Military affairs in United States military history. Hes also a fellow Department History alum from west point. And you know among others some comrades here. So joining him on this panel are two heavy hitters as well. Dr. John morrow you saw yesterday the Museum President ial counselor the franklin professor and chair of the History Department the university of georgia. Go dogs. Hes back and and joining him is associate professor of history at the university of new mexico, dr. Robert jefferson. To really lead us through this important topic. So on that adrian continued mission, right . Thank you. Appreciate that. Synonym to be its him. We are great. Thanks. Its an honor to be here. This is my third visit to the museum and every time i come its its grown. Its its mission has expanded. Its an exciting place and i i appreciate seeing that my father served in World War Two huey went ashore at normandy on the 14th day of the of the invasion and they served there for the rest of the war. My m
Military affairs in United States military history. Hes also a fellow Department History alum from west point. And you know among others some comrades here. So joining him on this panel are two heavy hitters as well. Dr. John morrow you saw yesterday the Museum President ial counselor the franklin professor and chair of the History Department the university of georgia. Go dogs. Hes back and and joining him is associate professor of history at the university of new mexico, dr. Robert jefferson. To really lead us through this important topic. So on that adrian continued mission, right . Thank you. Appreciate that. Synonym to be its him. We are great. Thanks. Its an honor to be here. This is my third visit to the museum and every time i come its its grown. Its its mission has expanded. Its an exciting place and i i appreciate seeing that my father served in World War Two huey went ashore at normandy on the 14th day of the of the invasion and they served there for the rest of the war. My m
Joint chiefs of staff. Chairman brown general brown spoke about civilrights, diversity and inclusion in the military. This is about 20 minutes. [applause] general brown thank you, and good morning. As president truman once said, occurs when courageous leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Today we are here to celebrate 75 years of progress, only possible because resident truman and his administration seized the opportunity to change things to make america better. An in order that made it possible for ordinary americans to have so many opportunities. Thanks to general scott for the kind introduction. Its an honor to have someone who knows my parents, someone who served with my father, introduced me. Thank you so much. I want to thank the Truman Library institute for the opportunity, and for everyone that has worked to make the truman civilrights symposium possible. Thank you all in attendance, not yesterday, but over the course of the past three days to help us
In the fields of flanders, because of the munitions, and one presumes because of death, those grounds then were disturbed, and those poppies began to grow. And so, the poppies then grew in amongst what is the killing fields. And so, then the poem in flanders field, was written. It began popularity in 1919 after the war in britain and then soon in the United States. Poppies began being sold as remembrance to raise funds for wounded veterans. When you come into the National World war i museum and memorial, as you mentioned, theres a bridge that takes you into the main galleries under which this glass bridge is a beautiful field of poppies, red poppies of flanders field. There are 9,000 blooms, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths. Its really an architectural masterpiece, i think, of the museum, very striking for visitors. Whats interesting is to see how Different Countries respond to that. Americans, theyre moved by the poem, theyre moved by the experience. Europeans or people from t
Germany entering into world war i. More than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tides of the global war bringing it to a close 18 months later on november 11th, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the museum in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours. Well take you on a tour of some of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians. As we open our program were joined in the museum by the president and ceo of museum matthew naylor. You have a lot of resources to preserving the memory. Why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont think you can think of the last 100 years, particularly in the United States, without understanding the impact of world war i. Thats true of countries right across the globe. Im an australian. Im an american as well. For australia its the defining moment rather