That nice, not to have talking heads tell you how to interpret what is going on. Thank you for being here tonight. Speaker is mr. Marc leepson. He was a letter for the congressional quarterly, but he is now a freelance rider. He has a bachelors degree and a masters degree from George Washington university. His many books include sitting monticello, published by Simon Schuster in 2001, flag an 2005,an biography, storyrate engagement the of the battle of the monopoly in 2007. Lafayette idealist general, what so proudly we hailed francis got key, a life published by mcmillan in 2011, and the battle of the green beret, about 50 of the Army Staff Sergeant barry sadler published in 2017. Will ber, marc releasing a volume on the history of one of our beloved an important Historic Properties within our heritage area. Today the home is called homeland. Forward to be rich history and the stories associated with that wonderful property. Marcs articles have appeared in many publications including
Leepson. He was a letter for the congressional quarterly, but he is now a freelance rider. He has a bachelors degree and a masters degree from George Washington university. His many books include sitting monticello, published by Simon Schuster in 2001, flag an american biography, 2005, desperate engagement the story of the battle of the monopoly see in 2007. Lafayette idealist general, published by mcmillan in 2011. What so proudly we hailed francis got key, a life published by mcmillan in 2011, and the battle of the green beret, about 50 of the Army Staff Sergeant barry sadler published in 2017. Next year, marc will be releasing a volume on the history of one of our beloved an important Historic Properties within our heritage area. Today the home is called homeland. All of us look forward to be rich history and the stories associated with that wonderful property. Marcs articles have appeared in many publications including the smithsonian magazine, civil war times, americas civil war,
Welcome you to historic fort stevens and the 55th anniversary of the battle of commemoration. Commemoration. My name is kim elder. I am the Program Manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long title or what encircles the National Park Service Number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. At this time, we will present the colors. Today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. We are going to open now with the presentation of colors. Forward march. [national anthem] u [applause] please be seated. For those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 verse written by oliver weldon, sung by harold hartford. At this time, we at this time, we will have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia good morning, everybody. What a Beautiful Day we have. We really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not too hu
Good morning. I would like to welcome you to historic fort stevens. Come on up. On behalf of the National Park service, we would like to welcome you to historic fort stevens and the 55th anniversary of the battle of commemoration. I am the Program Manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long or what encircles the National Park Service Number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. Presenttime, we will the colors. Today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. Withe going to open now the presentation of colors. [national anthem] [applause] please be seated. For those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 weldon,itten by oliver sung by harold hartford. We have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia good morning, everybody. What a Beautiful Day we have. We really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be h
Next speaker who so grateful for him coming in and joining us last minute and he is going to continue with our theme of bridges over troubled waters. Weve got ryan quint, whos going to present defending the bridges monocacy, another maine native like our first speaker, ryan quint is a park guide at the fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National military park. He formerly worked at the Richmond National battlefield park, Colonial Williamsburg and George Washington foundation. Ryan has a history degree from the university of mary washington. Hes one of the emerging next generation of civil war historian. Mr. Quint is the author of determined to stand and fight the battle of monocacy, july 9th, 1864. And hes contributed to other several service baby civil war titles. Lets give mr. Quint a warm welcome. Lets see. Well, thanks, everyone, for having me. Wish i was under better circumstance, but i know we all wish peter the best. A couple of quick tests. One, can everyone hear me . Yes. Check.