Run toward justice, and hands that serve your purposes. Empower them to be faithful to you and their calling to do your will on earth, inspiring them with your presence to live above reproach deliver them from the pride that leads to shame, providing them with the humility that comes with wisdom. And lord, keep us all on the right side of history. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , june 12, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable steve daines, a senator from the state of montana, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley,
Storyteller john flashal who leads walking tours at the site where the statues are located. So you are now currently on the property of mr. Howard hankins, a Business Owner of Hamilton Road materials. Its an Industrial Recycling area. Mr. Hankins owned as much as 600 acres here and partitioned off a couple Hundred Acres to the nearby golf course. And this is a small sliver of whats remaining of the 400 acres. The significance of that he was involved, partially involved in the creation of the original president s park, a tourist site 12 miles from here that was open from 2004 until 2010. That was the home of all 42 of these sculptures. He was actually also instrumental and commissioned in 2010 to come take these sculptures when that park went bankrupt and put them in his stone crusher. So he did not have the heart to do that, thank god. And spent a considerable amount of his own money to transport every one of these one by one from that bankrupt, nonfunctional park 12 miles from here to
You are now currently on the property of mr. Howard handguns. He is a business owner. It is an industrial recycling, area and mr. Hankins owned as much as 600 acres here and has her partitioned off a couple hundred of that acres to the nearby golf course. This is a small sliver of what is remaining of the 400 acres. The significance of that is that he was involved, partially involved in the creation of the original president s park, which was a tourist site 12 miles from here that was open from 2004 until 2010. That was the home of all 42 of these sculptures. And he actually was also instrumental and commissioned in 2010 to come take the sculptures when that park went bankrupt and put them in his stone crusher. So, he did not have the heart to do that, thank god. And he spent a considerable amount of his own money to transport every one of these, one by one, from that bankrupt, nonfunctional park 12 miles from here, to his property here as a way to store them temporarily until he figur
Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy smith is a veteran of the National Parks service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the coeditor of 18 books, including Champion Hill, decisive battle of vicksburg, which won the Nonfiction Book award from the mississippi arts and letters. You can buy a copy in our bookstore. I am pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [applause] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. This is my first time to be here. I am a believer now. You have got a great place here. We are going to talk about the western theater here. Vicksburg, Champion Hill. How many of you have been to vicksburg . I figured that. A good number of you. Champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the American Battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi has just tu
Fixbering campaign. He discusses how the leadership contributed to a victory. This event was part of historical parks small battles big results symposium. Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy r. Smith is a veteran of the park service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee at martin. In addition to numerous articles and essays hes the author and editor and coeditor of 18 books including Champion Hill, the decisive battle of vicksburg. His book comes out this fall and actually is now out, and you can buy a copy of it out at our bookstore at battlefield center. So im pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [ applause ] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. Ive always heard about it and its my first time to be here. Ive always heard about it and how nice it was and im a believer now. I believe you. Youve got a great place here and appreciate the invitation to be here. Were going to talk about the western