Harrisburg when the paper won the Pulitzer Prize in 2012. Ron is a native of michigan, a graduate of Central Michigan university, and has returned as a guest speaker as part of the schools hearst visiting professional series. Ron lives in york, pennsylvania and has been a Gettysburg Foundation guide since 2013. Without further introduction i would like to present to you ron kirkwood. [applause] mr. Kirkwood thank you. Ok, we are good. Tammy, thank you. Thank you all for coming. I argue in my book that the george and Elizabeth Spangler farm is the most important farm in the battle of gettysburg. Im going to address that first, then we will go into other factors, like the two hospitals that were on this property, and we are going to talk about the spanglers. To help me make my case union , line, army of the potomac line, day three. There is the George Spangler farm. It is close to the line. Everywhere it is close to the line. It is huge, 166 acres, it dominates behind the lines. Rhodes.
Is shrinking. That means were getting the word out there. Thats really exciting. Where to start. You all have heard for those regulars here, you know i usually will Say Something about how you cant tell the story of e plur bus umen without the plur bus. I think the talk fits in great with the museums mission to broaden peoples understanding of what we mean by the American Revolution to make sure that everyone sees the American Revolution reflected in themselves. Im flashing at you now a wonderful note card that has a whale on it with a note from almost exactly a year ago. This is april 24th, 2018, from gina whalen. Gina, raise your hand. Katherines aunt. The next question is how many people in this room are related to katharine . So jenna, if you have seen George Washingtons tent upstairs and have been moved to tears as i have been, jenna was the textile conservator who did all the work to prepare that tent for display. It was wonderful for two years just about every day sitting in a w
Standing on a pipe outside of the fifth story window. Not a lot of information on the story. But what we do see is other people who have come to help. This man stands out on the ledge. No you just put your own life in danger now. How do you know that unit is even secure against the wall . What are you going to do . Did what he could do. A Police Officer is following him. They secure him, going through the window. Hanging on the outside, no worries, the Police Officer makes sure he gets back inside safe as well. Glad i had a weeks vacation before you showed me that. Welcome back. Youre going to need i dont want to think about it too much. You need to do it. Because they thought about it too much, they may realize what an awful idea this is. Thats eric decker and his cousin jack. Were not thinking about it too much, they decided to just i feel like we send it, if we fail, i cant think like that. The plan here is to go to the Golden Gate Bridge to ride across on an electric skateboard. An
Needs to battle ukraine. And america remembers. Citizens gather at ground zero at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania, to honor the Men And Women who lost their lives, 22 years after 9 11. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where we follow the disastrous news out of morocco. Rescue crews are sifting through the rubble, hoping to find survivors from fridays earthquake and aftershocks. The numbers are staggering. 2,500 people found dead. 2,500 others are injured across a region that faces a massive recovery and rebuilding process in the coming weeks and months. Even years. Humanitarian organizations are trying to supply thousands of displaced residents who lost everything, with food, water, supplies, shelter they need to survive. We are trying to look for people. We are looking for people still. The people really dont want to go inside the houses no more. We need blankets since its cold here. Blankets, tents, sleeping bags. That kind of material is in big nee
Needs to battle ukraine. And america remembers. Citizens gather at ground zero at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania, to honor the Men And Women who lost their lives, 22 years after 9 11. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, where we follow the disastrous news out of morocco. Rescue crews are sifting through the rubble, hoping to find survivors from fridays earthquake and aftershocks. The numbers are staggering. 2,500 people found dead. 2,500 others are injured across a region that faces a massive recovery and rebuilding process in the coming weeks and months. Even years. Humanitarian organizations are trying to supply thousands of displaced residents who lost everything, with food, water, supplies, shelter they need to survive. We are trying to look for people. We are looking for people still. The people really dont want to go inside the houses no more. We need blankets since its cold here. Blankets, tents, sleeping bags. That kind of material is in big nee