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
That working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. These students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving these principles not only back into our government, but also into everyday society. These students have learned to the example of senator ford that those ideals and principles or what it takes to best serve your constituents and community as a public servant. The less than principles our students learn our ones they will use throughout their lives. They may be High School Students today, but they are also our nations in the states, and communities future leaders. On behalf of the ford center, i would like to welcome and recognize several of our dignitaries we have in attendance today. We have the honorable joseph mckinley, the honorable jeff taylor, the honorable david payne come and the honorable j wethington, mr. Joe boland and susan mile, jim gooch. Honorable mayor tom watson and city commissioners bob glenn and larry conder. Officials from
Before we begin, i would like to share our mission and the relevance it serves in our world today. As you all know, senator ford believed that students need a better understanding of how our government operates and that the principles by which he conducted his work, civil discourse, cooperation, and the willingness to compromise are vital to our nations future. In keeping with this mission, the center of established the Statesmanship Academy in 2012. The academy currently serves over 100 local Area High School students who have a passion for public service, enhancing their leadership skills, and for study the issues that face our communities, states, and nation. At the academy, we strive to teach these students to examine both sides of every issue, to learn how to respect another persons opinion, even when it may differ from their own, and that working together should not be assigned as weakness, but a sign of strength. These students are fully dedicated to the work and to reviving the
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the
Which will make it to air tonight. Casualty is on bbc one at 9 05pm tonight. Time for the all important weather with tomasz schafernaker. How is it looking . I hope you have your brolly with you. It is looking soggy in the south. We we re it is looking soggy in the south. We were teased with a little bit of sunshine earlier on. Many other parts of the country over northern england, scotland and northern ireland, there are sunny spells to be had. That will continue. Still there are showers around. A fair bit of cloud. But the Weather Front with the area of bad weather is across the area of bad weather is across the south. Rain in the south west. In wales, the midlands and the south, all over this portion of the country in 12 hours we will get rain and it will be breezy. By the end of the night, the rain will be in hull and newcastle, those sorts of areas. Tomorrow we get rid of one whether front, an area of low pressure here, and then from the morning onwards, showers coming in from the