Civil war. Today is the 100th anniversary that the first u. S. Troops went into line in france during world war i im happy to introduce our next speaker. Currently serving as the chief historian and chief interpretation at fredericks berg. John has worked for the nps for 25 years. He is the author of a great book. The first battle of manassas. As well as the probably the definitive book on second manassas, return to bull run. I have to start with this, this is not a gratuitous praising of my team that ive loved since i was 11 years old, the pittsburgh peng wings. You may recall they won the stanley cup in the spring. And this is a stanley cup hat. I offer this as context for some of what youve heard this week. Does anyone recall who the penguins defeated in the finals . Nashville is in the state of tennessee. Who lives in the state of tenness tennessee. Will green. And so after the stanley cup finals he called me or i called him, he started telling me what a great series it was, and ho
Civil war era at gettysburg also serves ashe director for the civil war era studies program. He did his graduate work of history at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He also holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that i am not going to even try to read them all to you. Nguelzo. Comto alle and get a full accounting of all his publications and his biography and doings. What im going to do is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. I will read them in order. The first is called abraham. Ncoln, redeemer president lincolns emancipation proclamation the end of slavery in america. Published by Simon Schuster in 2004. Lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. Whitening gettysburg, the last invasion. Published in 2013 which brought a third lincoln prize to alan, he is the only person who is 13. Has won 3. He is currently working on a biography of rob
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To revise this dark chapter in german history. And it is official striker pierreemerick aubameyang makes his longawaited transfer to arsenal for a fee of 64 million euros. Plus, look up into the sky. Lucky stargazers around the world are enjoying a rare spectacle tonight. For the first time in decades, a blue moon, a blood moon, and a supermoon are coming togetherdug an incredible celeste deal show. We will show you. Celeste deal incredible celestial show. Well show you. Im brent goff. It is good to have you with as u. S. President donald trump has called on the country to unite behind him to create what he calls a new american moment. During his first state of the Union Address, trump asked lawmakers to support his plans on upgrading aging infrastructure, and to overcome the deadlock on immigration reform. Here is more. [applause] reporter republicans were thrilled to greet their leader ahead of the highly anticipated speech, but the big question ahead of Donald Trumps first state of
We will be live at the Berlin Film Festival where they are showing a comedy western involving a miniature horse, damsels, villains, and Robert Pattinson. Sarah i am sarah kelly. Welcome to the program, thanks for joining us. The turkish german journalist dennis you chill has been Dennis Deniz Yucel has been released, but several journalists have been sentenced for life for their involvement in the queue, but this journalist is facing charges in turkey accused of terrorist propaganda, and you they are saying up to 18 years as part of what has been a major crackdown on free speech in the country. For the time being his supporters in germany and his family are celebrating. Reporter this foreign minister was the bearer of good moves news. Dennis yucel is free. He is on his way to istanbul. Reporter speaking at a press conference at the headquarters of his employer, the german daily, they said this release was a victory for diplomacy. We talked extensively to our turkish partners. That star