Join us tonight for american artifacts when we feature the Octagon House and the treaty of ghent. Years ago, the treaty of hent was signed in belgium, a neutral nation ending the war of 1812. Octagon house in washington, d. C. Where james february ined it in 1819. They took refuge in august where british burned the house. Well have that at 6 00 eastern artifacts on an cspan 3s American History tv. U. S. And of 1944, australia forces face the navy in the philippine sea. He fourday battle was one of the Largest Naval conflicts of world war two. James hornfischer details one of the roles. He was posthumously awarded the of honor by congress. The author is the author of world war ii history. Recorded at the u. S. Naval academy, this is about an hour. Good morning, welcome. The u. S. Ailey at naval institute. Its honored to gather on this important topic. Leaders in theme is action, ordinary people doing the extraordinary. I asked you all to sand up, please, for the pledge of allegiance. I
Time such a Death Penalty has been hounded out handed out. Appeals to higher courts are planned. It appears the spies are headed along a oneway street. The hotel in paris is official headquarters for general dwight d. Eisenhower, commander of the atlantic treaty forces. A guard is always on duty outside the door of the commanders office. The defense of the west is formally undertaken by the man already amos in europe for his leadership in world war ii. General eisenhowers First Official act in his headquarters is a military formality, and order announcing his assumption of command. His Historic Task gains new momentum as he issues general order number one with this formal announcement. Today, another significant step was taken in this process of ensuring our collective security. This headquarters, formally and officially, assumed Operational Command of all forces allocated by are several countries to the defense of europe. The big town opens its heart to a visiting chief executive from
We will hear about the tools that sailors on both sides of the conflict used to dominate the sea. The Octagon House in washington, d. C. , where the treaty of dad was signed 200 years ago hosted this event. It is about 25 minutes. Welcome hearing i am kyle dalton, the administrator. I am also the author of a blog. Today, i am going to be talking about the United States navy, the war of 1812 and navigation. All three of these topics intersect at the Octagon House. The eldest son of the owners of the house, john taylor iv, was enlisted in the navy in 1890 as a midshipman. It was his responsibility to learn the trade of sailors and officers, to learn how to command ships, and how to work them. The United States navy was surprisingly effective in the war of 1812. I say surprisingly because people did not really expected. Thomas jefferson aimlessly said that capturing canada would be a mere matter of marching. He also thought very little of our navy. We could not stand up against the might
From 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the American Civil War is and how monumental the event was in American History. I made the point last time we met that the American Civil War was from 18611865 the casualties were 2 of the population. If you all take that for two today, that would be the equivalent of the 19th century population 2 , how many fatalities today if the u. S. Was in a war . 6 million. Jennifer murray 6 million americans would be the rate if we had 2 of the population killed today in an american war. The American Civil War left no one untouched. The American Civil War became created suffering. It was no one was left untouched. What we want to look at for our conversation today is the legacy of the American Civil War. How northerners remember the civil war, how veterans commemorate it, how southerners deal with defeat. How x co
Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to American Fashion and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand damme very much behind the scenes in the political field again. As henry clay famously said, everybody loved mrs. Madison. And then, of course, her equally famous response, thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Court Dolley Madison came to her the Dolley Madison came to her servic