Good afternoon everyone, its my great privilege and honor to introduce the matt atkinson. Matt is a native of houston, mississippi, and received a ba in business and history from the university of mississippi. He has worked at Petersburg National battlefield, National Historical park, Manassas National battlefield and Vicksburg National military park. Hes currently employed as a ranger slash historian at gettysburg National Military park. And he will be presenting to you about the fallen leader Earl Van Dorn. [applause] this is the adjustment period, right . Where you find out what the mic is like. Or like Hank Williams said, one time, in 1952, my good friend down in georgia, his daddy saw him and Hank Williams stepped up to the microphone and he blew in it. And he says, well, boys, this works. Lets see if i do. [laughs]. I appreciate you all having me again. Its good to be back in spotsylvania i have an impossible task, i will go ahead and tell you, ive got 13 pages of single spaced n
Television Companies Support cspan 2 as a public service. Good afternoon everyone, its my great privilege and honor to introduce the matt atkinson. Matt is a native of houston,misa in history from the university of mississippi. He has worked at Petersburg National battlefield, National Historical park, Manassas National battlefield and Vicksburg National military park. Hes currently employed as a ranger slash historian at gettysburg National Military park. And he will be presenting to you about the fallen leader Earl Van Dorn. [applause] this is the adjustment period, right . Where you find out what the mic is like. Or like Hank Williams said, one time, in 1952, my good friend down in georgia, his daddy saw him and Hank Williams stepped up to the microphone and he blew in it. And he says, well, boys, this works. Lets see if i do. [laughs]. I appreciate you all having me again. Its good to be back in i have an impossible task, i will go ahead and tell you, ive got 13 pages of single spa
Introduce the matt atkinson. Matt is a native of houston, mississippi, and received a ba in history from the university of mississippi. He has worked at Petersburg National battlefield, National Historical park, Manassas National battlefield and Vicksburg National military park. Hes currently employed as a ranger slash historian at gettysburg National Military park. And he will be presenting to you about the fallen leader Earl Van Dorn. [applause] this is the adjustment period, right . Where you find out what the mic is like. Or like Hank Williams said, one time, in 1952, my good friend down in georgia, his daddy saw him and Hank Williams stepped up to the microphone and he blew in it. And he says, well, boys, this works. Lets see if i do. [laughs]. I appreciate you all having me again. Its good to be back in i have an impossible task, i will go ahead and tell you, ive got 13 pages of single spaced notes on Earl Van Dorn and ive got 45 minutes. And ive got a man standing in the back. T
Dropped off. This group has already been processed. Is it like this every morning . Every morning. Glor and, for the first time, we see a black hole. And as with all great discoveries, this is just the beginning. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight in north carolina, where part of Downtown Durham was leveled by a natural gas explosion. At least one person was killed; more than a dozen others hurt. The front of one building was blasted apart. Several others were damaged. Windows were shattered for blocks. Some described it as feeling like an earthquake. Errol barnett is in durham. Oh, my god. Reporter thick, black smoke and a roaring fire, visible for miles. Reporter while on the ground. Youre not safe right here. Its not safe. Reporter . Rescuers had to use a makeshift stretcher to get victims to ambulances. Others sat stunned and bloodied. The blast left at least one dead and 17 people injured, with six in critical condition. P
Danville Area Community College drew a classy crowd to Jacobs Hall for the Thursday, Dec. 7, opening of a permanent exhibit honoring Carl and Mark Van Doren, two historically prominent