After roosevelt died, the president who had been president for 12 years, the new president issued a statement of the white house of bereavement recognizing the death of ernie pile, a reporter. He said the nation is saddened by the death of ernie pyle. No man has so well told the story as American Fighting men wanted it told. Theecame the spokesman of ordinary american in arms. To nevers genius obscure men who made them. There were lots of other eulogies. Maybe the best of them was written by a famous poet of the era, randall gerald. We could not help realizing that s work was an aesthetic triumph. Most people will in the fullest emotional and moral sense some of the had never happened before , that they could never have imagined without it, a war. This isnt ernest hemingway. This was just a working newspaperman turning out six articles a week, week after week. Yet he achieved a kind of closeness with the American People that no other writer did. Died, manypyle people thought they had l
War a authoril talks about his book justice at the appomattox. Describes robert e. Lee and ulysses s. Grant leading to the surrender of the army of virginia in 18 55. The gettysburg Heritage Foundation hosted this talk that is just under one hour. That is great pleasure get to introduce ralph peters. For those of you unfamiliar with ralph he is a prizewinning bestselling author of a wide range of books from his civil war novels to strategic analysts. As a former enlisted man with extensive overseas experience he is currently a fox news analyst. Analysis he has covered topics from africa to iraq. For a wide range of newspapers and magazines. Began withhich gettysburg, the valley of the shadow, the dam at petersburg and will conclude with justice at appomattox which will be released on august 29. He will all caps to see the initial copy of this. We do have Copies Available over labor day weekend. I apologize that this is not released until the end of august. You will have a opportunity t
Hosted this 35 minute talk. Good afternoon and welcome to the gettysburg Heritage Center. This is our second in the series for today. Ive the pleasure of introducing the next speaker, james rada. He is a historian and an author. He has written many works of fiction and nonfiction history. They include popular books such as battlefield angels, the charity work of civil war nurses. He lives in gettysburg where he is a freelance writer. He has received numerous awards from the maryland delaware d. C. Press association, the associated press, the maryland state teachers association, society of professional journalists, and computed hash Community Newspapers holding, inc. , for his newspaper writing. Without any further introduction, i will introduce to you james rada. James good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about a book that myself and a coauthor wrote called the last to fall. It is about the marine march in 1922 that saved the marine corps. The marines had proved themselves a Form
Hampshire state of flags. The building first began building on september 24, 1816. Our first cornerstone was laid and made out of granite by 1819. The statehouse opened its doors in this room during this time was a historic hall. The only thing in the room were large wooden columns. As time went on it was a cooling , area for it legislators to come downstairs. It was a place where people would come and together and meet when they were coming to the statehouse for business. Then came the civil war. 1861, New Hampshire men answered the call to arms. They left their homes and many came to this building. They enlisted. They were given brand new flags and what they hoped would be a short conflict. The flags that are in the case here are the flags that were brought back by our men. 1865, when the war ended, what was left of the flags came back here to this building. We have 88 civil battle were civil war battle flags. The flags have been in these cases for well over 100 years. Every one of t
Amounts of cash and lots of large bills. The fed is essentially gave us whatever we wanted and needed. Thursday, august 27, south florida is just beginning the long process of rebuilding. Hurricane andrew has left more than 300,000 people without homes. It is the most expensive Natural Disaster in u. S. History. Many people did everything they could to help their neighbors, including workers at the fed. The Federal Reserve is like the main bank to all of these banks. They were going for help. Cashanks were in need of because the people were in need of cash, so we were there for all of the banks and all of the people. In about 10 minutes, we will air an oral history interview with photojournalist Frank Johnston who worked for United Press International in the 1960s and for the Washington Post for 35 years. We will see his photos and hear about his career covering the vietnam war, jonestown massacre, and events in texas following president kennedys assassination. The learn more about thi