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I am professor of history at gettysburg college. My guess is gordon ray. This would be the first of 4 volumes to cover the 1864 Overland Campaign. Gordon was the first historian to ever attempt to write a comprehensive history of those operations. Those operations, as you know, covered Central Virginia and ended on june 1 at cold harbor. It really is hard to imagine that anyone will ever again attempt to write such a comprehensive history because what gordon did is truly phenomenal. It is model tactical history, well researched, beautifully written, and above all else, contextualized. As a mic...

Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for t...

The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war histo...

Washington and back. In just about 40 hours. And after their exhausting travel, the president and first lady are returning to the white house in turmoil. The president facing more plunging Approval Ratings. As the president honored mandela, the white house announced the administration has turned to the clinton era for help. Former clinton chief of staff john podesta returns to the white house to serve as what the Obama Administration calls a counselor to the president after a series of scandals, misrepresentations, misstatements, and contradictions over a number of events and issues in the ove...

Washington and back. In just about 40 hours. And after their exhausting travel, the president and first lady are returning to the white house in turmoil. The president facing more plunging Approval Ratings. As the president honored mandela, the white house announced the administration has turned to the clinton era for help. Former clinton chief of staff john podesta returns to the white house to serve as what the Obama Administration calls a counselor to the president after a series of scandals, misrepresentations, misstatements, and contradictions over a number of events and issues in the ove...