Preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life and history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and historys 104th annual conference. We have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Louder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca s
Conference. Have of people moving, how the National Park service and preservation is how the story of black migration. My name is madeline, and the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks conservation association. Lowder . Is that better . Sorry about that. Im so proud to be with you this afternoon. On behalf of teresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks conservation association, we have been a powerful independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through a nationwide network of offices, and with more than 1. 3 million members and supporters, npca speaks up for our parks, all on capitole, hill. Our advocacy work cannot be done without partners. Forave partnered together decades to make sure the National Park system tells the story of all americans, from preserving a critical chapter in the Civil Rights Movement with the designation of
Museum. Im winning interpretation here at the museum and thank you all for coming out this evening for this very special event. A few housekeeping i have before we begin let because of your wonderful old historic boarding house here in Downtown Washington we do not have restrooms available on this floor. If anyone should need to use the restroom during the course of the program please see alyssa right behind you and she could lead you to where you need to go. This is a pay what you please program this evening meaning that the conclusion will have to give and a negotiation and a Non Profit Organization and supporting the memberships and your donation will directly support the programs of education here at the missing Soldiers Office. A donation boxes just outside your way downstairs through the elevator. Now on to this evenings program. How many of you have been here to the missing Soldiers Office before . A show of hands. Quite a few of you, excellent. Who those of you having your firs
Welcome you all to the Battlefields Foundation roundtable, guide you are all able to make it. Its going to be a very interesting, top were going to hear this evening. Remember, we do not have dues, but we do ask that everyone who comes to the roundtable become a member of the Shadow Valley Battlefields Foundation. Just to know a little bit about the foundation, we have close to 5000 acres, of civil battlefield that weve been able to preserve, please go to our website, and if you could, we would surely appreciate you becoming a member of the foundation. Im going to introduce our speaker tonight, steve and i both move to the area about the same time. Steve came from a career in music, he is a graduate of Berkeley College of music. For many many years he toured worldwide, he came back to his roots in pennsylvania. He decided to study this battle, he didnt just study it, he was engrossed in it. He has done remarkable, thorough research as, thorough as anyone could do, to put together a boo
Pennsylvania, and Award Winning author, coauthor and editor of 20 civil war books, and more than 40 related articles. Most of which are relevant to the civil war photography. He is the Vice President at the center for civil war photography, he has been a license battlefield guide for 25 years. He has been shown in numerous productions shown on television. He worked fulltime as the chief historian of the American Battlefield trust. Without any further introduction, i present to you, my friend garry adelman. Hello everyone. It is an easy doing the whole civil war in such a whole period of time. Im committed to getting this done, im already wasting time so good look for those of you that like to take notes. Okay. The seeds of the civil war are sewn in the constitution, and soon after, where slaves were partly a person, sometimes theyre not a person, so you really see north and south starting to look at each other differently. Southerners look to the north, and although they speak the same