Six years. Peter scott, one of the things that john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We have also talked about the partnerships with academics and we have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina Silver Silver was one of the first historians that came to the park and had conversations with the park staff about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg and time and time again john and i have noticed that these connections between academics and public historians, you cannot conclude there is this a great gulf between these two sides as i think there once was. I thought we could open by having you reflect upon how battlefield interpretation, how it changed over time during your career and if you wouldnt mind, i would be interested in what you see as opportunities as we look ahead. Or iimportant observation my girlsy fun fact cameron and isabel carmichael, i have to give them a shout out today b
We will get into that. Let me say a little bit about scott. Welcome, scott. Many of our viewers know scott from his very long and successful and productive tenure and engagement with the National Park. He has been retired for a little more than 10 years or a little less than 10 years, excuse me. Geez, actually six years. Peter one thing john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We also talked about partnerships with academics. We have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina silver, one of the first historians who came to the park and had conversations about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg. Time and time again, john have noticed these connections between academics and public historians. Cant then conclude there is this great gap or golf between the two sides. I thought we could open by howng you reflect upon battlefield interpretation has changed over time during your career. And then,
Use and access to coffee during the warld. Jake wynn and kyle dalton compared union and confederate soldiers and take questions via chat. The National Museum of civil war medicine provided this video. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. Were having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, the membership and development coordinator. And im jake wynn. Im the director of interpretation for the National Museum of civil war medicine and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and time in washington, d. C. And im in frederick, maryland, know. To our main location, the cardi building. Were happy for you joining us this morning, especially for those on the west coast. Today were talking about coffee. So ive got my cup of joe right here in the appropriately branded mug. And i see you have yours there. Yes, im supporting George Mason University today. We support education. So my coffee, you could see it behind me here, it is new mexico p
Is history. Historical questions can also answer questions in unravel mysteries out even decades after the events took place. Last summers identification of the wreck of the annapolis was aided by a just this month, the naval the navy was able to settle the question of the number of survivors because of Research Done and records housed at our facility in college park and the National Records center st. Louis. Some stories are easily told, some take 73 years to come to light. By preserving the records of our past, we ensure that the Building Blocks of our stories will be available and far into the future. Lynn vincent, a u. S. Navy veteran is their number one New York Times bestseller and coauthor of 11 nonfiction books. Best known titles are same kind of different as me and heaven is for real. A veteran journalist and author of more than a hot thousand articles, have estimated pieces of been said it before congress in the u. S. Supreme court. Sarah vladeck, the documentary filmmaker is
Via chat. Kyle good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. We are having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, membership and development coordinator. Jake im jake wynn. I am the director of interpretation for the National Museum of civil war medicine. And i am in washington, d. C. Kyle and im in frederick, maryland. We are happy to have you joining us bright and early. Today, we are talking about coffee. Ive got my cup of joe right here in my appropriately branded mug. I see you got yours. Jake im supporting james Mason George Mason university today. Kyle you support education. So my coffee, you can see a here, its really tasty. If you havent tried it, give it a shot. I made it with my french press with filtered water. Fresh ground is best because that releases the flavors. If you buy Ground Coffee, Ground Coffee loses its flavor. As soon as you grind it, it starts losing the flavor, so youve got to get the whole been, grind it your