Gettysburg won the james j. Roberts award for best civil war book that year and his book on confederate goliath earned the prestigious award on Civil War History given out yearly from the new york city civil war roundtable. Lets give rod gragg a warm welcome. [applause] thank you. Pleasure for me to be in a room full of historians and i say that seriously because i have learned that i may write a lot but the folks who really know the civil war are those of you who read a lot. And i appreciate that. Before i begin, if you dont mind, id like to tell you the story about the young history major what decided after he got a bachelors degree in history, he probably ought to get a masters degree in business so he could earn a living. So he was accepted, enrolled in a distant Prestigious School of business and wondered soon after he got there if he made the right decision because he failed his first exam and so did everyone in the class. Now, the professor was notoriously irrascable, he came in
Thousands in our area. Faculty members in 14 state universities are now on strike. Pro fess sorries walked off the job at 4 00 this morning. Nbc 10 was at several of the schools today, professors at West Chester University held picket signs and they marched on campus. The five local communities impacted. East stroutdsburg, kutztown, millersville, cookstown. Randy, what is the pulse there on campus as the students are impacted by this strike . Reporter this is the scene happening at campuses all across pennsylvania. These professors left their offices and classrooms early this morning and they tell us theyre not going back until they get what theyre calling a fair contract. Theyre not even allowed to go back on to the campus itself, so theyre out here on the street. Some students supporting them, others questioning how long this strike could last. With classes shut down, students take to the streets, like cookstown senior ashley mave supporting the professors. I support them because the
Is just 3 count them. Rhondella good morning and thank you for joining us this sunday, september 25. Doug a chilly start this morning. Temperatures up in the 50s now. Aj we were in the 40s and most areas, but we have recovered nicely thanks to the sunshine and relatively high sun angle. 56 in boston. 58 in hyannis. Deep blue, cobalt blue skies with High Pressure off to the north and a system off to our west which will slowly start marching in our direction by tuesday. Until then, we have some nice weather. It turned quite mild and muggy back toward the Mississippi Valley into the upper midwest nothing to worry about this evening. The rest of today, lots of sunshine, clear skies. Sunset at 6 35. The sun was up at ex 30 five and if you wonder why it took 12 hours today and not equinox, check out my facebook page. Doug four people are dead after an earlymorning fire in greenfield. The fma the victims are believed to be three adults and a child. An investigation is underway right now. Rhon
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