An introduction for an introduction. And first off, ill say that i serve as the executive director for civil trials. And it is an honor because i have the chance work for all of you. Its its absolutely. The program grows at the grassroots. So its individuals like all of you who may have an idea know of a spot in your backyard. You want to have it marked and marketed the world. And you come to us. So its your stories that we get to tell. And its truly honor. I would also be remiss if i didnt say that i came to history at a young age and there are few scholars who i can point to who helped get there. And the gentleman i have the honor to introduce is one of those. Oftentimes, you often you listen to a biography, you think to yourself, i know who that is. You dont necessarily have to have a biography list behind him, but this one is definitely worth noting. Scott, as a 34 year veteran of the National Park service, served as gettysburg supervisor historian for 20 years. He won the National
Are few scholars who i can point to who helped get there. And the gentleman i have the honor to introduce is one of those. Oftentimes, you often you listen to a biography, you think to yourself, i know who that is. You dont necessarily have to have a biography list behind him, but this one is definitely worth noting. Scott, as a 34 year veteran of the National Park service, served as gettysburg supervisor historian for 20 years. He won the National Service regional Freeman Tilden award and excellence of interpretation in 1993 and was fundamental in the growth of gettysburg on site interpretation and living history program. Even if it was the 11th site on barts list, ten that growth also included the distance and satellite educational efforts. The key player for the design of all aspects of the new Gettysburg Museum and visitor center, and he retired from the park service in january 2014. But as we often that when you retire, you stay busy. Scott has authored numerous articles, essays a
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it is my pleasure today to bring up this in richmond virginia, and both of them have worked with the battlefields down there. doug is a volunteer, what are the historians for many years. both of them are well familiar with 1862 and 1864. both of them have several books in the back. their most recent is called, embattled capital, a guide to richmond during the civil war. it is a fantastic fact book of all of the different sides you can visit in the confederate capital. everything from prison sites, to hospital sites. it talks about the different battle sites. things associated richmond s slave history, it is a rich resource for richmond and it was a delight to work on that project with the two of you. and a time when covid basically had the publishing business shut down, barnes and noble eventually heard about their book and ordered a whole bunch of copies in the middle of january which is an off time for books. so it was like, we have to get this going. and the book is done