Preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life and history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and historys 104th annual conference. We have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Louder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca s
Conference. Have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Lowder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca speaks up for our parks, all on capitole, hill. Our advocacy work cannot be done without partners. Forave partnered together decades to make sure the National Park system tells the story of all americans, from preserving a critical chapter in the Civil Rights Movement with the designation of
He would fight but he never wanted to be captured like cornwallis was at yorktown or. In was in saratoga. He wanted to avoid that kind of disaster. That would have ended the revolution. So he would always want to live to fight another day in his battles and the important thing was to keep the revolution going and keep the army in the field and i believe new jersey and general entrance and in particular was very instrumental in helping him accomplish that goal. It served the Continental Army as a hospital right where we are standing here to barracks. The barracks was an Army Hospital during the revolution. Its where washington made one of his major sort of innovations at that time i inoculating all of his troops against smallpox and saved his army which might have been wiped out in 1776, not by the british but by the smallpox. He played a role in that. In addition trenton because of his location between new york and philadelphia, was a major supply depot and the army needed food and tre
Citys role during the american revolution. Trenton is very important during the revolution. Thats something that people only think about when they think about the battle of trenton is and be they recognize that that was important, that was a turning point, major turning point. It actually was a time that sort of saved the revolution at that point early in the war and allowed it to continue. It might have just filzed out if it hadnt been for the battle of trenton. But trenton goes way beyond in importance to just that one battle. Washington spent more time in new jersey than any other state during the revolution, and and his army spent a lot of time here. And the people of trenton themselves, the craftsmen who loved here, the merchants who lived here, just everybody this trenton wound up playing a role in the war to support Washingtons Army, to support the cause in various ways. Washington wanted to avoid at all costs the kind of military action that would threaten the existence of his
For six years we traveled to u. S. Cities bringing the book scene to our viewers. Watch more of our visits at c spab. Org slash cities tour. Back in 2008, the brooklyn anniversary th party that the city of new york threw. And mayor bloomberg presided over it and he said that the Brooklyn Bridge was the icon of new york city. And hes absolutely correct because if you look at television, or read magazines, its very hard to watch tv and not see repeated images of the Brooklyn Bridge. It really is the icon of new york city. And it originated here in trenton. John was born in 1806 in prussia which later became part of germany. The town he was born in is about 100 kilometers southwest of berlin. When he came here, he had a first class Engineering Education in germany by some of the best architects and engineers in europe and he arrived here just as america was taking off in terms of the industrial revolution. And there were very few train engineers here. Trained engineers here. So he showed