Comedian by the name of tim sample and he has this great bit where he talks about getting directions and he says you cant get there from here. Ryan is a fell mainer and he has proven that you can get there from here. Ryan comes to you from the great state of maine. He began working here at the Military Park as an San Bernardino then as a seasonal. Hes also a tour guide at ken moore, an Historic House in downtown fredericksburg. The thing im most excited about with ryan and there are many things because he is an absolute rising rock star in the vein of kevin pollak. He said i love this story of monocracy and he started writing about lew wallace and monocracy and he was fascinated by it. And the emerging civil war gave him the opportunity to explore that passion and you could absolutely see it in the way that his research came together, in the way that he told the story and story and hes opened up what is essentially a littleknown bat until a fresh, exciting and especially relevant way s
Im the chair of the special Investigative Committee and thanks for joining us for this very special book for him. What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know the American Veteran centers presenting the Andrew Goodpaster award and i want to turn it over to jim roberts. [applause] thank you very much tom peter. And officers of the army and navy club thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of my colleagues at the American Studies Center i welcome you to the armynavy club for the presentation of the eighth annual Andrew Goodpaster award named after he read rate american and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters retired. Before her proceed further i would like to say that we are honored by the presence of Andrew Goodpasters granddaughter and her husband matt. Would you please stand. [applause] is great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpaster family here. I would also like to th
What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know were the American Veteran center is presenting the Andrew Goodpasture award and i want to turn this over to the president of the American Veterans center. Jim . [applause] thank you very much, tom. Peter. And officers of the army and navy club, thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my colleagues at the American Study Center i welcome you to the Army Navy Club for the presentation of the eight annual andrew j. Goodpasture award named after a Great American and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters United States army retired. Id like to say we are honored by the presence of general goodpastures granddaughter and her husband, matt. Would you please stand. [applause] great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpasture family here. I would also like to thank the Bradley Foundation for underwriting the goodpasture award. Diane, would
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
West africa to iraq and has written on security and Global Affairs for a wide range of newspapers and magazines. Book,itical acclaimed which began with gettysburg, the value of the shadow, richmond, the dam at petersburg and will conclude with justice at conclude with judgment at appomattox, will be released on august 29. It will have a better cover. Yes, it will have a better cover. [laughter] you all will see a special advanced copy. We do have Copies Available over labor day weekend. I apologize that this is not released until the end of august. There will be opportunities to get signed copies. We are really grateful to have you back here, ralph. Thank you. He has been coming here since he is one of our favorites we 2013, havent the heritage center. Ralph thank you. [applause] ralph let me get my regular microphone back. It is great to be back. Everyone knows that this is a special place. Gettysburg is, and it is certainly a haunted place. Whenever i go here i get excited and i want