Hagen History Center announces January speaker series events
Erie Times-News
Hagen History Center Educator Jeff Sherry will discuss George Meade: Pennsylvania s Forgotten Hero on Jan. 25.
Both presentations will be livestreamed at 7 p.m. on the history center s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/eriehistory, and will be posted later to the organization s website, eriehistory.org.
Civil War Union Gen. George Meade is not well known outside the world of scholars and students of that war, Hagen History Center Executive Director George Deutsch said. He was overshadowed by U.S. Grant and shunned by the press. Meade deserves to be recognized for his victory at Gettysburg and his command of the Army of the Potomac longer than any other general, Deutsch said.