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he could not know that only a little more than a year from this time yorktown would occur and the tide would turn and independence with swing the american way. washington was a it, he not only deserves achieved success. for that, we are forever in his debt. thanks for your good intentions. [applause] anyone who needs to get up and leave, that is fine. we usually have a time for question and answer. you can ask any question you want. there are lots of questions i cannot answer. i don't mind you asking. we are being taped by c-span. know what they are going to do with the first joke. [laughter] but anyway, if you have questions, there are people with microphones. they will bring it to you and you can ask the question in the microphones of they will be able to hear it clearly. we will go from there. if you do have questions, raise your hand and people will pass things along to them. >> i know this is a lot of conjecture i am going to ask you. but without benedict arnold winning or at least succeeding at bowker island and also helping determine what happened at the battle of saratoga, you

gettysburg and yorktown, we set said these were things happened. atlantic in in the us waters can be the important. but they do not have the public attention that they ought to. to talk predominantly on the resources that are north carolina waters. give you it is interesting to note the reason the confederacy developed technology is because it was clearly apparent they could not hold up anything against the union navy. they could break blockades and rains as well as summary minds became part of the confederate response to those blockades. there was a similar impetus for developing some rings for the german navy. the u-boat initiative and campaign took place from the beginning to the end of the war. this was fought around the british isles and the mediterranean. it was the same case in world war ii. there was a significant campaign in u.s. waters. i want to talk a little bit about why they are doing this -- the british surface fleet and the war on commerce. , when thenitially german navy was developing u-boats -- they were very convinced, and rightl

he ends up fighting in yorktown. he follows the campaign all the way through. >> joins at age 15. and he manages to stay in the war until the end. >> and almost starves to death. the conditions, we hear about valley forge. they were literally starving. and also, we point out. something, i didn't know much about this. it was 30 years before they gave a pension to these soldiers. and he was very angry and bitter about it. >> was it $90 a year? >> something like that. now no, matter how we feel about america's involvement, he with honor our vets. not that long ago, everywhere in america we only had our vets. and it is very uplifting. >> the vietnam veterans did not get the welcome home that they deserved. they got later on. finally, one other point. one of the great things we do in america from each of these states. they land here and take them down to the world war ii memorial. the world war ii veterans. it is so moving. it is wonderful. >> let me ask you. soldiers don't like this boots on the ground reference. we're people. we're gis, not just boots. we're talking about putting 1,5

the car hit a utility pole before flipping and crashing into a home in the 800 block of yorktown road. the driver, iment an fisher and 18-year-old colin harvey were killed and a 16-year-old girl is hospital yoysed in stable condition christianne hospital in delaware. >> a group of men in new jersey who police say targeted elderly women off the streets. the suspect waited outside a bank and followed a 74-year-old burlington woman home and robbed her last month. similar situation monday involving 84-year-old willingboro woman suffered a broken collar bone during the robbery. the taylors are charged in the robbery. charles taylor is charmed with receiving former property. >> a former baltimore ravens cheerleader accused of raping a 15-year-old boy in delaware resigned from a school board. molly turned herself in to police. she's accused of having sexual contact labor day weekend while vacationing in bethany beach and providing alcohol to under age boys that same weekend. shadack once made head lines for becoming oldest nfl cheerleader. >> little change coming our way. we think you might

it about six bat unless our past from yorktown to falluja. you may know that -- you probably didn't learn that hiss slaves were in yorktown. so were thomas jefferson's and he made sure he brought back his enslaved people. >> enjoy the rest of your weekend. >>> it is a busy black friday and it's topping the news now, we'll have that now and more live from the mall of america up next. but first -- (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. black during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. black sleighbells ring in the distance ] aleve. all day pain relief with just 2 pills. get back to being you. it? is to the bargains? is it the traditions? what brings people into the fray? >> i think it's a little bit of all of that, but i can tell you that the shoppers at the mall of america, if you're going to go baying, you do it here at the mall of america. they have had more than 200,000 shoppers. so, like 217,000 shoppers already and that outdoes what they did last year, analysts were saying that this year, this year people are going

gettysburg and yorktown, we set said these were things happened. atlantic in in the us waters can be the important. but they do not have the public attention that they ought to. to talk predominantly on the resources that are north carolina waters. give you it is interesting to note the reason the confederacy developed submarine technology was because it was apparent they could not hold up anything against the fusion navy -- union navy so they started looking at cheaper ways to create blockades. became partnd minds of the confederate response to those blockades. majorwere never really players in the overall war effort. that is not so for will work one -- world war i. there was similar impetus for development of the german navy. ii, thee world war campaign took place from the beginning to the end of the war. ominously, this was thought around the british isles and mediterranean, the same case in world war ii. but there was a significant campaign in u.s. waters. i want to talk about why they were doing this, the british surface fleet and more on comm

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