Great Battles and How They Have Shaped American History
Sponsored by
Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
First Division Museum at Cantigny · a division of the Robert R. McCormick Foundation
FPRI’s Wachman Center, in association with the First Division Museum at Cantigny, was proud to present their seventh weekend-long conference for teachers on subjects in military history. During this conference, held April 21-22, 2012, we focused on great battles and how they have shaped American history.
Topics and Speakers
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Plattsburgh 1814: The battle that persuaded the British to accept the United States as an equal and conclude the Treaty of Ghent
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Meuse-Argonne 1918: The battle that made the United States a decisive factor in the European Balance of Power
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Normandy 1944: The battle that extended America's geopolitical presence to the Eurasian heartland—permanently
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Tet 1968: The battle that turned us away from Vietnam and constrained our use of military power for at least a generation
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