Glad to see all of you here tonight. We had one burning question before class. I dont know if the individual has the courage, who asked that question. Is that possible . Do you want to do that . Ok. All right. I asked if that picture was you. Well, its part of me. This is Maurice Jacob weiner, my father. And this lecture is in honor of him. My grandmother, his mother, was functionally illiterate in english. Spoke yiddish. Never really learned the language. He graduated third in his class in high school and won a scholarship to law school where he also boxed and ran track. He was drafted at age 35 when my mom was pregnant, came home. Really didnt mind the war. Now, he was a nifty guy. And i think one of the main reasons im doing this tonight is because of him, because he used to have me sit while he shaved every morning, which was quite a scene. And he would quote the gettysburg address or quote from shakespeare but above all, he would talk about world war ii. So i knew about the battle
David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the
David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the
And we need to try to achieve them. These are the kinds of things that all flowed from that fundamental perception that special, and we need to do everything we can to keep it that way. Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. Our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. Learn more aboutm and other stops on cspans cities tour at cspan. Org local content. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. Week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, withstoodican forces an allnight bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the ford continue to make history for years playing an Important Role in the history of the civil war, world war i, and beyond. American history explores the history of fort mchenry after starspangled banner. My name is vince v
Then at 10 00 p. M. , tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats this Christmas Day on the cspan networks. For a complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. Each week we go to Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores ft. Mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner where American Forces with stood an bombardment. But the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. Next, America History tv explores the history of ft. Mchenry after the starspanked banner. My name is vince bass. Im chief of interpretation here at ft. Mchenry National Monument, the birthplace of the starspangled banner. One of the questions we good are the cannons that were used to fight off the british. Of course, the answer is no. These guns were manufactured during the American Civil War, a little bit more than 50 years after the war of 1812. Is shows the great layers of ft. Mchenrys history. Ft. Mchenrys history also begins with the words of