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was about 45 minutes. thank you, kelly, and want to thank the veterans affairs medical center here in cincinnati and the all-women s american legion post 644 for making it possible for me to be here today. and i want to make a special thank you to booktv for helping us spread the word about the long-buried treasure of america s military women. this program has given us an opportunity to tell you about a national treasure which has been all but completely absent with leave from america s historical memory. even when united states history was required as a summit in high school and subject in the high school and colleges and many universities, textbooks and courses had very little to say about women, how they had contributed to the winning of world war i, world war ii, the wars in korea and vietnam. as a writing team of a nurse and a psychologist, co-author dr. evelyn monahan, we have a combined 50 years of experience with the department of veterans affairs. now, you ....
march to trenton geared coming up, burn and more about that harrowing experience on christmas night in 1776. these are the: times that try men s souls. the summertime patriot will in this crisis shrank from his country, but he who stands now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. thomas payne will write the american crisis. it is published on december 19 in the pennsylvania journal. washington has it read to the soldiers to try to bolster morels. morale. the situation is dire due to the defeats washington has suffered. his recruitment is almost nonexistent. they need a victory. they need something positive going. washington is well aware, desperate for it. the victory at trenton, when they get it, will be a huge morale boost, confidence builder. the result will be recruitment. it will encourage men to come forward to join the army. this is the site where general washington on christmas night, and the continental army, landed. the boats would have been landed ....
washington has it read to the soldiers to try to bolster morale. the situation is dire due to the defeats washington has suffered. his recruitment is almost nonexistent. they need a victory. they need something positive going. washington is well aware, desperate for it. the victory at trenton, when they get it, will be a huge morale boost, confidence builder. the result will be recruitment. it will encourage men to come forward to join the army. this is the site where general washington on christmas night, and the continental army, landed. the boats would have been landed up and down the banks for some distance. the army crossed during the night. washington s army had about 2400 men, 18 cannons, 100 horses. washington was hoping to have everyone across by midnight. it wasn t until about 4:00 the next morning on december 26, the army was across and ready to march to trenton. the prelude to our story is the new york campaign in the summer and fall of 1776. the british lan ....
to learn more about its unique history. for six years now, we ve traveled to cities across the u.s., to explore their literary and historic sites. you can watch more of our visits at cspan.org/citiestour. trenton became the state capital in 1790. trenton was selected because of its location. even though we re not in the geographic center of the state as many state capitals are. we are situated on the delaware river, equal justice between north jersey and south jersey. it made sense for trenton, because trenton by 1790 was already a household name. it was made famous, of course, by george washington and the battle of trenton. crossing the delaware river, 1776. christmas night. it was also, however, a center of commerce. william trent had established trenton. as a port town. a river port town. he could sail his merchant ships up as far as this point. up to the fall lines of the delaware. so it made sense to bring state government here as well in 1790. the building reall ....
propert property. a jersey shore. day at the beach takes an ugly turn. now, fox 29 news at 10:00. we begin with the developing story from the shore tonight. instead of watching over people in the water. life guards at ocean city were fending off an attack on the 4th of july. thanks for joining us. i m iain page i m lucy noland. it turned to family friendly atmosphere on independence day to an all-out brawl. let s get to chris o connell live in ocean city. reporter: if you know ocean city, you know, it s a dry town does not sell alcohol and known for family friendly severe. all of that changed yesterday. during a drunken beach brawl that landed five guys in jail. fox 29 obtained exclusive video of the 4th of july beach melee in ocean city where police say their own officers and life guards were assaulted. part of the video you see in ocean city police officer on the bottom of the pile. big scene on the beach, 4th of july weekend and this is ocean city, we re ....