France, and the entry of spain into the war. Arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause and the thech army and navy made yorktown victory possible. The stories of our nations early days cannot be told without reference to the national archives, diplomatic correspondence, treaties, military commissions, and more on the internet American Revolution. Will enlighten us about the roles france and spain played. Lets now hear from the panel. To lead the discussion we are happy to have rosemarys regarding, processor professor at george Mason University. Ferreiro, author of men and arms, teaches history and engineering at University George Mason University. Francois furstenburg, professor of history at Johns Hopkins university. His parents, are the furstenbergs here . Onyou have ever shopped st, it isut at fur furstenberg. Please welcome them. [applause] good evening. I from george zagar Mason University and we are thrilled to see you tonight. The first it
We are now standing outside in the garden and you can see the hatch where the tunnel ends. The bomb shelter is an interesting part of tudor houses history, helping to show the story of the family from the American Revolution to the cold war. It is a portion of the garage we will be opening for interpretation in the future, a project i am excited about. Weve only had a chance today to see a portion of our collection so i hope you will take a tour and experience the house. We are constantly highlighting different items from our 15,000 object collection, as well as as well as exhibits. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. American history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours and programs on the presidency. The civil war and more. Here is a clip from a recent program. One thing we should talk about would be nancy reagan and barbara bush. It is 1980. George h. W. Bush and Nancy Ronald Reagan run against each
War, Benjamin Franklin and other american envoys lobbied in france and spain. The papers of the Continental Congress contained the longrunning correspondence between congress and its envoys of envoys abroad. The american diplomats efforts were rewarded in the treaty of alliance and the treaty with france, and the entry of spain into the war in 1799. Arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause. And at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. The stories of our nations early days cannot be told without reference to the records here at the National Archives diplomatic correspondence, treaties, military commissions, and more documents on the International Side of the American Revolution. The two office we had here with us tonight will enlighten us about the roles france and spain played in our countrys formative years. So lets now hear from the panel. To leave the discussions on it, we are happy to have Rosemarie
American envoys lobbied the governments of france and spain. The american diplomats efforts were rewarded in the 1778 treaty of alliance and the entry of spain into the war in 1779. Arms and supplies from the spanish governor of louisiana aided the american cause and at the end of the war, the french army and navy made the yorktown victory possible. The stories are our nations early days cannot be told without reference to the records here at the national archives. Diplomatic correspondence, treaties, military commissions and more documents on the International Side of the American Revolution. The two authors we have with us will enlighten us about the roles france and spain played in our countrys formative years. So lets now hear from the panel. To lead the discussion today were happy to have a professor of history at George Mason University and the author of revolutionary backlash, women in politics in the early american republic. The author of brothers at arms, men and france of spa
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