So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
So elizabeth spalding, where are we . We are at the victims of Communism Museum in washington, d. C. On mcpherson square. And how did this museum come about . It came about because of a 30 year dream and Organization Called the of Communism Memorial Foundation, which was formed which was formed shortly after the fall of the berlin wall. And then it was this one will amuse you. It was authorized by a unanimous act of congress in 1993. And then into law by president bill clinton. And the purpose of it was to educate and more realize the history of communism. These would be the victims that it created. This grand holocaust that so many people didnt know about. And america had been so good about educating about the the holocaust. During World War Two of the , others. But people didnt understand there was this similar holocaust that created victims of communism. And so thats the initial impetus. But this took so long because initially the foundation was focused on building a memorial and th
My name is tammy myers, i am president of the gettysburg heritage center, and i have drilled to have you here in attendance. He is a retired executive a licensed battlefield guide here at Gettysburg National military park. Joe is the past president of the association of licensed battlefield guides and the gettysburg civil war roundtable. In addition, he is on the faculty of the prestigious lincoln leadership institute. He has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and another. He lives with his wife, chris. Thank you. [applause] my wife kris is here in the audience tonight. Welcome, everybody to the book talk about my latest book called after gettysburg. The great radio commentator always talked about the rest of the story, so this is kind of the rest of the story. A lot of people come here to learn about the threeday battle of gettysburg. We talked about that battle, but this book attempts to answer the question what happens after the three days are over .