I will give an abbreviated version of the bios we have in the programs. Tracy is a native of appomattox. He has worked for the National Park service. He has been at Petersburg National battlefield since 1997. He is the author of one of the volumes and the howard, virginia regimental history series. He is also passed president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable. And the appomattox county historical society. His talk today will be on the fall of petersburg. Please welcome Tracy Chernault. [applause] Tracy Chernault good evening. Im a big baseball guy. When he asked me to speak as the leadoff man, that was a first for me. Most of you can tell by my size, i never hit leadoff because i require somebody speeding. Being the leadoff man is something new for me. I was surprised when pat pointed out that the magazine contains his article, because you get to this article, you have to read through my article. Which i think should have been the end of the magazine. [laughter] please pick up one
I will give an abbreviated version of the bios we have in the programs. Tracy is a native of mathematics appomattox. He has worked for the National Park service. He has been at Petersburg National battlefield since 1997. He is the author of one of the volumes and the howard, virginia regimental history series. He is also passed president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable. And the appomattox county historical society. His talk today will be on the fall of petersburg. Please welcome Tracy Chernault. [applause] john lehman Tracy Chernault good evening. Im a big baseball guy. When he asked me to speak as the leadoff man, that was a first for me. Most of you can tell by my size, i never hit leadoff because i require somebody speeding. Being the leadoff man is something new for me. I was surprised when pat pointed out that the magazine contains his article, because you get to this article, you have to read through my article. Which i think should have been the end of the magazine. [laugh
When he asked me to speak as the leadoff man, that was a first for me. Most of you can tell by my size, i have always been rather large i never hit leadoff because i that requires somebody speedy. Being the leadoff man is something new for me. I was surprised when pat pointed out that the magazine contains his article, because you get to this article, you have to read through my article. Which i think should have been the end of the magazine. [laughter] we could have avoided a lot of history that would have droned on. Please pick up one of those and read my article. Mike gorman has an article as well. It is always a pleasure to speak about petersburg, because most of you in this room having heard stories of petersburg, probably never delved into it. When i was at appomattox courthouse a number of years ago my boss at the time, who , promises to heckle me later, asked me, when i said i was going to petersburg, are you crazy . He said that it was the most unimportant story in all of the
Hillary clinton flew to dublin to hold a meeting with her russian counter part and u. N. Enjoy to syria meeting to discuss how they would end the now 21month long conflict in syria and how to move assad from power. And theres no sign they had to reverse the support, and today, a senior lawmaker says the Syria Government is now incapable of functioning properly. Just before the meeting with the Russian Foreign minister, secretary clinton insisted that the United States and russia share common goals in the region. Trying hard to work hard with russia to stop the bloodshed in syria and begin a political transition to a post asad future. The pressure against the regime in and around damascus seems to be increasing. Lou at home, leon pa net fa issuing the panetta issuing the sharpest warning yet. The president of the United States made it clear there will be consequences. There will be consequences if the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using chemical weapons on their own people. L
Hundreds of people packed for Memorial Church to remember my angelou. She had strong ties to San Francisco and to glide which she referred to as her church. Antelope live in the fillmore district in the first africanamerican cable corp. Cable car operator. Mayor ed lee honored her as a civilrights leader poet and activist. Mantle was a renowned poet and author. She died last month at her home in north carolina. one of rios most beloved of voices has fallen silent. Casey case of the man behind americas top ford and countless other pop music programs has died. He was 82 years old. Michelle turner brings us the life and career of a broadcasting icon. them im casey case and here we go and radio personality casey case and was best known as the host of americas top 43 for 39 years his warm and friendly delivery, down the nations its songs. we will find out as we come down before the hottest tickets in the u. S. A. And his iconic radio show also featured caissons Long Distance dedication that