Six battles to talk about how important and significant war has been in our history and who fights our battles. Alternately research to ask the questions when is it worth going to war . Benjamin franklin said there was never a good war or a bad piece he said that in 1783. I am not sure that i agree with that but the trick is when is a good war . Talk about the militia i cowrote to a biography and to you deal with how you could not order militia around the way you could regular shall when dash soldiers. This causes that giant incident where arnold is to announce in the newspapers because youre not supposed to give orders to the militia. This is a narrative that we tend to learn about the schoolbook history of the of revolution they drop their plows. That was true with lexington and concord. George washington feared to rely upon the militia and a broker in staff. So whats the difference is here because i am sure what is an army . But militia were the men who are responsible to their stat
Much stronger position on tackles. There are strict rules about tackles that prevent a lot of injuries, particularly at the international level. Also, the absence of helmets , ironically, might be a cause cause for fewer concussions. Could you please talk about the difference between rugby union and American Union and american football, whether or not you have looked at that . And if you have not looked at that, take a look at the new Zealand Rugby union seem and maybe open up a dialogue with the National Rugby team to see whether or not you could learn something from new zealand and maybe they could play more games of the year. Thank you very much. Its interesting. I have heard from a number of folks. This issue is raised repeatedly. The biggest. Is the one you hit on about helmets, the absence certainly changes the way players tackle in the game. We we address this in the book. In many ways, the helmet has made the concussion issue worse. It is overpriced piece of plastic that has em
Who portrays George Washington at mount vernon. This is about 90 minutes. Good evening, everyone. I want to welcome everyone to a wonderful presentation tonight. Washingtons indispensable partner and his interaction with our Founding Fathers. I excited to introduce forgot to tell you who i am. I am jill kelley, the chapter president. Joe kelly, the chapter president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society of the state of pennsylvania. I wasvery proud tonight about to introduce our pres ident, but a special guest has asked if they can say a few words. Ladies and gentlemen, ive been given the honor tonight and the introducing our distinguished and special guest. He prefers to call himself a former. His accomplishments go far beyond the tilling of the earth. He has served as a member of the house of burgess in virginia and as a delegate to the continental congress. He has received an Honorary Degree of doctors of law from harvard university, yale college, and other renowned institutio
The i forgot to tell you who i am. I am joe kelly, the chapter president. Chapter president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society of the state of pennsylvania. And i was very proud tonight to i was about to introduce our president , but a special guest has asked if they may say a few words. Ladies and gentlemen, i have been given the honor tonight and the privilege of introducing our distinguished and special guest. He prefers to call himself a farmer. His accomplishments go far beyond the tilling of the earth. He has served as a member of the house of burgess in virginia and as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He has received an Honorary Degree of doctors of law from harvard university, yale college and other renowned institutions. He is a member of the american philosophical society, and the president general of the society of cincinnati. In the french and indian war he served as as commander of the virginia militia. Our guest served also as the commander in chief of the
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