what he is doing on this tour up lake champlain, it looks like he is organizing a political party. peter: back to federalist 78, one line from hamilton, the judiciary is beyond cson. the weakest of the three departments of. we have a text message -- of power. we have a text message from tom in new jersey. when hamilton states the judiciary does not bestow the sword or purse is he stating the additional branch has less power than the congress or merely independent of the other two branches? prof. sheehan: he is stating both. when we say that this is a balanced government, when we say checks and balances, that term is not in the federalist papers. this is not in the constitution at all, we look to that federalist papers to explain what is going on in the constitution. this is not a balanced government and that all branches are equal. they are meant to check each other, but not equal. the legislative branch is by far the most powerful. it represents the people. that is why it is divided into two houses, the senate and house, because it is so powerful. do you shift -- the judiciary was

the water in the lake champlain or the hudson river that might have an impact on military metabolism. the the water quality or the the the the left, the water level. if it's if it's the water level and wind resistance, you know, they're coming burgoyne forces coming down from canada and it takes energy to to pull oars. they had sails when possible but there's also if i remember this right, the energy required to cover the distance on like lake champlain is the equivalent of running a half marathon. something that as for water quality i don't know i think i think i know i was going to i was going to speculate our systems getting used to drinking this kind of water. but 250 years ago they drank water out of streams lakes all the time without had would they have just adapt to that? i'm sorry. i don't, but thank you for the question. thank you, david. and we'll take quick break before our final speaker. all right right. we've almost made it through a day. these seminars go by so quickly. it's hard to believe we're already at the last presentation for saturday and before introduce our last

the water in the lake champlain or the hudson river that might have an impact on military metabolism.the the water quality or the the the the left, the water level. if it's if it's the water level and wind resistance, you know, they're coming burgoyne forces coming down from canada and it takes energy to to pull oars. they had sails when possible but there's also if i remember this right, the energy required to cover the distance on like lake champlain is the equivalent of running a half marathon. something that as for water quality i don't know i think i think i know i was going to i was going to speculate our systems getting used to drinking this kind of water. but 250 years ago they drank water out of streams lakes all the time without had would they have just adapt to that? i'm sorry. i don't, but thank you for the question. thank you, david. and we'll take quick break before our final speaker. all right

and the loyal blockhouse on north hero island, lake champlain. captain justice sherwood of the queen's rangers commanded up the ladder from which post men were dispatched on secret service into new york and vermont vermont. i like the slide because we actually have an illustration of someone who existed. the final note administrator of the combined wireless units was ng serving professional soldier john nairn now and was a scottish bor officer but served in the 78th ghnders in the french and indian. settling in quebec at the peace served as a major in the militia in quebec city during the siege as well as captain in the royal immigrants. despairing of no further advancement, it was on the verge of leaving the service when promoted to major in the 53rd regiment afoot foot in october 1780 a large john nairne collection of manuscripts exist in the library archives canon. it is a lovely collection and yes, as i alluded, that actually is john. we have no portraits of messrs. jessup or peter or any of them, so we like their. one of the things you find

all way to our friends in canada, parks canada on both sides of lake champlain are vermont state new york state sites as well as tribal partners. and we've identified places people can visit to bring people to the region and really see the scope of this conflict in the northern department as well as enjoying all that this region has to offer. so definitely check that out and add a few stops. we to be the hub of the northern department at a few stops along the way to experience the vastness and significance of this during the revolution. last but not least, please check out our new exhibition. we have a really incredible new exhibition series called a revolutionary anthology, and just as an anthology has many chapters, we will have five chapters over the next five years. this it's power of place and the exhibits are right here in the mars education center. power of place looks at key geographic locations that were shaped by and helped shape the war of american and featured in the exhibit over 100 objects, many of them never before seen. and it's it's really stunning. many of robert ne

in what was that would become the us navy, but wasn't yet when she was sunk in the battle of lake champlain in october of 1776 and then raised up and brought to the museum in the sixties as we were building that massive 800,000 square foot building. clearly a revolution, very object. but you know what else is, you know, what are the other 248? so we're we're embarking on a really exciting journey to think about the semicolons centennial in ways that are both kind of predictable that you'd want to come see the washington the summer of 2026 but also ways that get you thinking about what a what quiet revolutions are what major revolutions are. one of my curators in home and community life division brought forth the first commercially produced crackpot as a revolution or object just for the first time, you can put that on in the morning and come back 8 hours later and actually have dinner and not tend to it all day, you know? so for working women, was that a revolutionary object? i'm sure for many. i asked my mom, she's like, oh, yeah, that was revolutionary. you know? so we find those entry po

gates was in command of ticonderoga helped oversee the creation of the of the arnold's fleet lake champlain gates is very supportive. arnold when it comes under criticism by other officers in the army, what kind of leads to their falling, i think is more i think it's probably ego to some degree, but also different a difference of strategy at saratoga, gates is advocating a more conservative approach that is primarily about staying behind the fortifications up in the states and sending out troops piecemeal into the battlefield where arnold wants to be more aggressive. also, the the falling out arnold and gates has also suffered in that. historians have largely relied on james wilkinson as a source. and if you i think about james wilkinson, he's a notorious liar in a lot of a lot of historians have taken what he said at face value. and there's some reason suggesting that arnold and gates had a falling out as is documented but they kind of patch things up towards the end of the battle by the second battle so depends also how much you want to believe james wilkinson versus versus other sources.

and the loyal blockhouse on north hero island, lake champlain. captain justice sherwood of the queen's rangers commanded up the ladder from which post men were dispatched on secret service into new york and vermont vermont. i like the slide because we actually have illustration of someone who existed. the final note administrator of the combed wireless units was long serving professional soldier john nairn nownd was a scottish born officer but served in the 78th highlanders in the french and indian. settling in quebec at the peace he served as a major in the militia in quebec city during the siege as well as captain in the royal immigrants. despairing of no further advancement, it was on the verge of leaving the service when promoted to major in the 53rd regiment afoot foot in october 1780 a large john nairne collection of manuscripts exist in the library archives canon. it is a lovely collection and yes, as i alluded, that actually is john. we have no portraits of messrs. jessup or peter or any of them, so we like their. one of the things you fi

and the loyal blockhouse on north hero island, lake champlain. captain justice sherwood of the queen's rangers commanded up the ladder from which post men were dispatched on secret service into new york and vermont vermont. i like the slide because we actually have an illustration of someone who existed. the final note administrator of the combined wireless units was long serving professional soldier john nairn now and was a scottish bor officer but served in the 78th ghlanders in the french and indian. settling in quebec at the peace he served as a major in the militia in quebec city during the siege as well as captain in the royal immigrants. despairing of no further advancement, it was on the verge of leaving the service when promoted to major in the 53rd regiment afoot foot in october 1780 a large john nairne collection of manuscripts exist in the library archives canon. it is a lovely collection and yes, as i alluded, that actually is john. we have no portraits of messrs. jessup or peter or any of them, so we like their. one of the things yo

gates was in command of ticonderoga helped oversee the creation of the of the arnold's fleet lake champlain gates is very supportive. arnold when it comes under criticism by other officers in the army, what kind of leads to their falling, i think is more i think it's probably ego to some degree, but also different a difference of strategy at saratoga, gates is advocating a more conservative approach that is primarily about staying behind the fortifications up in the states and sending out troops piecemeal into the battlefield where arnold wants to be more aggressive. also, the the falling out arnold and gates has also suffered in that. historians have largely relied on james wilkinson as a source. and if you i think about james wilkinson, he's a notorious liar in a lot of a lot of historians have taken what he said at face value. and there's some reason suggesting that arnold and gates had a falling out as is documented but they kind of patch things up towards the end of the battle by the second battle so depends also how much you want to believe james wilkinson versus versus other sources.

all way to our friends in canada, parks canada on both sides of lake champlain are vermont state new york state sites as well as tribal partners. and we've identified places people can visit to bring people to the region and really see the scope of this conflict in the northern department as well as enjoying all that this region has to offer. so definitely check that out and add a few stops. we to be the hub of the northern department at a few stops along the way to experience the vastness and significance of this during the revolution. last but not least, please check out our new exhibition. we have a really incredible new exhibition series called a revolutionary anthology, and just as an anthology has many chapters, we will have five chapters over the next five years. this it's power of place and the exhibits are right here in the mars education center. power of place looks at key geographic locations that were shaped by and helped shape the war of american and featured in the exhibit over 100 objects, many of them never before seen. and it's it's really stunning. many of robert ne