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Im the curator here at Washington Crossing historic park in pennsylvania. Today is a very exciting day. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night 1776. What happened here is actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is washington and the Continental Army after having lost battled in new york and retreating across new jersey came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. They encamped in several locations around this area including the Thompson Neely house which is also part of our park. And things are pretty ....
Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find reenactors or living historians from all different time periods ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer. And we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. And us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passersby and families who come visit this place, then we feel that weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the 4th Infantry Division. And its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history. But nonetheless it was one of the spearhead units that was involved i ....
Pam pment encampment at the group. We talked to him in carlisle, pennsylvania, hosted by the Army Heritage and Education Center. My name is jarrod frederic. Im an instructor of history at Penn State Altoona and im also a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii living history group. And we are here at Army Heritage days at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. And at this event it is a major complex. Were here on the Army Heritage trail. And one can find reenactor or living historians from all different time periods. Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group here is to discuss the normandie ib sa ....
And Senior Writer for the american prospect, good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us on cspan, we appreciate it. My pleasure. Let me begin with the frontpage headline of the Washington Post as congress gambles to work on a stimulus deal now approaching close to 2 trillion which is an unprecedented amount for congress. Your thoughts on whats to transpire over the next couple hours and days . It is unprecedented. This is an unprecedented situation. Weve never had a situation where we basically ground the entire American Economy to a halt all the sudden. With every other recession we had there mightve been some kind of a shock that precipitated it but it still unfolded over somewhat of an extended period of time where you could see it coming. This really happened all at once. You have this huge shock to the syste ....