Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. I would like to welcome you to fort stevens. We would like to welcome you to historic fort events and the 54th anniversary of for stephens, and the national for its managers as well as an national cemetery, we have some programming there as well. At this time, we will present the colors, today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the u. S. Colored troops from connecticut. We will open now with the presentations of colors. Please be seated. For those who were wondering, that was the him from the 18th 61 versus written by oliver holmes, senior some by carroll heart. At this time, we will have creating from our park superintendent, julie awash burn. Good morning, and what a Beautiful Day we have, we really locked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not to human, so we are lucky. On behalf of the acting director of the National Parks service, i bring you greetings from the nds, as well as welcome each of you to Ro
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
Directed the American Heritage Rivers Initiative at the White House Council on environmental quality. Today miss newman will discuss the post war impact on the forts, on the surrounding neighborhoods in washington and their evolution into parks. And kim elder. Miss elder is the National Parks Services Program manager for civil war defenses of washington. She is responsible for the management, the Oversight Program development of 16 for 16 of the remaining forts and batteries opened and operated by the National Parks service. So today ms. Elder will highlight the parks today and provide us with a preview of this weekends activities at fort stevens. So let me begin now with dr. Cooling. [ applause ] good afternoon, folks. Pleasure to be back in this lovely facility even if every time i come here i go in the wrong entrance to the National Archives. As a researcher, i became very accustomed over 30 years or more of going in the other side. Well, you dont want to hear about that today. Ill
President will say, mary would not make a very good soldier, as she swooned. So while the president has been under fire, a man has been shot near him, and by 4 00, the 6th corps is ready to take the offensive. And they will move out from in front of fort stevens, moving across the ground that slopes down to where walter reid is now, beyond battleground cemetery, where 40odd men of the Union Soldiers who were killed here are buried and the union troops and the confederates pulled back. Lincoln will not take his eye off the big picture. Tuesday is the 12th. On the 14th, he is back out at the taking care of business. So he is going to do, and i want you to play another little tune there, because hes going to sign a bill calling for 500,000 more men. And theres one of the tunes in that, we are coming father abraham, 500,000 more. So hes showing his commitment to continuing the war. Hes also curtailed negotiations carried out through on the same day with mr. Blair, through frank blair, and