I respect so much about john is he started his military career as a pfc and has worked his way up through the ranks and has a an incredible perspective and hell share a little bit of his. Personal experience and how thats sort of launched. Interest in this question of military discipline in the American American style of military discipline that rose out of the experience of the Continental Army now Lieutenant Colonel scully is certainly no stranger to the museum. Hes a regular presence down here. Up until the present unpleasantness with coronavirus we were accustomed to regular visits from sean and his cadets. History department coming down to visit the museum to kind of use it as a live learning laboratory. They came down when in january of 2018. We unveiled our exhibition among his troops, washingtons war tent in newly discovered watercolor. And actually were it was wonderful to be able to show those cadets and original watercolor a panoramic painting of west point painted in the su
A position she has held since 2003. She had the Museum Program including collections, exhibition and interpretation. She has researched 18thcentury American History and material culture for more than 15 years and has curated numerous exhibitions for the society in addition to contributing. Exhibitionsng to mounted by mount vernon and washington antique show. She holds a ba in history and a masters of history and a significant exam studies from the university of delaware. Heres emily. [applause] all of you for coming. This is one of the most fun parts of my job is to delve into and explore objects in our collection, portrait in particular like this one, a favorite of mine. This one is, as you are seeing, sort of in its unvarnished, new to us state. You will have an opportunity to take a look closely when we are done, its an oil portrait of colonel James Delancey, a native new yorker who commanded troops during the revolutionary war against the cause for american independence. Not decide
Weve got an lot of national recognition. We need to do more of it. But thats just one example. Educational achievement is much higher with white young people as opposed to black folks. And poverty is much higher in the black community than in white community. We do have a long way to go. Weve made tremendous strides in this city. And im very proud of that fact. Im proud to be a memphian. But because i have such pride in the city, i want us to do even better. Announcer you can watch this and other perhaps on the history of communities across the ountry at c span. Org tour. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. During the American Revolution who fought against patriot forces in the new york city area. The society of the cincinnati recently acquired an oil painting of de lancey. Next on American History tv. The societys Deputy Director Emily Parsons december plays the painting and talks about the life and career of de lancey. His is about 45 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to t
he ll share a little bit of his. personal experience and how that s sort of launched. interest in this question of military discipline in the american american style of military discipline that rose out of the experience of the continental army now lieutenant colonel scully is certainly no stranger to the museum. he s a regular presence down here. up until the present unpleasantness with coronavirus we were accustomed to regular visits from sean and his cadets. history department coming down to visit the museum to kind of use it as a live learning laboratory. they came down when in january of 2018. we unveiled our exhibition among his troops, washington s war tent in newly discovered watercolor. and actually we re it was wonderful to be able to show those cadets and original watercolor a panoramic painting of west point painted in the summer of 1782 by air charles law fault. he also unveiled special app kind of virtual view of west point in the era of revolutionary war here a
he started his military career as a pfc and has worked his way up through the ranks and has a an incredible perspective and he ll share a little bit of his. personal experience and how that s sort of launched. interest in this question of military discipline in the american american style of military discipline that rose out of the experience of the continental army now lieutenant colonel scully is certainly no stranger to the museum. he s a regular presence down here. up until the present unpleasantness with coronavirus we were accustomed to regular visits from sean and his cadets. history department coming down to visit the museum to kind of use it as a live learning laboratory. they came down when in january of 2018. we unveiled our exhibition among his troops, washington s war tent in newly discovered watercolor. and actually we re it was wonderful to be able to show those cadets and original watercolor a panoramic painting of west point painted in the summer of 1782 by a