That he was able to share it and one of the last things that he wrote as a free man was also one of his most beautiful. And it was talking about sitting with friends in the camp, knowing that they were going to be executed the next day and then reflecting to him that a great regret in life was that they hadnt shared more with those that they loved and that was pileckis final thought as a free man and i would, if i could see him i would just want to ask him whether he felt that he could at that point connect with his family again. I think everyone has had experience of stress and turmoil in their lives. We know how to disassociate in that can be and how that can drive wedges between those we love and i would love to think that there was the possibility of redemption. I think pilecki was opposite of that in his final moments and may be something we can take away from his story on right now looking at the q and a, the questions that have been raised and speaking out, if thats okay i will
Includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions in the question and answer function at any time during the top. We will do to respond to as many as possible for the final part of the program. Now, modern meter Major Generals. Some of our viewers have commented on our approach to the civil war in 50 objects. While the multi layered social and political history takes in the totality of the context of the war, it doesnt really consider the militarys history or the sequence. When you think about that . It is a fair enough comment, of course. The objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history, so it relates to the soldiers who served, the leaders who helped or hindered the war effort. The relics they brought back from battle. Along the way, over the last seven weeks, we touched on battles, those who experienced, certainly the battle of new york city. Early on we dealt with a inaudible lot a lot indeed. We are doing okay. That is a
Compiling this topic, the thought for this year she called me into her office, and pitch me this idea as she mentioned and she ended up, when i told her and agreed that i did know somebody who might be interested in doing this topic she said well maybe when i think about renegades or scoundrels theres only one person that comes to mind. I said im so touch those are the type of characters every girl wants to be associated with. Before you can really start looking at the outlaws that the civil in our gangs that the civil war spun off you have to take a flip back and kind of understand the guerrilla warfare that was going on during the civil war to try to understand how that same mindset continued on after the war and manifested itself in the wild west. In regular warfare in the civil war you have those who are somewhat walk organized with the military, and calgary raiders near kentucky, they were the most closely associated and then you had partisan rangers, who were free and independent
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