union general george mcclelland had an army at yorktown. the confederate was john mcgruder, prince john. he was quite clever, an interesting, flamboyant, theatrical man. all qualities that served him very well during the siege of yorktown. magruder put on a show for george mcclelland. he marched his men in a circle around and around in front of a gap in the forest that separated the two armies. he told those men as they were marching around to be as noisy as they possibly could. he told them to shout out orders to nonexistent units. he had men in the back of the lines chop down trees, strip from branches, paint them black and set them up horizontally on hillsides so they looked like cannons. all this stuff worked. george and his spies were apparently fooled by these tricks being played on them by general magruder. they didn't move for a month, due in large part to these tricks. davis and his advisers were pleased that magruder was holding mcclelland off but at some point, they knew they would probably have to face this threat to richmond. t

across his chest, that means something -- your college or yorktown -- your town across his chest, that means something. i am not saying that leads to the election of a black president, but that is what sports has provided. tavis: those arenas, those that have not caught up with respecting black players, what is holding them back? i am thinking college division one football. what is holding them back? >> i think the nfl has made great strides. tavis: they are good, but they are not the nba. >> college basketball. college football means so much to alumni. it represents the school. it is at the beginning of this school year, homecoming, right? -- the beginning of the school year. it is a representation of the school almost more so than the administration. i think there are white alumni out there that would not mind having an african-american president at their school but would be reluctant to have an african-american coach because he represents the school. i think it represents scheerer backward racism. i do not think there is any question about that -- i think it represents scheer -- she

look at how hard and how tough yorktown was before she suddenly succumbed.ther carriers and the other ships we built quality ships and aircraft. we built quantity by the end of the war we built about 7,000 ships and aircraft. today the performance of our ships and aircraft are second to none. we have the finest ships and aircraft. durable still and they are resilient. they operate forward anywhere. anywhere, any time above and below the sea. and our country expects it of us for our sailors and for our pilo pilots. technology matters. number two, and midway, we had bold and we had accountable leaders. and they knew how to take a chance using calculated risk. they knew you are not going to get perfect information. back in 1812, the situation was presented where there were opportunities to put forth a culture of command and independence. taking charge. captain david porter took charge of that. he grasped that opportunity and he captured the first british war ship, sailed around in the cape of horn. world war ii, nimitz, fletcher, midway, they showed bold leader

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