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State instructor, discusses a different account of women during the gettysburg and how the residents, mainly women and children, were affected and shaped by the battle. The journey through Hallowed Ground partnership hosted the program. Shawn welcome, everybody. My name is shawn butcher. I am the director of journey through Hallowed Ground partnership. Welcome to the afternoon session. We are pleased that this session is being taped and aired on cspan so welcome our cspan viewers. For those in the audience, you can follow along or learn more on twitter. I am pleased to introduce our speaker, jared frederick. Jared has been highly involved in the world of public history conducting oral history interviews, writing grants, in interpreting sites. Receiving a masters from west virginia, he is served as a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National park and her first Harpers Ferry national park. An artist as well, he has completed projects and been recognized by organizations such as the smi
And minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Poe, for five minutes. Mr. Poe thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the president , quote, avoid the battle, complains, and misses opportunities. Those were the words of leon panetta president obamas former secretary of defense and c. I. A. Director in 2011. At the time panetta, along with military commanders and joint chiefs of staff, recommended that the United States leave 24,000 troops in iraq to prevent that country from falling apart and becoming chaos. According to panetta the administration was so eager to rid itself of iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve american influence in our interests. So the president ignored the advice of his own secretary of defense and top commanders and pooled troops out of iraq in 2011. The timing just before the 2012 president ial leaks to me appe
The president of this fine organization. We are very blessed to be in a community where we have a lot of educated individuals who know a lot about the battle at gettysburg. Our first speaker for the day is a battlefield guide. He is one of those folks with a wealth of knowledge. He is a coauthor of the book top 10 at gettysburg. Guide heretlefield at the park and has been one since 2004. He has conducted hundreds of doers for all kinds of visitors. From across the states. He has done anniversary battle walks for the Gettysburg National park as well as the gettysburg foundation. Some of his topics are varied and will range from artillery action to the first minnesota to the second massachusetts. War twoeveloped world to ours at the cemetery which were conducted for the National Historian site. Conducting but stewards across the 10 day campaign. He resides in new jersey with his wife and dog. Youuld like to present to ralph. [applause] good evening everybody. It looks like everything is
Penguins. He is passionate in history and especially the civil war. He serves on the board of trustees for the Pittsburgh Heinz History Center in design the board of directors for the friends of flight 93 and the Marketing Committee for the gettysburg foundation. Gettysburgbook is whols, five native sons came to fight as confederate soldiers. Without any further introduction, i present to you, mcmillan. [applause] thank you. N if i am standing or walking funny, in my 24th Straight Year of coming to the anniversary days, i finally went on a battlefield horse tour. The thing i learned was i not be in the cavalry. It was actually a great experience. It is also special to be here at the Heritage Center because this is where i gathered a fair amount of research. The right through the door is one of the best civil war book stores the country. I would get one, and up with four. What is interesting is outside is a littleknown monument to the Koch Brothers at gettysburg, a key part of this book