Historian of the Harpers Ferry has stored part. This is a homecoming of sorts. He graduated with a ba in history. We are extremely excited to have him back here this evening. He has had a very long, very, and prestigious career. Entirere to recite his cv, we would be here until 7 00 this evening. This will be a shortened version of his accomplishments. Lecturer, aer, a guide, and a preservationist. He is a prominent civil war historian. He has had numerous appearances channel, theistory discovery channel, and a and e as a guest historian and he helped produce and the awardwinning Television Programs such as, abolitionists john brown and marilyn during the civil war. Also aalso he is leading Civil War Battlefield preservationist. He is cofounder and first save historiche antietam foundation and he is cofounder and former president of todays civil war trust. The whom he received trusts highest honor, the shelby for award. He has also earned the bestie it just earned the prestigious award
Further surprise in the form of tonights speaker. A person who many of you probably know quite well. Dennis frye is the chief historian of the Harpers Ferry historic park. This is a homecoming of sorts. He graduated with a ba in history. We are extremely excited to have him back here this evening. He has had a very long, very, and prestigious career. If i were to recite his entire cv, we would be here until 7 00 this evening. This will be a shortened version of his accomplishments. He is a writer, a lecturer, a guide, and a preservationist. He is a prominent civil war historian. He has had numerous appearances on pbs, the history channel, the discovery channel, and a e as a guest historian and he helped produce and the awardwinning winning programs such as, abolitionists john brown and marilyn during the civil war. He is also a leading Civil War Battlefield preservationist. He is cofounder and first president of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and he is cofounder and former presi
Professors here at the time. Im a home grown boy as most of you know. Lived just across the river here in Washington County. Grew up only a few miles from the antietam battlefield. Eshepherd as always been special to me. Its great to return here this evening to be here in the bird center. I knew senator bird well. I did quite a number of tours and programs for him at Harpers Ferry National Park when he would come and visit. And he became a big ally in helping preserve civil war battlefields. A really great honor to be here at shepherd, my home school. Im so thankful that 40 years ago i was taking finals and i havent had to take finals in 36 years. And its really good to be back in this prestigious bird center sharing with you this evening one story that happened right here. Did john brown elect Abraham Linco lincoln . I want you to think about that for a moment. Did john brown elect Abraham Lincoln . The first thing that came to mind is how can that be . Brown is dead. He cant vote, so
Years. And its really good to be back in this prestigious bird center sharing with you this evening one story that happened right here. Did john brown elect Abraham Linco lincoln . I want you to think about that for a moment. Did john brown elect Abraham Lincoln . The first thing that came to mind is how can that be . Brown is dead. He cant vote, so how could he possibly have anything to do with the election of 1860. Before were finished this evening, i think well see that john brown, the ghost of john brown, the memory of brown was very influential in what happened in that election, that watershed election in American History that ultimately gave us americas greatest president. A few days ago, december 2, three days ago, 15 years ago, here in Jefferson County, something very important happened. A hanging, an execution. You here in Shepherds Town would have known about the execution. Everybody knew about it. Because john brown was climbing the scaffold. To be executed in charlestown,le
Be sure to watch cspans washington journal beginning at 7 00 eastern on friday morning. Join the discussion. Next on American History tv, historians discuss general shermans march flew georgia. After that, historian dennis fry talks about the impact of john browns raid in the 1860 goals. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Welcome, its great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. For those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. We are promised and we are promising each other that well do more in the coming seasons. We have a topic today that we think is one of the best that weve come up with, its a neglected civil war story. Because of the focus on shermans march through georgia. Theres a little less attention on shermans other march, which followed the march through georgia. Take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we begin talking about him. Im going to start with john who as you heard has written two wonderful books abou