Year, 2019. Hes retired, 40 year as an editor and writer and newspaper and magazine industry some of those publications include usa today liberal both more sun the patriot news and your daily record in addition lot ron is edited National Magazines such as usa today sports hes been the editor in charge of the National Football League Coverage for usa today sports weekly, and he has managed the copy desk at harrisburg, when the newspaper want the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Native to michigan, a graduate of Central Michigan university, and he has returned as a guest speaker to the schools to journalism classes, as part of the schools visiting professional series. Iran and currently lives in york, pennsylvania, and has been a Gettysburg Foundation guide at the George Spangler farms Field Hospital since it opened in 2018. Without any further introduction, i would like to present to you, run cricket. applause thank you, tanya. Okay, we are good. Kenny, thank you, thank you all for coming. I arg
Harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, a graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as a guest speaker as part of the schools hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been a Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Without further introduction i would like to present to you ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. I argue in my book that the george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first, then we will go into other factors, like the two hospitals that were on this property, and we are going to talk about the spanglers. To help me make my case union , line, army of the potomac line, day three. There is the George Spangler farm. It is close to the line. Everywhere it is close to the line. It is huge, 166 acres, it dominates behind the lines. Rhodes.
Kirk would talks about the spengler farm during the battle of gettysburg which was used as a union Army Headquarters and artillery reserve and field hospital. Oday we have today would. E have ron kirk had tired after a 40 year career as an editor in the newspaper and magazine industry. His publications include usa today, the baltimore sun, the harrisburg patriot news in the new york daily record. He managed the copy desk and harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as part of theker as hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been at Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Youuld like to present to ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. Thegue in my book that george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first
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Well crank up the warmth next week making run at 80 degrees. Yesterday little rough with the clouds, chilly temperatures holding in the 40s most of the day, now we make run at six off degrees today, even tomorrow, even warmer. Now, great week toned get outside. Really both days, but tomorrow will be the warmer day if you like the mild temperatures. Chilly this morning, still. We have the cold air, in place, so youll need the heavier coat, and Early Morning hours, until the sun gets up, starts to warm things up, maybe just light jacket later this morning into the afternoon. Right now at the airport, 41 degrees, west breeze at 13, so talking about windchills this morning in the mid threes right now, thats what it feels like on exposed skin around the city. Actual air temperature below freezing in mount pocono, 38 in reading, close to 40 degrees in south jersey in milville and at the Atlantic City airport. Zoom into some suburbs, normal cold spot, quakertown, willow grove, doylestown, mid