economy so keep that in mind today. you are your purchasing dollars account for events like this. introducing steve vogel. our student daughter and guess today is steve vogel, the author of through the perilous fight: 6 weeks that saved the nation and he also wrote a book called the pentagon. he has written extensively about military affairs and the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. is reported about the war in afghanistan was part of a package of washington post stories selected as finalists for the 2002 pulitzer prize. he covered the september 11th, 2001, terrorist attack on the pentagon and subsequent reconstruction. he also covered the first gulf war and the war in iraq. in addition to the u.s. military operations in the balkans, rwanda and somalia please welcome steve vogel. [applause] thank you very much, thank you. we will make this instead of a lecture make this more of a conversation about steve s book. you might have noticed the s
was going on. there will be a number of activities in blaine sburg, washington navy yard on sunday, they are going to be holding a couple of events and also in leesburg where the valuable american papers such as the declaration of independence, some government clerks, people who are often reviled these days took upon themselves. wasn t members of congress who saved these precious american documents, it was clerics who took upon themselves to save this material. .. when the british fleeing for his life on a horse. by himself for the first day, no militia guarding him until the following day. he ends up in maryland, a quaker village, for a phone that would begin string together his government together and takes the steps that insured the capturee of washington would non turn into the disaster as the oheye h fall of the united states. they re holding events the oullowing weekend. c and, of course, stuff in baltimore over star-spanglednne banner weekend and the first two sh weeks
with security established, the first lcm was signaling to come in. johnston lent a hand in tying it to the bank. the battalion was now ready to begin its basic mission, construction of the sdc post following the plan drawn up by johnston and his counterpart. the wall of the triangular post would be of mud, would become almost hard as concrete when it dried. a blockhouse was constructed at each corner of the triangle. captain kahn personally supervised many phases while johnston was everywhere, observing and advising. one of his recommendations was for use of conner is tina wire. their joint plan also included the digging of a most surrounding this entire post. construction was inter erupted by fire from the v.c.s. casualties were sustained by both sides. this sdc soldier received mortar fragments and an armored mortar killed this soldier. viet cong harassing fire during the post s construction led to a disagreement between adviser and counter part when johnston recommended cl
and u.s. capitol building. historians recently discussed the battle in bladensburg, maryland. they are introduce d by rushern baker. i want to welcome everyone to this roundtable discussion on the war of 1812. we re certainly happy to have you in bladensburg, maryland, in the county of prince george s county. you know, i am the county executive of prince george s county rushern baker and i get the pleasure of doing something i love to do and that s talking about history and the role the state and county place. i want to welcome our c-span audience who may be watching today on this 200th anniversary of the battle at bladensburg, which i think is tomorrow, the 200th anniversary. as i said i majored in history at howard university so this is going to be a really fun day for me and i m looking forward to hearing from our panel of experts. normally you hear elected officials talk a lot, this is the most you ll hear me so we ll get to those who are here who are experts and enligh
200 years ago on august 24th, 1814, british forces burned the capitol building, president s house, and most federal buildings. next, author of through the perilous fight uses the boat to take us on a river tour of the burning of washington. this program is about 90 minutes. i ve had a boat on the potamic, oh, about 30 years. it s a great way to see the city. it looks really like a different city as seen from the water. lots of people think of the potamic as an obstacle to cross on the way to d.c., like a commuter obstacle, but it s the reason that the city is where it is, and it s one of the most remarkable urban rivers in the country, i think. well, we re in the middle =f the river off port washington, maryland, about eight or nine miles south of washington. more than anything, this the waterways really define the attack on washington and the ultimate attack on baltimore. this british were really making good use of the waterways, chez peak bay, the rivers, and by 1813,