To write about the comanches in the great plains which is as far from connecticut as the frozen moons of jupiter. I will not bore you with the details of my past but to put it as briefly as possible i had my little epiphany in the spring of 1970. I had just been admitted to Princeton University and i was traveling there for a weekend where you see if you want to go there. It was a glorious day. Kind of like this morning actually. The spring was in full bloom per full bloom. I had taken a train and the last leg was on a smaller train which was the princeton to Princeton Junction that took the right to the campus. On the trip, i happened to be reading a book by f. Scott fitzgerald called this side of paradise. It was about life in princeton. At the time, it was absolutely magical. I happened to finish it as the train was pulling into the station. It is cute as a button. I was finishing it just as the train old in and i walked out and up onto the campus and i walked by 12 University Place
Supply lines to both armies and the disparity between the access in food and ammunition. This talk is about an hour. We have programs out there f you didnt get one in the mail pick up a program. Im going give an abbreviated interduction of the bios we have in the program. Trait tracy has a ba in history from avert college in danville and he has worked for the National Park service, first part time and then full Time Starting in 1991 at apamatics courthouse and since 1997 at Petersburg National battlefield. And as patrick mentioned tracy is the author of one of the volumes in the howard, virginia regimental history series. This deals with the 18th and 20th battalions of hefry artillery. He is also past president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable, Historical Society and his talk today sont fall ofis on the fall of petersburg. So please welcome tracy chenault. Good evening. As most of you know me realize im a big baseball guy. And so when pat asked me to come speak on friday evening a
Screeria nigeria. Thank you. We recently visited virginia for a closing of the Longwood University and courthouse National Historical park. Next tracy chornault talks about the long standoff between lee and grant and the entrenchments outside petersburg and the final battles in 186 a. 5. He discusses the importance of supply lines to both armies and the disparity between the access in food and ammunition. This talk is about an hour. We have programs out there f you didnt get one in the mail pick up a program. Im going give an abbreviated interduction of the bios we have in the program. Trait tracy has a ba in history from avert college in danville and he has worked for the National Park service, first part time and then full Time Starting in 1991 at apamatics courthouse and since 1997 at Petersburg National battlefield. And as patrick mentioned tracy is the author of one of the volumes in the howard, virginia regimental history series. This deals with the 18th and 20th battalions of he
Possibly kidnapped. Kron 4s Philippe Djegal is in rohnert park. He joins us on the phone. Philippe, what do we know at this point . Reporter department of public said the call as possible for rental of the action at this time police are looking for for a federal man out a runner park and he allegedly tipped his daughters carol and yearold melissa nine years old and both on monday at the boys and girls club and the father can pick them up and showed the people there watching over the Children Court order saying he had custody of children in fact just a month ago the wife who since divorced action filed a court Order Granting courage full custody of children valley the father applied for the court order as a county there is a mixup news granted full custody as well and then in just on tuesday night his stops by authorities in oregon place apartment believed to Washington State border part the part in a Public Safety and always hes made his way in oregon possibly as late Washington State
Suffering much worse as we have strategic interest but it would be nice if we would stand up for our principles or at least call things as everyone else in the world would see them. The second thing i would like to end on a hopeful note some of me just observe this. We have had a situation where for 40 years the arab world was the only region in the world, the only significant however you drew the map in a world thed where there wasnt a single democracy, and now according to Freedom House i think correctly judged there is a democracy. Its transitionaits transitionas elements of fragility and things we should be concerned about. We shouldnt take it for granted. That is precisely my point. If i were an american policymaker i would be saying okay what is the economic agenda for embracing and lifting up this economy and for strengthening the state, for partnering with the Civil Society and Political Institutions . You have to start somewhere. This country is crucially important i think to