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Said he used to go to Yankee Stadium with his dad when it was more like an operating theater where theyd hang over and i have to tell you a quick story very about the dimaggio hits 56 in a row he goes into the locker room after that he gets another 18 he wouldve been up to 75 games in a row he goes back into the locker all these kids are like almost in tears that they got to play with the great jody a young rookie goes up so the magic is sitting in front of his locker pissed off with a telegram the kids is joe its the greatest achievement in the history of baseball were all blown away here com...

[laughter] i want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I do have a clear idea i did have a clear idea what i wanted the symposium to be. A blend of wellknown speakers. Blended with excellent lesserknown speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. I stumbled on a title and a gimmick using the year 2020. As a way of providing hindsight and insight into the study of the civil war. With that concept in min...

Longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I did have a very clear idea of what i wanted this symposium to be, a blend of wellknown speakers who would discuss what theyve learned about the study of the civil war over decadeslong careers, blended with excellent lesserknown speakers whom you should want well, know well and will want to know well and had them speak about their Exciting New Research and their contributions to civil war scholarship. And i finally stumbled upon a title and a gimmick, using the 2020, 2020 vision, 2020 hindsight, insight,...

So its a really delicate balance of yes, we need to keep people sheltered and separated, but also we need connection and we need, you know, fresh air and sunshine to be healthy. Peter went on to say he hates to sound like one of those, but, you know, as a local, you can kind of see where a problem would arise with crowds of people coming in from over the hill, as they say. And he thinks it makes a lot of sense to try to dampen that amount of folks coming from outside of the town here. But as you can tell, folks really excited to get the beaches back, the dog is very excited to get the beaches ...

He talks about the lessons he has learned from past research including complex causes and responsibilities of the war. He is the author of the cause lost myths and realities of the confederacy. His talk was part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. This years symposium here did not come together as smoothly as they often do and as smtly as i would like. Thats entirely my thought. It took me a long time before i arrived at a concept and a title that worked. My working title for a long time was the civil war bucket list, what you should know before you go. A title that jus...