Host good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. It is best [laughter] it is kind of funny, actually. Gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] going tor i am introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last from, the guy who falls dysentery, t
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Good afternoon here at the National Archives the archivist of the United States its a pleasure to have you with us or joining us through facebook or Youtube Channels into the cspan audience. We like to tell you about a few other programs coming up next month on tuesday septembe september 10th Sidney Blumenthal will talk about the recently released volume about Abraham Lincoln 1856 and at seven the associate Justice Gorsuch will tell us about his new book a republic if you can keep it with the importance of Civic Education and discourse and mutual respect. Check out the website to get email updates you will find other information to other archives and activities another way is to become a member of the National Archives foundation and check out their website to learn more about the organization. Those murals commemorate two founding documents of the nation of the declaration of independence and the Central Group represents those who play key roles in the creation of that document along
Good afternoon here at the National Archives the archivist of the United States its a pleasure to have you with us or joining us through facebook or Youtube Channels into the cspan audience. We like to tell you about a few other programs coming up next month on tuesday septembe september 10th Sidney Blumenthal will talk about the recently released volume about Abraham Lincoln 1856 and at seven the associate Justice Gorsuch will tell us about his new book a republic if you can keep it with the importance of Civic Education and discourse and mutual respect. Check out the website to get email updates you will find other information to other archives and activities another way is to become a member of the National Archives foundation and check out their website to learn more about the organization. Those murals commemorate two founding documents of the nation of the declaration of independence and the Central Group represents those who play key roles in the creation of that document along
Washington foundation he now inks as an interpreter military programs at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation. Welcoming ryanin quint. [applause] thank you. How is everyone doing . Everyone happy to be here . Not a great answer if you said five minutes into the program. I was excited when the program of announced and the idea the theme, forgotten battles of the civil war. Question became what to do next, and at the time that i worked at the fredericksburg military park, the thing about frederick spur, there were massive battles. Huge. I like to study the smaller engagements. The problem with that, the smaller they are, the harder they are to study. So, dranesville. I was hoping to create a book out of it. To talkpecially excited about it tonight. Has anyone heard of dranesville before . Whoo ok. does anyone know where it is . Less hands, but still a good number. It helps if you turn it on. It is 20 miles west of washington, d. C. The battle the encasement we will be talking about happe