1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight, we are on location at ashland henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great
Museum and memorial symposium. Good morning. Am not and it is my pleasure to welcome you, thank you for coming out to what i think is going to be an extraordinary couple of days as we came together and learning at this of speaking together and learning at this symposium. We are delighted to work with so many partners to create another exceptional opportunity for us. I hope it will take the time to spend time in the galleries. The special exhibition piece with 19 from 1919 fits with this piece. Preparing for the opening of a new exhibition, the vietnam war, 19451975. That opens next weekend, so this is a teaser. We invite those of you who are able to come back to memorial day weekend of year to come back and take in an exceptional exhibition that also provides the link sent helps people understand the enduring impact of the war and world war i. And how it contributed to the vietnam war. There iskes us is that a continuum and growing interest in world war i and its enduring impact. I am
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. My name is matt miller. I service the president and ceo here at the national War One Museum immemorial it is my pleasure to welcome you here to what i think its going to be an extraordinary couple of days to thing together and learn at the symposium. We are delighted to be house need networking with so many partners to create yet another, i think, exceptional opportunity for us. Whilst you are here, i hope that you take time to spend some time in the galleries. The special exhibition, piece 1919, certainly fits with this theme and he will enjoy that as well as our main galleries where we are preparing for the opening of a new exhibition this week on the vietnam war, 1945, 1975. That is not open until next weekend so its a teaser for you. But we invite those of you who are able to come back through the next several months 30 memorial day weekend of next year to come back and take in really quite exceptional exhibition that also provides the links and
Some say that you can see into the future by looking at the past, and ireland acts as a land bridge between both. This forwardthinking country has taken the concept of modernized tradition to create a destination full of exploration that somehow feels familiar. Its so welcoming. The second you get here, you feel like its home. [music playing] lauren scala our journey begins in dublin, part of irelands ancient east where theres so much to see and do. And after hitting the streets, you may be surprised by the abundance of nature surrounded by historic landmarks and luxe hotels. What is it about dublin that makes it such a special city . Dublin is defined by its people, and that gives it its vibrancy and the immense sense of history and culture that we have here. Lauren scala but i took the road less traveled to the liberties. Known for being the home of guinness, this is one of dublins oldest neighborhoods while also being the site of whats to come for future generations. What makes this
Dr. James perry, one of our eminent strategist, codirector of the institute, and will discourse, opening setting the stage for the remarks that most of us will be making for the rest the day. Jim, the stage is yours. [applause] thisy i realize morning that i probably made too many slides, but we will get through as many as we can. What i want to do is discuss the endgame that almost was, because as we will see, by the end of differentre was a august 1945 and vision by roosevelt and truman. I am going to describe the strategy that roosevelt wanted to achieve, and leave it at that, and at the end of the day, we will discuss what truman wanted to achieve. I will discuss geography and logistics, roosevelts global strategy, the balance between the european and Pacific Theaters, and the opportunity theatermitments and one imposed on the other, discuss specific planning from 1942 to 1945, thinking about the warking, invasion as the developed. Logistics. Nd in the pacific, its tough. The Pacif