Back. We had a great session last night. This of course is the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. Were meeting at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Were very thankful to our sponsors. Richard c von hess foundation, and john am jeanne roe. Theres a long genie all itchy to this topic. It goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal for me. It starts with insight thats brought out in the exhibition that is celebrated, here the life and death of a irish soldier. This explores connections between the American Revolution and ireland through the eyes of st. George, both a soldier and. Artist not a fine artist, a caricaturist. Of course we know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot here among the staff at the museum can reveal a lot about culture. This is certainly a theme that comes up. About 30 years ago when i was a graduate student doing research for a dissertation chapter in edinburgh, there was another graduate student at the
There is a long genealogy, that is fair to say to this particular topic, which goes back more than a quarter century. Very personal to me. It starts with the insight, which is brought out in the exhibition, that we are celebrating and launching here, the life and death of an irish soldier. It explores connections between the american revolution, and ireland through the life of richard st. George, mann sore st. George, who was a soldier and artist. Not necessarily a fine artist, but a caricaturist. We know that satire and mockery, something we use a lot among staff at the museum of american revolution, cant reveal a great deal about culture. This is certainly a theme that this comes out in the exhibition. About 30 years ago, when i was a graduate student, doing research for a dissertation captain edinburgh, i spent a few summers in the scottish record office. There was another graduate student at the time who was calling up a lot of the same boxes and papers that i was. You start to hav
Programs pop. Global leaders, city, delight and united airlines, corporate partners, we would also like to thank our coorganizer, the young china watchers. It is a great flour be working with them for tonights program. Now it is my pleasure to welcome miss vicki lai, the cofounder and head of the new york chapter of young china watcher ford her brief remarks. [applause] good evening, everyone. Im vic year and lai and im the head of the young china watch america new york. Im behalf of the young chinaer watchers in new York Leadership Team who is in front, we would like to thank the Japan Society for this amazing opportunity to host this evening together. And thank you all for joining us. We have a fantastic evening for you. Our Organization Young china watchers is a Dynamic Group of china focuses young professionals. Through regular roundtables and talks with senior figures in the china academic policy and business communities, we provide a chance for engaged individuals to interact and
Carlisle barracks, pennsylvania previously a professor of military history at the school of advanced military studies at the Us Army Command and general Staff College at fort kansas. Hes also a veteran of the u. S. Army. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. From marquette. Hes the author of for liberty and the republic, the american citizen, a soldier, 1775 to 1861 and many, many other articles helping us understand in the development of the united states. Hes worked on his new book while he was a member of Washington Fellow on the washington libraries, fellow class of 2016 2017. I remember he would be out there in the reading room working and. I would yell at him faster, write faster. I want book. Ive been wanting this book for many, many, many. And so im delighted tonight to welcome and lets give him a big warm mount vernon welcome to discuss his new book, feeding Washingtons Army surviving the valley forge winter 78. Please join me in welcoming dr. Rick herrera. Rick. Pertinent to the. Th
Im lonnie stonitsch, the executive director of fan. And im honored to welcome you to tonights conversation between dr. Moiya mctier and dr. Chanda prescodweinstein. Then celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season this year. Can you believe that . And we are honored to have the robust support of dozens of schools, nonprofits, corporations, families and individuals from across the country. We are joyfully and deeply committed to our vision of an informed and Compassionate Community and. We achieve that by presenting fresh ideas that elevate minds, expand hearts, and make the world a better place. We have hundreds of videos of past events archived on our youtube channel, so please be sure to subscribe to get updates when new recordings are posted for some introductions. Moiya mctier is an astrophysicist folklorist and science communicator based in new york city. After graduating from harvard as the first person in the schools history to study both astronomy and mythology, dr. Mcteer earned h