Doctor davis drew on his experience this morning when he spoke to 450 High Schoolers ever so effectively. Hes taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures weve had thus far in this series. And hes been so very conscientious in communicating with us about what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. Im not sure i can do justice to his passion for the civil war in the Atlanta Campaign. His pieces have appeared in a number of scholarly and popular publications, including the civil war times illustrated and the georgia historical quarterly. He was the book review editor for blue and gray magazine for 11 years. His 2001 book, atlanta will fall, is highly respected. And his most recent book, what the excuse me what the yankees did to us, shermans bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been described as one expert as the most wellresearched and detailed account ever written about the fall of atlanta. In 2013, the Georgia Writers Association
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome under secretary of state, patrick kennedy, former secretaries of state [inaudible] [applause] good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the groundbreakinger is mopeny for the new United States Diplomacy Center. We are celebrating the start of construction of the center, a state of the art museum and educational resource that will ill straight the department of states 225year history of supporting our Nations National security efforts. As undersecretary of state for management, my office has long supported this project. I also suspect that i was asked to officiate today because i might be the only member of secretary kerrys Leadership Team who has actually worked for every single secretary of state in attendance, beginning with secretary kissinger. [applause] as a Career State Department employee, i have the privilege of representing the multitudes of civil and Foreign Service employees, americans and host nationals,
About the Atlanta Campaign than he does. Hes been a proud civil war the fourth he was in grade. He earned his undergraduate emory, hisistory at masters degree at the andersity of North Carolina emory. At davis drew on his experience this morning when he spoke to 450 High Schoolers ever effectively. Hes taken it upon himself to attend virtually all of the eight lectures weve had thus far in this series. And hes been so very conscientious in communicating what he wanted to say to you tonight and to our students earlier today. Im not sure i can do justice to for the civil war in campaign. A his pieces have appeared in a popularf scholarly and publications, including the civil war times illustrated and the georgia historical quarterly. He was the book review editor magazine forgray 11 years. His 2001 book, atlanta will highly respected. And his most recent book, what the excuse me what the yankees did to us, shermans bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been described as one expert as
Ground breaking center. Located at the state department. The museum is dedicated to demonstrating the importance of diplomacy of American History. This is about 50 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome under secretary of state patrick kennedy. Former secretaries of statstate. Accompanied by the secretary of state john kerry. [applause] good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone here today for the Ground Breaking ceremony for the new United States Diplomacy Center. A state of the art museum and education resource that will illustrate the department of states 225 year history of supporting our Nations National security efforts. I suspect that i was asked to officiate today because i might be the only remember of secretary kerrys Leadership Team that has actually worked for every single secretary of state in attendance, beginning with secretary kissinger. [applause] as a Career State Department employee, i have the privilege of representing the multitudes of civil
Introduce dr. Davis. Knows moree anyone about the Atlanta Campaign than buff,s, a proud civil war as he told our students today. E earned his undergraduate and his phd at emory, where he focused on civil war. He taught High School History for several years and drew on that this morning. And has been conscientious about communicating to us what he wanted to say. His pieces have appeared in a number of scholarly publications. He was the book review editor for 11 years and his 2001 book, atlanta will fall, highly and his most recent book, what the excuse me what the yankees did to us, shermans bombardment and wrecking of atlanta, has been described as one expert as the most wellresearched and detailed account ever written about the fall of atlanta. In 2013, the Georgia Writers Association recognized dr. Davis with its author of the year award in the category of history. At round tables across the country, he is a highly soughtafter speaker. Were honored to have this lover of the civil war