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Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles. The first thing is diplomacy. In the seven years war britain had allies. During the war for american independence they ....
Cases. Their descendants came to talk about their experiences in those crucial cases. And now were going to hear about what every american should know about the Constitutional Convention and the founding documents from the person in america whos done more to increase Public Awareness of those documents than anyone else. David rubenstein has had an extraordinary career. Early on in washington, he worked as chief counsel for the Senate Judiciary committee under bey, and itor birch bo want to take a moment to honor senator bey, whos about to turn 90. He was the only living american who was central to the framing of two constitutional amendments, the 25th amendment involving president ial disability, and the 26th amendment giving 18yearolds the right to vote. So, if you would, please join me in expressing appr ....
Across the region. At thisngering showers time, even a few snow showers to the west. Not looking for any accumulation, but if you are watching in marshall and middleburg, looking at a little bit of sleet mixing in with the showers. Early tomorrow morning, waking up at pickup time, 41 degrees. Recess, the kids will be outdoors, middle 40s is the high, eventually near 50 degrees. Coming up, a warmup, near 60 degrees on the 10day outlook. I will tell you when coming up. Jonathan the Severe Weather bringing you down trees, strong wind bringing down wires, contributing to flooding. Tom roussey is live in Braddock Heights, frederick county. Tom, what are you seeing . Interesting, its if you go down two miles to the frederick city limits, they have not seen any ice problems. Slightly higher elevations, all kinds of ice on the side of the road, and they have had to do some work to ....