About and that is interpretation at Little Round Top. Joshua lawrence chamberlain. Why did we choose this topic . I think i pushed it. Last fall, chris took my civil war class out to Little Round Top. Notid an incredible job just telling us about what butened at Little Round Top he did an insightful job of helping my students understand the construction of historical narratives. Focusing on chamberlain and the different accounts from Joshua Chamberlain. Way ford up a different my students to understand. I want to do a quick plug. Is aould note chris Gettysburg College alum. 2006. While at gettysburg, i believe is when you started to do some volunteer work for the park . No. My first year at the college, i worked at [indiscernible] i got an internship at the park, that was my First National park experience. I fell in love with it and i have been fortunate to be able to make a career out of it. Its a wonderful journey. I wish i was a student now. The program does Amazing Things across th
Threetoone. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Welcome back to the emerging civil war symposium. Callext speaker i fondly professor henry hill, because by day he is a music teacher. Henry hill no relation to ambrose powell. Nevertheless a delight. Dan welch is the secretary of organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the gettysburg park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal s hill. Culp ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. I want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union right and l
Garfield is one of the most intelligent president s we have ever had. He is up there in the top half dozen and when we go through his life, by the end of the middle of it, and youre going to say no, that cant be. He cant be that good in that field. Its just not possible, and then well find something else, and youre going to no. He is just incredibly bright, and the hope for his presidency was enormous, and were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before, and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. I dont know how you test Something Like that, and its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure, tall ask short. We all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president because thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison and Lincoln Garfield is right up there. So one of the reasons
Nevertheless a delight to us here. Dan welch is the secretary of our organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the Gettysburg National military park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal culps hill. Ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. Dan i want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, our symposium cochair, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, pickets charge, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union armys right and left flank on july 2 and third, a location known as culps hill. Luminary Major General would give a dedication speech to this monument that had been dedicated in the honor of greene. He said this battle ha
The making. Thank you. [applause] announcer youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums, archives, and historic places. The National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture opened in september of 2016. Located on the National Mall near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the Nations Capital with capacity crowds almost every day. Up next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which begins three stories underground. Mary welcome to the exhibition. My name is mary elliott and i am a Museum Specialist and cocurator of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. We actually have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15thcentury africa and europe all the way to today. Some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the