Curiosity about how other people live think and work and it was always worth it yes im a citizen of the world. This is the story of a the story of the final year in the career of detail a man has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the past decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. As head of the German National library as loued of palins Museum Island. As president of the institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a traumatic year. The last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a full my German Colony. History is everywhere in the capital into. The colossal Independence Museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. The most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. The tribal leader hendrik that boy isnt a maybe a National Hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. You
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I want to talk about that. As i tried to communicate last week, the drafting of our institution, the history of its formation is extraordinary to say the least. It is remarkable moment in all of world history. We are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight, again and again. One particular aspect, but it is alive and well. To think about the fact this came together from a period of midmay until midseptember of 1787 is remarkable. We recall that we said the revolutionary war, and a lot of folks are not clear on the sequencing. It is important to note conflict began with lexington and concord and massachusetts in 1774. These very independent colonies, all british colonies that operated with their own governments and their own leadership, and so forth, suddenly had to come together and form a military alliance. It was not easy for them to do that. They had a lot of hesitation and concern about what it meant to be
Development of the u. S. Constitution and what he believes are its main principles. Mr. Mcnulty served as Deputy Attorney general in the george w. Bush administration from 2006 to 2007. Good evening. Welcome to class number two of our study of the u. S. Constitution. Great to see you all here tonight. Last week we looked at the history, a brief look at history that toledo a drafting of the constitution. I want to just recap that quickly tonight as we start because as i try to communicate last week, the drafting of our constitution, the history of its formation is extraordinary to say the least. It is a remarkable moment in all of world history. And we are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight in the United States senate again and again in reference to one particular aspect of the constitution, but, again, its alive and well. Is to think about the fact that this came together from a period of midmay until mid
Our second presentation this morning is by jake wynn. Jake is a director of interpretation of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. Also the National Museum of civil war medicine. He worked on a number of civil war related jobs and in fredericksburg and spotsylvania. This talk is entitled discovering Clara Bartons missing Soldiers Office. Mr. Wynn. Thank you very much. Hello everybody. Good morning. I am so excited to be here this morning, talking about something i am very passionate about. The story of clara barton and her role during the american civil war. I am the director of interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and museum and the National Museum of civil war medicine. I will explain how that connection works in just a bit. I wanted to introduce what i am going to be discussing today. Can we see a show of hands, how many of you have heard of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum before . How many have been there . Excellent. I am glad to s