Welcome you to historic fort stevens and the 55th anniversary of the battle of commemoration. Commemoration. My name is kim elder. I am the Program Manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long title or what encircles the National Park Service Number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. At this time, we will present the colors. Today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. We are going to open now with the presentation of colors. Forward march. [national anthem] u [applause] please be seated. For those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 verse written by oliver weldon, sung by harold hartford. At this time, we at this time, we will have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia good morning, everybody. What a Beautiful Day we have. We really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not too hu
Like many kids, growing up I found church to be boring. I hated having to get up on Sunday morning, get all gussied up and then listen to a sermon for what seemed like forever.
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