In fact, right now were looking at readings generally in the teens with lower 20s in leesburg, middleburg and lovettsville with not too much wind. The cold spots are like 6 in arlington, 19 in warrenton, but the winds have turned to the south and thats bringing in some slightly warm air. I know it doesnt feel like it, but it is and as the warm air really comes north, its got a lot of moisture in the mississippi valley. Notice the wintery mix of snow, sleet and rain here moving in from illinois, ohio, indiana and kentucky and thats what were watching because tomorrow as that moisture arrives, not a lot of moisture, but the air and ground is cold enough to have a little freezing rain or light rain. In any event, Winter Weather advisories go up generally in the afternoon from 3 00 to 9 00. Went to 7 00 earlier north and west because even if we went to freezing a few hours, we could still get some freezing cold on the ground. Futurecast by 11 30 or so 20s. The lie pink area is a little lig
From june to july so this will give us a Good Opportunity to see some drier weather and at the same time we get to enjoy some great weather. The mike michael son camera starting off pretty good. Its comfortable out there, maybe even more so than yesterday. The dry air has moved off farther south. So were starting off cooler than we were this time yesterday for areas south of 66. We have 50s on the map. 59 for frederick and gaithersburg. 64 for manassas. And through southern maryland, youre into the 60s as well. Highs into the upper 80s today, very similar to yesterday except not as breezy. Over to mike. Reporter we are following some breaking news right now in the newsroom. A major fire in west virginia. Two, possibly three buildings in old town Harpers Ferry are in flames near the historic district. The call came in around 3 15. Were told the buildings are businesses and it appear no, sir one was inside. Fire crews from jefferson, berkley counties in west virginia, Loudoun County in v
She teaches a class discussing the ways northern middle class women volunteered during civil war. She focuses on Louisa May Alcott. Chronicled in her book called hospital sketches. Its about an hour. All right. Well, welcome. To a class that will focus on women and volunteerism during the u. S. Civil war. You all read a primary source document written by a woman who participated in the civil war. Louisa may alcott. Who worked as a nurse. So were going to start off our class today by looking at hospital sketches. Which all of you should have available to you. And out ready to chat. About the source. So the big question that were posing and investigating today is is how did womens volunteerism shape the choices that they made during the civil war. Theres two questions. And then how did that volunteerism influence the out come or affect the out come of the civil war. Those are our over arching questions that were looking at today. We start with Louisa May Alcott. And her hospital sketches
The president of this fine organization. We are very blessed to be in a community where we have a lot of educated individuals who know a lot about the battle at gettysburg. Our first speaker for the day is a battlefield guide. He is one of those folks with a wealth of knowledge. He is a coauthor of the book top 10 at gettysburg. Guide heretlefield at the park and has been one since 2004. He has conducted hundreds of doers for all kinds of visitors. From across the states. He has done anniversary battle walks for the Gettysburg National park as well as the gettysburg foundation. Some of his topics are varied and will range from artillery action to the first minnesota to the second massachusetts. War twoeveloped world to ours at the cemetery which were conducted for the National Historian site. Conducting but stewards across the 10 day campaign. He resides in new jersey with his wife and dog. Youuld like to present to ralph. [applause] good evening everybody. It looks like everything is
Gettysburg. Speaker today, spiegel, is licensed battlefield guide, one of those folks with the wealth of knowledge. Coauthor to en this book top 10 at gettysburg, he is a guide at the Gettysburg National military and has been one since 2004, conducted hundreds of all kinds tours for of visitors, groups and military the united across states. He has done anniversary battle for and fullday seminars gettysburg Military Park and foundation. His topics are varied and will range from artillery action at Peach Orchard to the second sculpture at and gettysburg. Es developed world war ii cemetery, he national conducted for Eisenhower National historic site. Siegel is proprietor of the tours dot org, conducting bus touros events of the ar 10dame campaign, washington of trenton e battle and the battle of princeton. New jersey es in with his wife donna, daughter, oliver. D dog keep going. Id like to present to you siegel. Thank you. [applause] evening, everybody. Fine . Ur mics working okay. This i