Our last speaker is well known to all of you, Gary Gallagher is the third professor in the history of the American Civil War americas at the university of virginia and the founding director of our core sponsor, center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. Knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, i have been writing just about every introduction for him the last few years as if tomorrow the last time we would see him in richmond. I want to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and im pleased that hes still a fixture in the commonwealth. Garys contributions to the field of civil war studies are many and varied beyond his own scholarship, writing and ing editing more than 30 books, hes been a frequent contributor and columnist for civil war magazines, battlefield guide, and Founding Edit
Retirement would mean farewell. I am very pleased that, in his retirement, he remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think everybody knows, and appreciates, garys contributions to civil war studies are varied beyond his own scholarship which is writing and editing nearly 30 books and hundreds of articles and reviews. He has been a frequent contributor and columnist for popular civil war magazines, preservationists and battlefield guides. He is the Founding Editor of the most Popular Series of civil war the civil war america series. The students who are the prominent scholars in our field. In academia, there is a tradition that i dont know how popular these are but books that students write essays in honor of their mentors. Garys is going to have to be for volumes long to do it justice for all the students he has meant toward and the prominence and the work they are doing in the field today. It is a testament to garys work. All of these contributions have earned him the right to ta
American civil war emirates at the university of virginia and the founding director of our cosponsor john l mal iii studies at university of virginia. And knowing is that gary was about to retire number of years ago and move west ive been writing about every introduction for him in the last few years as if it were the last time wed see him in richmond, i apologize to gary to frying to kick him out of the state every time he speaks. Im very happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement meant farewell and very surprised he remains a fixture in the commonwealth. Im sure everyone knows garys contributions to the field of study are many and varied including writing more than 30 books and hundreds of artic thes and reviews articles and reviews and a frequent contributor and columnist in prominent civil war magnificent zee magazines and editor of the most popular civil war books civil war series and mentor to scores of students at penn state university. And university of vir
Comedian, matt rogers. A performance from titanique featuring the 8g band with bryan carter [ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well. And now if you dont mind, were going to get to the news during yesterdays annual white house turkey pardoning, President Biden joked that the only red wave this season would be if his dog knocked over the cranberry sauce. [ laughter ] oof. Its too bad his dog didnt have the presence of mind to knock over the microphone. [ laughter ] a cranberry sauce red wave it would be the slowest wave ever during yesterdays event, President Biden said it was important to remember the true meaning of thanksgiving, getting high with your weird cousins when things get too tense inside [ laughter ] President Biden is reportedly planning to use the month between thanksgiving and christmas to make a decision about running in 2024. Well, whatever you think of him, its impressive that an 80yearo
Was pulled from the water. Here you see some video from san diego. Thats the scene after he was pulled out. The body was pulled out a 2 in the morning. This is crystal pier in pacific beach. And officials have notified the Oakland Fire Department about this. And heres what we know so far. Winter said he was hes a current oakland firefighter with some experiences for yes. So he is the open competition that happened, to incident, notify us. He was first of the as millions 20s. Yeah, assistant and kind of a story. What we do know are so many things. I mean, what are the circumstances . You know, what is an accident that clearly he was not working as a firefighter at the time while he was in san diego. But were hoping for more information. And right now there are people from oakland headed to san diego at this hour to get more information we will give you an update on this breaking news as soon as we get it. All right. Weve got some of the breaking news overnight. 70 firefighters respondin