First director of the jfk library. He was a member of the Kennedy Administration. It is a special pride that he would share it would glow in him, in his advocacy for the importance of the Kennedy Administration and the many treasures we had inside our building. I love this photograph of the building, it is a nighttime vision. For those who have not yet come to see us, i believe the library is inspirational in and of itself and fitting for the life and times and ideas of an inspirational president , the 35th president , president kennedy. If you are able to come to visit us, you will see this building. We are right on Columbia Point facing towards Boston Harbor and it is a sight that will elevate your thoughts, and as you think about what the nation is all about and your role in it and whether you would answer president kennedys call to service, which he issued in his inaugural address, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. All of those words re
The relationship between warfare and the creation of historical memory with particular emphasis on the preservation of battle fields. Her first book on a great battlefield, the making, management, and memory of gettiesburg National Military park earned the 2014 award for contributions to historical nderstandings of the getty sburg campaign. Many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. She is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of North Carolina press. Ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for a few more months. He has accepted a position as a assistant professor in war and memory studies which i assume will be part of the civil War Studies Program right here at Gettysburg College. Its a good thing for our students, not a great thing for c. W. I. He has been a very important part of what we do here. He is fantastic, though, with our s
Many of you in the audience have benefited from her superb tours. She is working on a geography of general gordon meade which i hope will be published by the university of North Carolina press. Ian isherwood to the left of jen, he is the assistant director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for a few more months. He has accepted a position as a assistant professor in war and memory studies which i assume will be part of the civil War Studies Program right here at Gettysburg College. Its a good thing for our students, not a great thing for c. W. I. He has been a very important part of what we do here. He is fantastic, though, with our students. He is especially, especially gifted when it comes to developing our Students Research interests. In fact, he took one of our students to oxford to deliver a paper and i believe, ian can correct me on this, that he cowrote a paper, a war and memories study, the journal, did i get that wrong . Prof. Isherwood war and society. It will
A doctor, who would tell them to go chase the cure, get out of your urban environment and leave your job in a factory and to go seek health care. What made Colorado Springs in particular, attractive for lungers was the fresh air and the sunshine. We promoted it as a destination for people with tuberculosis. It was one of our first and only Industries Health care. Colorado springs was founded in a place without a major industry and health care became the major industry. Formerly the 1880s through the nation 40s. 1940s. In the early years, they would take the waters and spend time in the Great Outdoors and using those methods was a form of treatment. After the founding in 1871, a new method for treating it was developed and that was called the sanatorium movement. They were less active when cash way of treating the disease. It was managed health care in which you were under the close supervision of doctors and nurses who provided a daily regimen of rest, fresh air, an excellent diet, mon
Newest construction or restoration project at heritage from 1833. Four howard was originally located at the mouth of the fox river. Areairst occupants of that were actually french. 1816 it was commissioned as the United States for as four howard. It was established right after the war of 1812 to protect commerce and the for trading industry. Inconsin became a territory 1836. Prior to that it was part of michigan territory. , we became a state. , it was following determined by the u. S. Government that the fort really had no further purpose here in the green bay area. It was decommissioned in 1863. Still owned by the u. S. Government until 1865. In 1865 they did sell it to the chicago northwestern railroad, the property in the buildings. At that time the railroad had plans of laying track. By 1866, the buildings had been moved out of the fort rock per into some of the surrounding neighborhoods. Some are disassembled and moved out of state. Very few survived. The first ones were brought