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 . The story is pretty well known. The story after is not as wellknown. You might remember the battle was a threeday battle on july 1, 2, and 3 just outside this building. 160,000 soldiers for three hot days, then there would 51,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. It was a bloodbath. It was a turning point in the civil war, and this is where Abraham Lincoln gave the m
[applause] tim i am neither a historian or an author. I just draw silly pictures. Im happy to be here today to discuss, discovering gettysburg. Im just going to throw your name, and give me a brief introduction of who you are, so the folks out here can know what you are up to, and maybe tell us about the book you just published. Let me introduce first, my partner in crime, dr. Stephen coleman. Hello. Yes, we have been very pleased that the book was published by savis beatty. It is called discovering gettysburg an unconventional introduction to the town, and the battle that made it famous. I was in theater for 50 years, and as my career in theater waned, i found my interest in theater waning with it. I needed a new interest. I said, lets go see the beautiful foliage in pennsylvania. And that little altercation in gettysburg, maybe we can find out a little bit more about that. I found a hotel and discovered the battlefield guides. So, what we have done is try to come at this whole questi
Nixon can do. What can we do so that johnson and humphrey do appear for the victory. And then the talks will resume when i am president and we can make something happen. Powerful example of how our understanding of the past is always changing and new evidence can also introduce new interpretations and how perhaps some of the, some of the things we thought were true about what a president did and why he did it can change many decades after his death. Announcer watching the entire program at 8 00 and midnight on lectures in history. American history tv only on cspan3. Announcer monday on the communicators, a look at small town and rural broadband. Mrs. Bloomfield told him our organizations disaster for rural expansion to be a greater priority. She is interviewed by Communications Daily Senior Editor david account. What would you say your biggest priorities are in congress or the fcc . How do we make sure broadband is part of a package that is considered . I look at it and think are they
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
Are expected to travel on the pennsylvania turnpike today. Officials say over the holiday weekend, more than 2. 3 million drivers will have traveled on the road. In new jersey, nearly a million drivers are on the roads over the weekend. Aaa expects Memorial Day Travel to reach a 12year high. Over on the jersey shore, people are hoping the weather cooperates for memorial day events. Several concerts are rescheduled for today after rain forced people off the ocean city boardwalk yesterday. However, businesses say so far business has been booming . Holiday weekend. They hope its a sign for things to come for the Summer Season. Were up here having a good time. You hope its busy. You hope theres good weather and that people come down. Thats what we drive off of. Many visitors told us they plan on heading back onto the beaches as long as the weather holds up. Coming up. Matt delucia will take us live to ocean city, and well have more on memorial day activities. Of course, keeping track of th