Thanks to sheffield and members of the at lant at this history and lecture fund and making it possible to for me to come visit again in atlanta, this beautiful jewel of a city. What is pleasure it is to be here especially at the Atlanta History Center, so devoted as it is to the study of the history of this city, of the state of georgia and the United States. It is great to be back again. I wonder if we could have the lights down a bit because we have some pictures to see. Looking back, over 20 years, Alexander Stewart webb, declared, that the battle of gettysburg was, and is now throughout the world, known to be the waterloo of the rebellion certainly alex webb earned the right to speak with authority about gettysburg. He was 26 when the civil war broke out in 1861 and even though this grandson of a minuteman at bunker hill was only six years out of west point, he rocketed up the ladder of promotion to brigadier general, just a week before the union and confederate armies collided in
Next the director of civil war era studies at Gettysburg College recounts the battle of gettysburg which took place between the union and confederate armies on july 1st to third, eighteen sixtythree and resulted in 50,000 casualties. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the conflict. [applause] thank you to all the members of the Atlanta History Center and to the trustees of the living Selector Fund for making this possible, making possible for me to visit again here in atlanta this beautiful joule of the city, what a pleasure it is to be here especially at the Atlanta History Center so devoted as it is to the study of the history of the city, the state of georgia and the United States. It is great to be back again. I wonder if we could have the lights down a bit because we have some pictures to see. Looking back over 20 years, Alexander Stewart web declared that the battle of gettysburg was and is now throughout the world known to be the waterloo of the rebellion. Certainly alex w
A huge factor in driving to irans stable rating. What arabs knew back in 2004, who was the winner in iraq . Guess it comes out the winner in the arab world . Iran. In 2006 it was even higher. In 2008 he was even higher. In 2012 the clothing iran was the big winner. Because iraq was defeated, Saddam Hussein was the biggest nemesis to iran was defeated, and iran was now emboldened in their broader region. It goes beyond that though. They see irans role in bahrain, which some think here in the west is just a matter of saudi propaganda but Arab Public Opinion thinks iran is involved. Whether it is or not the perception mom tells me this all done. She says it doesnt matter, people think you are doing something. Take a look at what youre doing. It doesnt matter whether not its real or not. Public opinion believes it is real. And the nail in the coffin in Arab Public Opinion for iran is series. 17 of the 20 countries that we have surveyed now believe that irans role in iraq, and syria is deci
war ii veterans survived. today it s less than 100,000. absolutely. this is a generation that we ve all looked up to for all of our lives. they have always been there for us. and you have seen nearly all of the generation go. aspirational history is what we call it. the people we ve all looked to for so many decades. they are not gone. there are still some left. 100,000 plus left. still the precious moments to restore the legacy and pass it on. dana: history is the art of storytelling how we remember and learn. tell us about george. absolutely. george chap yeah landed on d-day. he should be there today. graves registration was his duty. caring for the bodies of the dead. from utah beach on d-day until the end of the war george and his unit handled 75,000 bodies
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