Considered to be the definitive work on that subject. Lets market welcome james morgan. Mr. Morgan good morning, everyone. I will be moving around. We are good on sound back there . All, our topic, our theme really is a small battles and big results. Balls bluff meets those criteria. Very small battle. 1700 men on each side. The numbers were almost dead even. Tomakes it really amusing read the officers after action reports because on both sides they insist that they were terribly outnumbered by the other side. Numbers were dead even. At every point of contact during the day as the numbers are increasing up to the ultimate 1700, at every point of contact the numbers are fairly close. Small battle. Wasral Charles Stone who the Union Division commander after the war wrote to one of the first historian chroniclers of the war. He said balls bluff was like an unremarkable morning skirmish. That is what it was. If it had been bought fought in 1864, it may not even been named. In 1861. Ff was
So let me remind you of how the festival works. We are going to happen author speak now for 30 minutes, followed by a ten minute q a, and then i walk the author out to the front of the Visitors Center to sign books, and you can purchase her book and a new deal bookstore and then meet the author and discuss the book even more. So our next author today is sandra bolzenius. She is a teacher and a story. For two decades she lived abroad first as a soldier in the United States army serving in germany and later as a teacher in International Schools in europe, africa and asia. She earned her doctorate in history at Ohio State University where our focus on gender, africanamerican history, gender and African American history link to the publication of a book glory in their spirit how four black women took on the army during world war ii. She is active in the National Grassroots movement moved to amend. For occupation, travels state of the net is reflector interest in the dynamics of gender, rac
Campaign 2020. Watch our live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind, cspans campaign 2020, youre an filtered view of politics. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelt reading festival. My name is Kirsten Carter and im her head of the archives department. We are pleased to host such Wonderful Group of authors this year, one of our favorite events. If you enjoy this event and would like to support the library we encourage you to become a member and you can do that online anytime or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. Let me remind you how the festival works. We are going to have another speak now for 30 minutes followed by a 10 minute question and answer period and then i will walk the author out to the front of the Visitor Center to sign books and you can purchase the book in our new deal bookstore and meet the author and discuss the book even more. O today is Sandra Bolzenius teacher and historian. For two decades she lived a
Welcome i am in the Archives Department of labor. We are so pleased to host such a Wonderful Group and one of her favorite events. And you can do that online anytime or in the hallway today. So let me remind you of how the festival works, we will have an author speak no for 30 minutes followed by a ten minute question and answer. And then i will walk the author to sign books and you can purchase the book and meet the author and discuss the book even more. Sorry first author is sandra, she is a veteran teacher industry and, for two decades she lived abroad in the United States army germany, and a leader as International School of europe, africa and asia. She and her doctorate in history, ohio state university. Her focus on gender, African American history, and the publication of her book, glory in the spirit, how for black women took on the army in world war ii. She is active in the National Movement in the bill of rights effort to protect ohios natural resources. Her occupation, travel
Terrorism, north korea and iran and spoke last night at George Washington university. Good evening. Im not here very often but a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community and you have all seen his background and the title to discuss his intelligence career. And hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper and great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government and overseas as well and maybe its not listed but someone can ask him a question to tell him about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon. And i was a little bit scared of him when i first encountered him but m