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Maryland. We are happy to have you joining us bright and early. About we are talking coffee. Ive got my cup of joe right here in my appropriately branded mug. I see you got yours. Jake im supporting James Mason University today. Kyle you support education. , you can see a here, its really tasty. If you havent tried it, give it a shot. I made it with freshwater. Fresh ground is best because that releases the lawyers. Ground coffee, Ground Coffee loses its flavor. As soon as you grind it, it start...

Vicksburg, which battle he considers being a native mississippian and having worked at both parks, which he considers to be the biggest turning point. Gettysburg or vicksburg . I will let matt get up here and explain. Matt atkinson. [applause] matt that is what it is. I understand you all had a role last night about something. Right there, right . The most important battle, a top 10 battles in the american civil war, gettysburg was left off. Can you believe that . I want to tell you a quick stor...

By the Gettysburg College civil war institute. Big thank you mr. Carmichael. I am also of says i am a director of the civil war institute. It is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce Elizabeth Van lew who is the associate director for civil war history. Awesome williams professor of American History at the university of virginia. Thankfully, she is not a hockey buff. At least i do not believe she is. Oh gosh, she said go caps. What has happened to American Sports . I do not know. I never thoug...

Tgsds and here, here is the thing that shaped the trade more than anything else altogether. This tick, a lovely little creature, and then it harbored a three micron large protozoan, a tiny Little Critter inside the belly of this tick. Now, this tick thrived in the southern regions of the United States, in the southern portions of texas but also in mississippi and louisiana, georgia, florida, and what this tick would do, it latches on to the cattle. It would latch onto deer and horses as well, an...

With that selfdetermination and that fight for control. Some of those are fairly well known just like a navajo weaver we get to know their stories were lost to history and tell now and then to show the importance of individual actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. And it is history that keeps the reader turning the pages. A writer and historian living in lincoln and writing for several publications the Washington Times and Smithsonian Magazine earning her ba in history and lit...

Her primary Source Research involved letters and diaries, military records and oral histories and photographs and maps from that time and nestor i specifically about nine individuals who worked towards it selfdetermination and fight for control of the region. Some of these people are generally well known to us like frontier carson. Others, like wanting to a navajo late weaver who is now, their stories were lost in history until now. And noticing under their stories show the importance of individ...

Our last speaker is well known to all of you, Gary Gallagher is the third professor in the history of the American Civil War americas at the university of virginia and the founding director of our core sponsor, center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. Knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, i have been writing just about every introduction for him the last few years as if tomorrow the last time we would see him in richmond. I want to apologiz...

Imi think of what talking about jen wittenberg. He would find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done and it. New we were in forc mostwhite has to be the prolific young professor. Won the outstanding faculty award for virginia. He is an active public speaker and a parent of young children. I dont know where john finds the time. Generousn very with our Education Programs to which we are grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his varied with a an...

Justice for all. Thank you. We have had the fortune of having Many Political journalists, both print and broadcast, speak here over the years. The one we have with us tonight has covered six u. S. President s beginning with president reagan. Speaking of president reagan, we were first introduced to canada back in 2002 when he and a handful of other experts came out to the Reagan Library to share stories about president reagan and our air force one tail number 27000. Stories we then used to make ...

Marketing officer for the Ronald Reagan president ial institute to those that defend our freedom around the world to men and women please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. And had the fortune to have many journalist print and broadcast speak here over the years but tonight covering six president s begin...