Celebrity activists talk about their causes. Former governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding fathers. On cspan 2 at 10 00 a. M. Eastern, venturing into the argument of good writing with steve pin ker. At 7 00 p. M. , pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. The fall of the berlin wall with cspan footage of president george w. Bush and bob dole, with speeches from president S John Kennedy and ronald reagan. At noon, fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they live. Of the times in which thn 10 00 news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats on Christmas Day on the cspan networks. For a complete schedule go to cspan. Org. American history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. Author katrine clay talks about royal cousins george v of ing gland, kaiser will hem. Of germany and nich
Hell share his work on ark kolg in 1914 and 1915. Please welcome andrew robbershaw. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for the invitation for the memorial. Thank you very much for turning out today. I hope to make this interesting. I want to look at a number of oh oh things. I want to look at a new discipline out of battlefield archaeology of the First World War and justify why we do it and look at case studies. Case studies relating the to individuals found on projects starting really in 2005, coming through at the last few years. Before i start, because this is a serious subject, i just want to start with a joke. Its the british way. I was asked to give a talk to the society of genealogists. They take themselves terribly seriously. Thats why im a member of family historians. Pi daughter is adopted, you see. The story i told them was based on that given in the 1920s or 30s by a british comedian called max miller. Max said when he was about 22 he went home, sough
Which came out in hard cover in 2008 and just released this year in paper back. He was given the prestigious honor of be ing named a fellow of the society of antiqaries in london. Hell share his work on ark kolg in 1914 and 9i1915. Please welcome andrew robbershaw. [ applause ] good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for the invitation for the memorial. Thank you very much for turning out today. I hope to make this interesting. I want to look at a number of oh oh things. I want to look at a new discipline out of battlefield arking yolg of the First World War and justify why we do it and look at case studies. Case studies relating the to individuals found on projects starting really in 2005, coming through at the last few years. Before i start, because this is a serious subject, i just want to start with a joke. Its the british way. I was asked to give a talk to the society of genealogists. They take themselveses seriously. Thats why im a member of family historians. Pi daughter i
Our first speaker today is catrine clay who had two years. From the 1980s to 2003 she was a writer, director and producer for the british broadcasting corporation, the bbc, where she directed numerous documentary skbroekts and worked as a produc producer. In her second career ms. Clay left the bbc to become a full time writer. Accomplished researcher and outstanding story teller. King kaiser czar is more closely tied to the topic today and recounts the lives of the three royal cousins, georgeie, willie and nicky who became king george v of great britain, Kaiser Wilhelm ii of germany and czar nicholas ii of russia. All relatives of queen victoria, three royal cousins. In a compelling exploration of oh family drama clay reveals how Family Dynamics had real historical significance, especially for world war i which toppled Kaiser Wilhelm the second, el killed czar nicholas ii and left only george v in place on his throne. Her book recounts the majesty and dysfunction of three royal boys tu
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