Talks about strategy and readiness and live coverage on cspan2. Ensure the freedom for freedom for all nations. The challenges facing the 21st century neighbor have never been greater and is a formidable press are there are those who would argue the greatest challenge or nations navy has come from our own congress over the decade of continuing resolutions and physical restraints of budget has had a cumulative effect of degrading the capacity a space ability of the u. S. Navy. In light of these increased complex Maritime Security environments and the recent release of National Defense strategy those discussions cannot be more timely today. As a tired submariner myself really honored to be able to post this today. I too was a physics major and we share another common in our history that the admiral talked about. John richardson graduated from the Naval Academy in 1992 with a bachelors degree in physics. He earned a masters degree from mit and National Security strategy for work college.
Ladies and gentlemen and distinguished geverts, thank you for joining me this morning for operations. Aval the navy maintains that its presence of 100 ships were deployed around the globe reassure our allies and ensure the freedom for all nations. Never been greater. Argueare those who would that the greatest challenge to our nations navy has come from our own congress. Over a decade of continuing ,esolutions and constraints capacity capabilities and u. S. Navy. F the the discussions today could not be more timely. To be abley honored to host today. I was also a physics major and we share another common these of our history the admiral will talk about. Of the United States naval academy, holds degrees from m. I. T. , and National Security strategy from the National Worst national war college. Was awarded the vice admirable work for his time in command. Award for his time in command. [applause] admiral richardson thank you for that kind introduction to we do go back the way he alluded t
Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the gettysburg heritage center. For those of you not familiar with the gettysburg heritage center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county historical society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and Evergreen Cemetery association and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may of 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg story from a new perspective, one that focuses on both the military aspects as well as the civilian perspective. Beyond the museum, we do offer additional programming focus to for both the general consumer and the scholar. In addition to book talks such as today, you can experience our living history programs every weekend. And we have a saturday spotlight series where we have Educational Programs in the evenings. When y
State instructor, discusses a different account of women during the gettysburg and how the residents, mainly women and children, were affected and shaped by the battle. The journey through Hallowed Ground partnership hosted the program. Shawn welcome, everybody. My name is shawn butcher. I am the director of journey through Hallowed Ground partnership. Welcome to the afternoon session. We are pleased that this session is being taped and aired on cspan so welcome our cspan viewers. For those in the audience, you can follow along or learn more on twitter. I am pleased to introduce our speaker, jared frederick. Jared has been highly involved in the world of public history conducting oral history interviews, writing grants, in interpreting sites. Receiving a masters from west virginia, he is served as a seasonal park ranger at Gettysburg National park and her first Harpers Ferry national park. An artist as well, he has completed projects and been recognized by organizations such as the smi
Penguins. He is passionate in history and especially the civil war. He serves on the board of trustees for the Pittsburgh Heinz History Center in design the board of directors for the friends of flight 93 and the Marketing Committee for the gettysburg foundation. Gettysburgbook is whols, five native sons came to fight as confederate soldiers. Without any further introduction, i present to you, mcmillan. [applause] thank you. N if i am standing or walking funny, in my 24th Straight Year of coming to the anniversary days, i finally went on a battlefield horse tour. The thing i learned was i not be in the cavalry. It was actually a great experience. It is also special to be here at the Heritage Center because this is where i gathered a fair amount of research. The right through the door is one of the best civil war book stores the country. I would get one, and up with four. What is interesting is outside is a littleknown monument to the Koch Brothers at gettysburg, a key part of this book