welcome everyone. good evening. i want to thank you all for joining us tonight. on the evening of general and president ulysses s grant s 200th birthday. this historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the district of columbia and living us presidents. we have included in our dinner programs. just one of the proclamations from grant s birth state of ohio and all presidential messages that were available at the time of printing. what stands out in these messages? also stands out in history s understanding of grants during the 21st century. appreciation of his accomplishments is no longer confined to his military career in which he was the principal author of union victory during the civil war. it now extends to his presidency which included benchmarks in peace and equality that merit him a place in the pantheon of great presidents. grants co
My name is tammy myers, i am president of the gettysburg heritage center, and i have drilled to have you here in attendance. He is a retired executive a licensed battlefield guide here at Gettysburg National military park. Joe is the past president of the association of licensed battlefield guides and the gettysburg civil war roundtable. In addition, he is on the faculty of the prestigious lincoln leadership institute. He has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and another. He lives with his wife, chris. Thank you. [applause] my wife kris is here in the audience tonight. Welcome, everybody to the book talk about my latest book called after gettysburg. The great radio commentator always talked about the rest of the story, so this is kind of the rest of the story. A lot of people come here to learn about the threeday battle of gettysburg. We talked about that battle, but this book attempts to answer the question what happens after the three days are over .
He has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and another. He lives with his wife, chris. Thank you. [applause] my wife kris is here in the audience tonight. Welcome, everybody to the book talk about my latest book called after gettysburg. The great radio commentator always talked about the rest of the story, so this is kind of the rest of the story. A lot of people come here to learn about the threeday battle of gettysburg. We talked about that battle, but this book attempts to answer the question what happens after the three days are over . The story is pretty well known. The story after is not as wellknown. You might remember the battle was a threeday battle on july 1, 2, and 3 just outside this building. 160,000 soldiers for three hot days, then there would 151,000 or missing. Unded, it was a bloodbath. It was a turning point in the civil war, and this is where Ibrahim Lincoln gave the most important speech in his Abraham Lincoln gave the most important
Faculty of the prestigious lincoln leadership institute. He has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and another. He lives with his wife, chris. Thank you. [applause] my wife kris is here in the audience tonight. Welcome, everybody to the book talk about my latest book called after gettysburg. The great radio commentator always talked about the rest of the story, so this is kind of the rest of the story. A lot of people come here to learn about the threeday battle of gettysburg. We talked about that battle, but this book attempts to answer the question what happens after the three days are over . The story is pretty well known. The story after is not as wellknown. You might remember the battle was a threeday battle on july 1, 2, and 3 just outside this building. 160,000 soldiers for three hot days, then there would 51,000 men dead, wounded, or missing. It was a bloodbath. It was a turning point in the civil war, and this is where Abraham Lincoln gave the m
And we need to try to achieve them. These are the kinds of things that all flowed from that fundamental perception that special, and we need to do everything we can to keep it that way. Throughout the weekend, American History tv is featuring madison, wisconsin. Our cities tour staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. Learn more aboutm and other stops on cspans cities tour at cspan. Org local content. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. Week american artifacts takes viewers into Historic Sites around the country. Baltimores fort mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the starspangled banner, withstoodican forces an allnight bombardment by the british navy and turned the tide of the war of 1812. But the ford continue to make history for years playing an Important Role in the history of the civil war, world war i, and beyond. American history explores the history of fort mchenry after starspangled banner. My name is vince v