benjamin warner went back to war three more campaign years before the war was over.have in the fort ticonderoga museum collections a great treasure."f a simple knapsack made out of linen, about yay big, and inside is a penned note written by a very old man in his 80s, benjamin warner.hw he tells us in that penned note, this knapsack i carried through the war of the revolution to achieve the american independence. i transmit it to my oldest son, benjamin warner jr., with directions to keep it and transmit it to his oldest son and so on to the latest posterity. and whilst one shred of it shall remain, never surrender your liberties to a foreign invader or an aspiring demagogue. benjamin warner lived for another nine years and then was buried in ticonderoga, and he6e has a very simple epitaph on his gravestone: 1846, benjamin warner, a revolutionary soldier and a friend of the slave. those are the stories that eliot's tell anything this grand, grand book. thank you. [applause] >> well, thank you. those were such interesting, um, comments on the book. let me start with n

benjamin warner lived another nine years and was buried in ticonderoga. and he has a simple epitaph on his gravestone. 1846. benjamin water, a revolutionary soldier and a friend of us wave. those are the stories that eliot tells in this grand book. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. interesting comments on the book. let me start with nick and go to tom. my oldest son and i, he is a veteran, were in a discussion this morning about what should be the meaning of veterans day? is it about today's veterans? i felt at least -- one point was we have memorial day for people who fell in battle. that is what veterans day is about. it is really those who didn't fall in battle. i think the conclusion i came to after an interesting discussion is what veteran they should be about all of them going back to benjamin ward because if it were not for the willingness of the benjamin warners to go and fight, go home and come back we wouldn't be here today. pause to respond to tom's question is the american response to the war on terror -- the things people talk about in the

benjamin warner, revolutionary soldier and friend of a slave. those are the stories elliott is telling in this grand book. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. those were interesting comments on the book. let me start with neck and go to tom. my oldest son and i, he is in a veteran leader delayed discussion this morning about -- today's veterans. -all at least -- memorial day for people -- what exactly is veterans day. more about who didn't fall in battle. the conclusions i came to after an interesting discussion was what veterans they should be about is not just veterans but all of us like benjamin ward. if it weren't for the willingness of the benjamin warners, go home and come back. we wouldn't be here today. to respond to tom's question is the american response to the war on terror -- i would say he yes in a number of play is. try to mention some of them. the first is off of the earlier description of champlain's famous battles with the turks and when you read that accounted is not so much that champlain -- is actually the indians who are man