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
Schools. Michelle obama said yesterday that School Districts that hold back on efforts to emigrate, others say success has been made. Schooloughts on segregation and if it is still an issue in this day and age. Heres how you can make your thoughts known. We divided the line regionally. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education, First Lady Michelle Obama in kansas making comments that only about the state of education and her experiences, but also segregation issues as she sees that race saying raised inequality still exists and that School Districts have pulled back on efforts to integrate, even as schools are becoming less diverse. Much has been made of a study that came out of ucla this week. Amongst the study, they put several charts taking a look at most integrated states for black students. This is for 2011 and 2012. Earlier this week in the pages the wall street journal here is some of what she wrote in the wall street journal pages. Again, we will tak
Day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. 50 years after Martin Luther king, jr. s most famous speech, americans descend on the capitol to keep his dream alive. Californias wildfire raging out of controlled and moving further into Yosemite National park today, a fire so menacing, a state of alert has now been declared by governor jar brown for all San Francisco. The flames are tearing through acres of pristine woodlands. The fear is that millions of people in Northern California could lose their water and power. Yose yosemite is on the eastern side of the state, almost 180 miles from San Francisco but most of the bay areas water and power flow right through that area. For now, we are going to bring in tina walker. She is the Public Information officer for the Governors Office of emergency services. She joins us on the phone from lodi, california. Tina, thank you for joining us during what i
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