Okay, everybody. Last class we were talking about outbreak of the American Revolution. We say all this. Tension is building in the spring of 1775 in april, general thomas gage sends troops into the country side, fighting breaks out at lexington and concord. As night falls about 20,000 americans descend on boston, lay siege to the city in this war nobody wants, been brewing for 12, 13 years has started. So today were going to talk whats call anybody take french . Am i pronouncing it right . Probably. Okay. Close enough. This is april 1775, so right after lexington and concord through the declaration of independence. This is sometimes called the Popular Uprising phase, okay . This is the year of the revolution that probably more people supported the war than any other one. Why do you suppose theres so much support for the war this year . Any ideas . Go ahead, isabel . They havent really started fighting it. They dont know what war is going to mean. Anybody else . Any ideas . Okay. This i
And its my pleasure to introduce dr. Arthur scott stephenson, the president and ceo of the museum of the American American revolution, who will be speaking tonight. His talk is entitled among his troops George Washingtons war tent and a mystic chords of memory. A native of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, scott scotts broad public history experience spans nearly three decades and has been marked by public and professional acclaim for his creative and innovative approaches to engaging audiences. He has developed and collaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs for numerous historical sites and organizations, including colonial williamsburg, the smithson in the canadian war museum, the National Park service, George Washingtons mount vernon, the heinz history center, and the museum of the other of the cherokee indian. From 2007 to 2018, scott led the development of the museum of the American Revolutions Award Winning exhibitions, multimedia experience as an educational programing, a
At the end of his extraordinary with suzanne and also Salman Rushdie challenged us to defend the First Amendment principle that we must protect the thought we hate, as Justice Holmes called it, and that in america, speech can only be banned if its intended to and likely to cause imminent violence. Thats the principle that comes the brandenburg case. It was articulated by brandeis in witney, and it makes america, as Salman Rushdie said the most speech protective country in the world. And on our first panel, were going to explore the history of that shining idea with three of americas greatest history wins of freedom of speech. And im so excited for the conversation we have, jake and martin gamma from the future of free speech project, akhil amar from yale law school, steve solomon from nyu and jacob rosenbaum. I want jump right in and first say that your book free speech a history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i
The First Amendment principle that we must protect the thought we hate, as Justice Holmes called it, and that in america, speech can only be banned if its intended to and likely to cause imminent violence. Thats the principle that comes the brandenburg case. It was articulated by brandeis in witney, and it makes america, as Salman Rushdie said the most speech protective country in the world. And on our first panel, were going to explore the history of that shining idea with three of americas greatest history wins of freedom of speech. And im so excited for the conversation we have, jake and martin gamma from the future of free speech project, akhil amar from yale law school, steve solomon from nyu and jacob rosenbaum. I want jump right in and first say that your book free speech a history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that ive read and i want to begin by asking you, where did it come from . The phrase that we must h
This along with these Television Companies support c span2 as a public service. At the end of his extraordinary conversation, Salman Rushdie challenged us to defend the First Amendment principle we must protect the thought we hate as Justice Owens called it and in americas speech can only be banned if it is intended to and likely to cause imminent violence and thats the principle that comes from the brandenburg case articulated by brandeis and whitney. It makes america the most speech protected country in the whole world. And on the first panel we will explore the history of that idea with three of americas greatest historians of freedom of speech. I am so excited for the conversation. We have the future of free speech project and we have steve solomon from nyu and i want to jump right in and first say that your book, free speech, history from socrates to social media, i think is the clearest and best history of the evolution of the idea that i have read. I want to begin by asking you