Alexandria, virginia. To start off the afternoon, please welcome philip green wall. Philip is the cofounder of emerging revolutionary war and the fulltime contributor to emerging civil war. He is the author or coauthor of two volumes in the American Revolutionary war series, and three volumes in the emerging civil war series. One of his books as downstairs, as well. Phil graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history from wheel and Jesuit University and has a graduate degree in American History from george mason university. He is currently a supervisor and park ranger with the National Park service in florida. You can ask him about the fun things he may have seen recently there. With, that let us learn a bit about why someone would want to burn down boston. laughs applause i will move the microphone up. I am a park ranger in the everglades. Dont bring any snakes. I know that was a big concern. Did you but todays top is centered on something farther north. Being a Baltimore Orioles
I am president of the womans memorial foundation, im a retired Major General from the army we are at the womans memorial in arlington cemetery. It is the only major memorial that is dedicated to women who served their country. We have over 3 million women who have worn the uniform of the United States. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people lined memorial avenue, from the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war one, through to the current time in 1996. The memorial is on 4. 2 acres of park service lent. Behind me, you can see the headstone of Arlington National cemetery. That surrounds the park service lent. The memorial is composed of Education Center, the court of valor, a terrace that has glass tablets with quotations about women and buy women. There is a pool where we have ceremonies them, especially on memorial day, for women who have fallen. Theres a line going from the Lincoln Memorial, you can see it as it comes up Memorial Drive with stones. As it goes th
We the people podcast and i cant wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Thank you so much for having me. And Edward Larsen holds the hue and hazel darling chair in law and is University Professor of history at pepperdine university, he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history and coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partnership. It is great to welcome you to the National Constitution center. Thanks for having me back if only virtually. Well it is just great. And im so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you in the spirit of louie brandize, let us reason together, let the learning begin. Okay. Ed, lets begin with you because you have this powerful pairing of the two founders you consider the first among the founders, washington and franklin. You note that they are labelled first and second in the most famous portrait o
The 18th century converging with the 20th century, we can be hightech about this. I feel much the same as does my wife because i have been a long time reenactor, you can see me dressed as an officer in the army. I battled three times in sweltering heat like today, and there i am speaking twice for the Alexander Hamilton awareness society. You can also say he was helping to found american industry. Were just west of paterson falls where he worked with that, of course. Washington crosses the delaware, a famous scene on christmas night into the morning of the 26th. A large life side paintize pain. Here is one that came out and debuted at the New York Historical society. You can see it was at nighttime, a different kind of craft, a cannon, maybe hamiltons. Not good weather. Similarly, another painter who is now retired, this is another painting, victory or death. ; and there they are, in the Early Morning light, trudging through the ice and the snow. You can imagine how cold they must ha
All needed this is true all of the country new yorks mayor criticizes the trumpet ministration of the city records 758 new fatalities whatever of people dying in spain rises for the 1st time in 3 days more than 600 patients died in the last 24 miles. After spending so not trying to have a child for months and be able to be together with was devastating people around the world are struggling with being separated from their loved ones and with the pandemic. But other of people have died in the u. K. As a result of co that 19 is now past 10 thousands that thats as Prime Minister Boris Johnson has left the London Hospital where he was being treated he spent 3 nights in intensive care downing street says hes not going straight back to work in a video posted online the Prime Minister said it could have gone either way and he thanked and h. S. Staff for saving his life in the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure that the n. H. S. Is under. Ive seen the personal courage not just of t