Petersburg, virginia, for the historical park civil war symposium. Next, chief historian at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National historical park will speak. All right, lets call it back to order. Thank you. Welcome back from lunch. We wanted to mention that today is the 100th anniversary to the day that the first u. S. Troops went in france. [applause] i am happy to introduce our next speaker. He is a public historian and author currently serving as the chief historian and chief of interpretation at Fredericksburg National military park. Parts worked for the four years. As well as probably the definitive book on manassas. Lets welcome him. [applause] john i have to start with this. This is not a gratuitous phrasing of my team that i have loved since i was 11 years old. You may remember they one the stanley cup in the spring. I offer this is context for some of what you have heard this week. Does anybody recall who was defeated in the final . Do you remember . Is in the state of ten
He has written numerous works on strategy and security. More recent military topics. He is a highly regarded journalist and is currently the fox news strategic analyst and a member of the hoover military working group at stanford university, and currently lives in washington. In his title today is the human side of human war leadership. So, please welcome colonel peters. [applause] col. Peters good morning, ladies and element. Ladies and gentlemen. My publisher would be delighted if you buy my books, but one of the most important institutions and the United States of america the National Parks service. Whenese Turbulent Times people and government are looking for what to cut, the National Parks service already does more with less than any Government Institution i have ever known. But at some point, less is just less. Our National Parks have the normas backlog of maintenance of has to be done, worthwhile new initiatives, and their budget in washington is basically a lobbyist tip. When y
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1 00. Announcement before you head off to lunch. We are going to have two sets of concurrent sessions. One set is at 1 00 and another at 2 30 p. M. They will be held in the ballroom and others will be in two other academic holdings on campus. You will see them marked on your map. They are not very far away from here. Because of the construction, you are going to have to go down this way. This is American History tv on cspan3. For the next hour, we will take a tour of the monuments of gettysburg with two guides who coauthored a book. They have been giving tours of the gettysburg battles field for many years. They recently coauthored a field guide to gettysburg. We joined them to learn the story of the three day battle. We begin with the battle started on july 1, 1863. This is a lincoln highway in pennsylvania. Carol hello. I am carol reardon. Im a scholar and resident of the civil war era center. With me as colonel tom foss ller. Tom and i have led many programs around battlefields at g
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