we often think of course the american revolution ended october 1781, yorktown. with the surrender of general wallace to the franco american force under the command of washington. that was not the case. for even with surrender of yorktown, the british army still occupied new york, savannah, georgia, charleston, south carolina, wilmington, north carolina, and a good portion of maine. and the navy, while it had been defeated at the battle of the capes during the yorktown campaign, navy was still supreme. the navy was still mistress of the ocean. the british had hardly been beaten. no one understood this better than the commander in chief himself, general washington. he was fearful that the news and victory at yorktown would in fact diminish the american effort. shortly after the battle, he wrote to governor william nel n nelson, the governor of virginia, he told governor nelson, quote, instead of exciting our exertions the victory at yorktown will produce such a relaxation the prosecution of the war as will prolong the calamities of it. he then wrote a few days lat

the dangerous two years after yorktown. the author details general george washington's struggles as he dealt with congress. this 50-minute event was hosted by the social law library in boston. >> thank you, bob. very kind flattering remarks. a few moments ago bob asked what i would like him to say about me when he introduced me and i simply told him that he ought not to hesitate to exaggerate. but thank you. but at the same time i must also caution you that, you know, sometimes we're raised up to be let low? this is the season of course and student teacher evaluations and i was just reading mine this morning. it was pretty good. good, good, good. and then i came to one. the student decided to make a comment. the student described the comment. he said if i only had two hours left on earth, i'd want to spend them in professor fowler's class. and then i turned the page. and he continued. he said because professor fowler's class goes on for eternity. one must always be cautious. on the morning of january 6, 1783, the doors of t

indicates that that student probably doesn't know what yorktown was or why it was important, and if he or she doesn't know why that is important clearly doesn't know much about the history of the revolutionary war, and not knowing about the revolutionary war is a serious flaw and maybe indicates that we are not educating our children as well as we should. there's no question about the historic ignorance among young americans. no question about it. it's been shown in countless studies and surveys. and anyone who teaches or lectures or spends time on american college or university campuses these days, as i do, knows that from firsthand experience. >> a recent statistic in "the washington post" sewed thhowed % of the children born in washington, d.c., are born out of wedlock. if you have a single parent that is working two jobs, how can you spend time at the dinner table? >> it depends on how you allocate your time. how much time is that same family watching television? the average family spends three to four hours a day, the average american fam family, three to four hours a day watch

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it led them through trenton, saratoga and finally to yorktown. the flame which lit from within those first men to call themselves americans and to place their lives and all else that they had or might hope for in the balance of freedom was kindled there, never to go out. but the hard-won independence of the united states was to require reassertion again and again. the next test of whether american sovereignty was to be an accepted and honored fact among the nations of the world came in 1812. the british practice of stopping american ships on the high seas and impressing american seamen into the british navy was at issue here. and the war was primarily a naval one. its one major land battle has come to be known as the battle of new orleans. stubborn, resourceful american woods men faced ranks of disciplined british forces who fell bravely, but in numbers too great to be borne. in the end, this brief war of 1812 made its point to the watching world. americans would live in liberty and individual citizens would enjoy their rights as citizens whereve

then resigned as secretary, returned to the army and later distinguished himself at the battle of yorktown which brought him back to some degree in washington's good graces. hamilton then left the army and was a congressman from new york. so hamilton is given the assignment of addressing washington. i doubt that anyone really expected that general washington would join in any plot, but at the same time needed to test him out. how did he feel? hamilton warned washington that the army was on the brink of mutiny. he suggested to washington that the general might wish to control, direct the turrent was his suggestion. he also went on 0 to write something to washington which the general found insulting, if not hurtful. hamilton told washington there were rumors in congress, as well as in the army, his soldiers were disappointed with him. they accused the commander in chief of not doing enough for them in articulating their demands and their grievances. washington found that particularly hurtful. hamilton then suggested that washington talk with general knox. a very, very dangerous game now was

mcmen re, yorktown, sgrajamestown. >> that's cool. >> that is cool. >> that's awesome. >> feel like heading> yeah, you could head just about anywhere. as a matter of fact, tom took the day off and decided to paddle down the potomac river today. he's still going. >> he does that. he's a huge kayaker. >> isn't that great? for the weather to be this nice. 76 degrees yesterday, that was the high temperature at dulles airport. this morning we got down to a low of 60. you think, oh, that's really nice. no, that is the warmest temperature that we have ever been for an overnight low temperature. that's a record, how about that. >> and for march too. >> and for march. it's simply amazing how nice we've been. you know the pattern has got to change a little bit and i know you continue to ask are you sure it's going to be bad this weekend? are you sure it's going to rain this weekend? right now i'll say yes. pat, you asked me to put a number on it. i'll say i'm 60 to 70 to 80% sure it's going to rain this weekend. >> sounds like you're pretty sure. >> i'm pretty sure it's going to rain this weekend, de

revolution, them have the declaration of independence, the shot heard around the world come the battle of yorktown, george washington, valley forge, all kinds of great things, the stories we all know. and they come pretty easily to mind. but with a were taking 12 it's rather a different matter. and i've asked this question repeatedly over the last few years, and though the war has some remarkable moments, great stories and great heroes, for the most part the war is kind of a no man's land when it comes to our memories, ideally. so i wanted to do something about that. a third reason for doing this book is that deciding what to write next to me is always the most obvious thing, and i come up with an idea sometimes and some of them pan out, some of them don't. but the pattern is basically the same. and that is, i did some homework. usually with original sources. i want to find something that hasn't been said by bunch of other people and want to find something that's based upon what the participants way back in time new and experienced. and when i have a little bit of him on something, i put a few wor

imagine that the french refuse to allow washington and his army to attend the armistice at yorktown.of congress a seat at the treaty of paris, ex-appropriation of tory property, occupied new york harbor, dispatched troops and other popular rebellions and integrated the colonies in droves, snatching up the most valuable land. for such is the context in which the united states came to occupy guantÁnamo. it's a history excluded from american textbooks, and neglected in the debates over terrorism, but it's a history known in cuba where it motivated the 1959 revolution, another story, and throughout latin america, it explains why guantÁnamo remains a symbol of hypocrisy around the world. who needs to speak of the last 10 years? is present obama were to acknowledge this history and initiate the process of returning guantÁnamo to cuba, he might not begin to put the mistakes of the last 10 years behind us, but he would rectify an age-old grievance and lay the groundwork for new relations with cuba and other countries in the western hemisphere, and around the world. there's a lot we can talk

he went to england a couple of months after yorktown, in december of 1781, and he got there in january. he got to london in january of 1782. c-span: how long did he live in england? >> guest: until 1801, almost 20 years. a miserable, miserable 20 years because the brits didn't like him either. he was a failed traitor. they wouldn't give him a job; they wouldn't give him a commission in the army. they wouldn't do anything for him. he had to go to canada to try to set himself up as a merchant and trader, and that didn't work out. he had a miserable time. c-span: then he went to canada -- nova scotia? >> guest: new brunswick. c-span: you said he had a mistress there. his wife wasn't with him? >> guest: no, she wasn't with him for the first couple of years. c-span: he had a baby by the mistress? >> guest: he had an illegitimate son there, yes. c-span: but his wife found out. >> guest: well, i think she has to have. he then went to england and got her and the other kids. it was a tiny town. i can't believe she didn't find out. i don't know that she did, but i can't believe she didn't c-span

nayworth: i received a letter from yorktown heights, new york. he's only in sixth grade but is very concerned about our economy. he wrote to me, if our economy doesn't turn around our country will no longer be leader and the american people will suffer. matthew, you are exactly right. we do have a tremendous job ahead of us and we are working here, all of us together, for you and for all the kids in this country who need a future, the kind of dreams that we are privileged to dream. so this week we are bringing to the house floor the jobs act, part of a whole package of jobs bills that we have been sending to our colleagues in the senate and we certainly hope with democratic and republican support and with the president's support of this bill, as well, we'll be able to activate that economy, to create the kind of jobs and opportunities that all of us need throughout this country no matter where we come from. thank you, matthew, for your common sense and, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from