of an oldfashioned sort, and it is wonderfully researched, what i was taught in graduate school to refer to as a revisionist work of history, that is all good works of history if theyre original are revisionist in some way, but hes telling us a new story about the coming of the revelation in massachusetts. This book is a reflection of two things. One really good oldfashioned history writing of a kind that we dont s
The conflict that took place in and around boston, massachusetts prior to the declaration of independence. Tonight, we are delighted to have derek back presenting the war of independence, 17 751776. Easily set a passion for military history which inspired him to start a career in the air force. In served as an officer and 2005, he earned a science degree from m. I. T. Where he fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. He later transitioned to the air force reserve and still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. His book received an Honorable Mention here in april. Wassecond book, the sequel released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [applause] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here come a very Historic Site and its cool to give a historic lecture at a i have twote stop books that tell the story of the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war, which i describe as the start of the action at the Boston T
To further pursue writing, he transferred to the air force reserve. Ignitingrst book, the American Revolution, review75 earned a great was released in april. His second book was released in may. Derek thank you all for coming. It is an honor to be here. A very Historic Site so it is pretty cool to give a historic lecture at an Historic Site. I have two books and they together tell the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war which i describe the start of the action at the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Then the first shots are fired and it ends with the siege of boston just beginning. It is kind of how book two starts. Both books are standalone, they can be read independently, but together they tell the entire boston campaign. Little bit more of who i am and the reason behind this book. I already kind of describe the details. When i joined the air force, i was stationed at Los Angeles Air force base and i started working on some short films on the weekend, took som
Far but so paul revere and William Dawes and another rider from concord, they meet up on the road and this rider goes to concord, tells his brother and then the network just spreads. And its theres hundreds of riders by the end. Its just like gossip or anything, it just spreads. And it even reaches a little camp, a hunting camp in central kentucky, and they decide to name the camp after the first shot at lexington and that is lexington, kentucky. It takes weeks to get there but it only takes days to get down to new york and i dont remember the exact time. It might be within a day or two. But all the way down to georgia, within a couple of weeks, everyone pretty much knows about the first shot. So paul revere, he helped get started but William Dawes kind of goes home after the british capture paul revere but the Network Continues from concord on. So its really the people of concord [indiscernible] derek theres actually a poem about William Dawes that makes fun of the fact that longfello
Public school choice, to send their kids to a safe school. When you do make education the number one priority in our country antiqu and treat teachers like the professionals they are. Also this weekend at 8 00 eastern, cspan series the contenders, key figures who ran for the presidency and lost but changed political history. Tonight, the 1972 democratic nominee in former u. S. Senator from south dakota george mcgovern. We will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made it. That is my goal. That is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. Sunday, former texas businessman ross perot, who ran as an independent in both the 1992 and 1996 races. We must set the highest ethical and moral standards for the people who serve in our government. All that has got to be changed from rules of law in the next four years or we will stand at the gates and ke