And and an historian at the adams county Historical Society. He is the coauthor of numerous articles and books of history on the civil war. He is lucky that civil war roundtables has appeared on Television Documentaries including the popular pcn battle walk series. Integralon, he was an part of our storyline here. Lets give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] i was waiting to show it later. Dr. Today, i am going to talk about some of the farms around the battlefield of gettysburg. I did do a book called the farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in the people who lived here at the time of the civil war. A lot of people who read about the battle and understand the general story when you start reading deeper into it, you come across the names of the people who lived in the area. When i moved to gettysburg and became a licensed battlefield guide instead of working at the adams county Historical Society, i had the Resources Available to learn a
Tim smith talks about the subject of his book, farms at gettysburg. He talks about how families were affected by the battle. This talk is hosted by the gettysburg heritage center. Onto our program. Many of you are probably familiar with tim smith because he has been in gettysburg for a number of years. He is a native to baltimore maryland, a battlefield guide here at the Military Park, and they historian at the adams county Historical Society. Coauthor ofhor or numerous articles and dozens of books on local history and the civil war. He has lectured at civil war roundtables and seminars and has appeared on television documentaries, including the popular battle walk series. Ouras an integral part of storyline here. Give a warm welcome to tim smith. [applause] you have my book. [laughter] thank you. Today i am going to talk a little about some of the farms around gettysburg. Years ago i did a book called farms of gettysburg. I have always been interested in people who lived here at the t
Of i. S. I. L. Catching up with a convicted spy after six months of freedom. His controversial release a key to restoring ties between the United States and cuba and welcome to Al Jazeera America im tony harris in tonight for antonio mora. We begin in greece where in less that 48 hours voters will decide whether to accept the terms of an international bailout, or face exit from the eurozone. Today clashes erupted between police and demonstrators in athens. It came while thousands were attending rallies ahead of the austerity referendum. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras appealing to greek voters to relate the plan. European leaders say a no vote would certainly push greece out of the eurozone. Sundays vote is crucial to rejuvenating greeces stagnate economy. Banks are closed. People are finding it harder to get food and medicine. Jonah hull explains why greeks are so divided. Reporter the word olli means no. The no campaign gathered in front of parliament backed by the government wants a f
As we help to keep alive the lessons of the trials. To promote empathy and understanding. One of the main ways in which we do this is by supporting and being involved in educational events just like today. You all have in your folders cards like this which are an invitation to commemorative activities, a celebration at the witch trials memorial tomorrow. But i am here to introduce our keynote speaker. Before i do that, i have noticed that we have not really talked about the people who have sponsored this symposium. I mentioned the Salem Award Foundation. Ethics National Heritage has been a Fabulous Team player. I have to tell you, donna has been driving this bus. [applause] i know she has pulled the entire History Department along in her wake. [laughter] i wanted to make sure she got credit for the incredible amount of hard work and coordination that it takes to pull off an event like this. It has been a wonderful day. I am glad to see you all here. On to what i am supposed to be talki
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