Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the gettysburg heritage center. For those of you not familiar with the gettysburg heritage center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county historical society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and Evergreen Cemetery association and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may of 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg story from a new perspective, one that focuses on both the military aspects as well as the civilian perspective. Beyond the museum, we do offer additional programming focus to for both the general consumer and the scholar. In addition to book talks such as today, you can experience our living history programs every weekend. And we have a saturday spotlight series where we have Educational Programs in the evenings. When y
Ladies will be on to talk about the Womens Suffrage Movement and the obstacles to the right to vote. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal sunday morning. Join the discussion. War, authorhe civil Paul Bretzger talks about his book observing hancock at gettysburg the generals leadership through eyewitness accounts. Mr. Bretzger argues that general Winfield Scott hancock was one of the most important generals at the battle of gettysburg. The Gettysburg Heritage Center is the host of this 40 minute discussion. Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. I am the president here at the getty Gettysburg Heritage Center. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county Historical Society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg stories from a new perspective, one tha
Gettysburg story from a new perspective. One that focuses on both the military aspects as well as the civilian perspective. Beyond that museum, we offer additional programming for both the general consumer and groups alike. Suchdition to book talks as today, you can experience our living history encampment programs most weekend, and we have a saturday spotlight theory where we have various Educational Programs in the evening. When you are in gettysburg, be sure to visit us at 297 steinway avenue. We are open seven days a week. You can also get a best visit us online at gettysburgonline. Com. We moved our first speaker today. Bretxker,s paul e. Who received an award for atstanding in your thesis the university in new jersey. He spent years researching and writing his book, observing hancock at gettysburg which was published in 2016. He now teaches at Morris County school of technology in denville, new jersey. Latest article, the hancock power controversy is now available in a new rhythm
Smiling, that was standing in. Ront of the israeli flag it was very tight. Some of the people later on who a lot ofre people made it, but i was the only one that had the angle that put it together and made it work. Announcer you can watch the entire interview sunday night at 7 00 p. M. And 11 00 p. M. Eastern only on American History tv on cspan3. Next, author in u. S. Military history Professor John mcmanus presents an illustrated lecture. The National Park service, Shepherd University, and Eastern National cohosted this 90 minute event as part of a lecture series marking the 150th anniversary of Antietam National cemetery. Professor mcmanus is the author of numerous world war ii books, including the deadly brotherhood the american combat soldier in world war ii. I will now introduce my friend, my colleague, keith snyder, the chief historian at Antietam National battlefield. He was very much the architect behind the series, and hes a phenomenal partner for shepherd and has done wonder
The lecture series marking the 150th anniversary of Antietam National cemetery. Professor mcmanus is the author of numerous world war ii books, including the deadly brotherhood the american combat soldier in world war ii. I will now introduce my friend, my colleague, keith snyder, the chief historian at Antietam National battlefield. He was very much the architect behind the series, and hes a phenomenal partner for shepherd and has done wonders things for the civil war center. Without further ado, keith. [applause] keith thank you. We really value this partnership we have with Shepherd University. This is a great venue, bright partners to work with. Thank you for your partnership, we really appreciate it. Want to thank our partner, eastern national. They are the folks that have they have the store that i hope you visit. We are here as part of our ongoing commemoration of the 150th of the Antietam National cemetery. Our theme is remembering the fallen, the service and sacrifice of the a