the battlefield of gettysburg became a live with men. it made the name of gettysburg historic. on the philosophized past exploits of other american soldiers a half-century before, and the historical importance of the land on which he and his comrades were living and training. "the place was ideal for the purpose, and much in keeping and developing the martial spirit of the company." , andny l was surrounded the boys who made the company, became full of the spirit which made sacred the place on which they drilled. late summer, laborers found tangible evidence of the grim toll of the battle, when they uncovered the remains of a rebel soldier who had been killed in action more than a half-century before. the workman made a discovery while deepening the camp water supply lines to ensure they would meet needs. "the gettysburg times" reported the doughboy's took great pleasure in the news of the discovery, and many joined in the hunt for more bullets. which they declared they would take with them to france as souvenirs of the earlier war. the next day, workmen uncovered the remains o

gettysburg historic, unquote. then he fill oz fphilosophized a half century before. quote, the place, too, was ideal for the purpose and aided much in keeping and developing the marshal spirit in the company. in late summer laborers found tangible evidence of the grim told battle when they uncovered the remains of a rebel soldier who had been killed in action more than a half century before. the workmen made the discovery while digging the camp water supply lines to ensure they were beneath the frost line. the gettysburg time reported the dough boys took great pleasure in news of the discovery and many in the hupt for mont for m bullets, which they said they would take to france as souvenirs. the very next day workmen uncovered the remains of a union soldier, identified by his uniform and equipment, who then was reburied in the national cemete cemetery. betties burg national military park was suffering a severe environmental impact and cultural resources were impacted. the great end of the land itself for camp roa

the gettysburg times informed its readers that quote, gettysburg looked quite war like on sunday when the men in khaki running up to town and many remarked if 2,200 make it a big crowd, what will it be like with 12,000 here, unquote. indeed could the town's infrastructure support the incursion of so many soldiers? there was an ample supply of a long list of people were not wasteful. as the 50th anniversary of the gettysburg commemoration four years earlier in 1913 had plainly validated. more than 100,000 veterans and spectators, towns folk and dignitaries came here to commemorate the battle and sell prate the unity that followed the war. now, what goes in must come out. so the soldiers can't without its own means for sewage and trash removal. but if needed the town government would coordinate with the camp authorities to ensure the proper disposal of any surplus overflow. unbeknownst to most visitors of the gettysburg field today, they dug up the sewage system from the camp of the u.s. troops/camp colt, and it's still there buried in the ground, an entire sewage system. by the end of

they both stayed in the gettysburg hotel on the square. sir? >> were there any victims of the flu epidemic in the national cemetery? >> yrks there are three men that are buried from. mostly because they had no relatives on their records so early in given military burial in the national cemetery. i don't have the names offhand but there are three men who never went home from gettysburg. sir? >> the park ranger mentioned that thizen hours' firstborn child died at eage 3. was he also a victim of the influenza epidemic? >> no, fortunately mamie and dwight, they lived in a residents in -- resident in town so the town had not been struck yet. the camp received the first wave of influenza and about halfway through the camp's struggle, you begin to see the influenza hitting the citizenry in camp, in town. mamie or ikey or icky, as he was nicknamed were able to stay healthy and not be infected by et. sir? >> just to address this question. icky died of scarlet fever but that came later. >> yes, that came at example meade another year or so later. 1920? 1

he was very well known in the gettysburg area. according to his own account, when he moved here, he got a job as a cobbler. he married a local girl, barbara hagerman. for a time, he was a cobbler. he actually was the town constable for different years on and off. at some point, he was a heavy reformedbut then, he and he was actually involved heavily in the local temperance party. and gave lectures. and i found his name in the newspaper associated with several temperance conventions and the temperance party was big in the state of pennsylvania. he attended the gettysburg methodist church, or at least his wife attended, but he occasionally showed up, according to one account, he only showed up 24 are doing about something because he liked to take sides. it seems interesting. when you read the account that were saved where peoples and burnsurns later that john is kind of a strange figure. according to accounts, he seems to take himself a little too seriously. does not have a sense of humor at all. and because of that, he is the bud o

known in theell gettysburg area. according to his own account, when he moved here he got a job as a cobbler. he married a local girl. cobbler --, he was a for a time, he was a cobbler. he was the town constable at a on and off. he was a heavy drinker, but then reformed. he was involved heavily in the .ocal temperament party he gave lectures. i thought his name in the newspaper associated with several conventions when the party was big in pennsylvania. he attended the denny's bergman, at least his wife attended. gettysburgded the methodist church, at least his wife attended. it seems interesting that when you read the accounts that were saved of people who knew john burns that john burns is kind of a strange figure. according to the accounts, he seems to take himself a little too seriously. he does not have a sense of humor at all. because of that, he is the butt of many jokes. i was surprised and stunned by the number of accounts i found where people were telling other people the jokes they played on john burns while

monument dped cases and here we are back at gettysburg, the 1880s, the 1890, gettysburg was a union memorial park. hundreds of union monuments going up on this field, this such important field, especially for the army of potomac. other battlefields were preserved, chattanooga, high low and elsewhere. a union veterans wrote regimental histories, they worked tirelessly, in other words, to ensure that their memory of the war, the union memory of the war, would neither be forgotten nor eclipsed by that of confederate veterans. too many lives had been lost for them to do otherwise. former confederates, though, were no less determined to preserve their memory of the war. they needed to explain what they had fought for as well as why they had lost to their children and grandchildren. the lost cause was made up of at least four tenets and i should point out that the lost cause is a term coined by them, not by academics. the tenets go something like this, confederate soldiers had fought honorably and bravely, they had not been defeated, but overwhelmed by insurmountable odds, by superior northern mat

monument dedications here we are back in gettysburg, the 1880's 1890's gettysburg was a union memorial park. hundreds of union monuments going up on this field. such important field especially for the army of the potomac. other battlefields were conserved. they worked tirelessly in other words to ensure that their memory of the war the union memory of the war would never be by thatn nor eclipsed of confederate veterans. too many lives have been lost in to do otherwise. confederates were no less determined to preserve their memory of the war. they needed to explain what they had fought for as well is why they had lost to their children and grandchildren. the lost cause was made up of at least four tenants. that is a term coined by them not academics. confederate search soldiers had fought honorably and bravely. they had not been defeated but overwhelmed by insurmountable odds by superior northern materials and manpower. increasinglyates denied that slavery had been a cause of the war the most asserted catalysts are not a have been sanctioned by the constitution and providence. above all

the gettysburg. his center posted this 40 minute talk. paul: paul -- tammy: all received the thesis from stockton university in new jersey. he what spent years researching and writing his book, " observing hancock at gettysburg, to general's leadership through eyewitness accounts." this book also was released in 2016 and last year 2017 received the gettysburg civil war table distinguished book award. today, paul will be speaking to you about major general hancock, on the second day of battle here at gettysburg. paul? [applause] paul: thank you very much, tammy. let's see here. everyone, can you hear me ok? electronically or acoustically? ok. many ofo wondering how you are here to see me and hit -- how many of you are senior -- here to just get out of the heat? ok. thank you. [laughter] ofs is the 155th anniversary my subject. what i am talking about is happening -- happened exactly at ago.moment 155 years it is interesting. -- which is interesting. hancock was born with his 20 , 15her, hillary, on february before at montgomery square penn

. >> the wheatfield was a parcel on the farm at gettysburg. next, christopher white discusses the confusion in the wheatfield, describing it as a turning point in the battle. this talk is one hour. >> our next presenter is mr. kristopher white. he has a master of arts in military history. he is a graduate of california university of pennsylvania with a bachelors of arts in history. he serves as the education manager of the american battlefield trust and some of his past experience includes five years as a staff military historian at fredericksburg and spotsylvania. he has been a historian for the recreation board and a continuing educator of allegheny county near pittsburgh. he is one of the cofounders of this book series as well as the founder -- [applause] >> thanks for sticking around tonight. i see garry drove everyone away. i actually worked for him. . as the battle goes on, it does not go well. the union forces will be driven by confederate through the streets back to what i called their alamo. that will be cemetery hill. that is their l

talk at gettysburg, dr. robertson: i think it was. and this was a luncheon and carl sandburg i think made his final appearance here. he spoke right before i did and we all made the remarks. i was he representing the president for the centennial of gettysburg, but i had to make my stay short. at the same time gettysburg was taking place, they were commemorating vicksburg and they were having some civil rights problems, so i hastened the expert and missed all of it. peter: it appears to me by this picture that you are competing for attention with those 2 -- those two women in the front row, who has very dramatic hat where. we will talk about the centennial a little bit. let's get to where it all started. dansville, virginia, where you were born. could you tell us a little bit about those early encounters with the past? dr. robertson: i inherited my interest. great grandfather and great uncle were members of the 51st virginia. they were in pickett's charge, which was the point. ds, i should not be here. but they both survive the charge.

the gettysburg heritage center hosted this talk. any further introduction, i would like to present -- she has been a friend of mine for a number of years. ,or those of you not familiar she is a native new yorker and move to gettysburg 20 years ago. after managing to military history bookstores, she is happily retired and continues her research and writing and caring for a number of battlefield adopted position sites. today, she will speak to us about life in the midst of death, mourning rituals in 19th century america. thank you. [applause] happy to see so many familiar faces here today. before we start, i would like to thank the heritage center for this, and for c-span being here and filming this, and most especially kevin drake from gettysburg publishing, who really took a chance on me with a very unusual topic that has skyrocketed. i am very pleased about it. thank you, kevin. ok. 1800s, death was a constant companion to life. people died in agricultural by taking poisonings medicines they should not have been taking, but most im

battlefieldnsed guide here at gettysburg national park. he has authored several books. atis a former instructor harrisburg area community college. he does appear regularly on pennsylvania cable network

gettysburg hosted this event. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national historic site. we're at the camp cole weekend. this is an opportunity for the public to learn about camp colt which was a camp training program for tanks at the gettysburg national park as well as world war i re-enactors here at the eisenhower farm. he's from george mason university and received his phd from the university of virginia where he directed the washington papers project for many years. he served as the chief historian for the white house historical association until just recently and he's written several books on both george washington and world war i. his latest book will be "never in finer company: the men of the great war's lost battalion" which was published in 2018. he leads history and battlefield tours throughout europe and the united states. he writes regularly for military quarterly, american history and other history periodals as well as appeared on national public radio, fox news, history channel and other media outlets. he also appears on the world war i centennial commission

site innhower national gettysburg posted this hour-long event. >> good afternoon and welcome.rtunity for the public to learn about cam cole, which was a camp training program for tanks at the gettysburg national

so we featured artifacts from the battle of gettysburg and in 2015 our exhibit will feature artifacts and specimens in those last few months of the civil war and so visitors should look to see that on display when they visit. so as we continue through our civil war medicine exhibit we come across the story of captain henry wartz. wartz is known for his infamous role as the commander of a pow camp run by the confederate army and known for its terrible conditions. interred thousands of union soldiers and upon their release the stories came out about the treatment that they under went while prisoners of war. wertz was accused of a number of these crimes and claimed he could not have committed some of those crimes because of an injury to his right arm. wertz was tried, convicted, his claims failed to convince a jury then he was executed for his crimes. after his execution an examination of his arm which we have in that jar right there, showed no loss of use of any part of his arm disproving the claim he made during his trial. but also on display are the first and second vertebrae of wertz

gettysburg civil war college institute. some viewers may find images in this program offensive. >> good morning everyone. my name is peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war institute here at gettysburg college. i am also a member of the history department. our opening lecture will be delivered by ginsburg. she is also the director of the program have villanova. she is the author of five books including, civil war, sisterhood, the united states sanitary commission, women politics transition, she is also the author of army at home, women, and women in the civil war on the northern waterfront. it is one of the few books that looks at the experience of women on the northern waterfront. the topic belmar talked about yesterday when he gave his lecture on mercenary soldiers. army at. well your attention. sex in published a book, the civil war, published by the north carolina press. the right of the certainly with your time. she is extraordinarily busy, i do not know how she does all that she does. she is the editor of

of the civilctor war institute here at gettysburg college. i'm also a member of the history department. in our opening lecture it will be delivered by judy of villanova. national champions and basketball. is a member of the history department and the director of the graduate program at villanova. books the author of five including civil war sisterhood, the united states sanitary commission and women's politics in transition. she is also the author of "army at home: women and the civil war on the northern home front." that is one of my favorite books and one of the few books that looks at the experience of poorer women on the northern home front, a topic that bill marvel spoke about yesterday when he gave his lecture on mercenary soldiers. that book is quite good, it is "army at home." well worth your attention. more recently she has published a book, "sex in the civil war," published by the university of north carolina press. we have the copyright up here. -- we have a copy up here. she is extraordinarily busy, i do not know how she does all

he is a former teacher and instructor at the gettysburg campus here at harrisburg community college, he does appear regularly on pennsylvania cable network's battle series. and he has one tomorrow. and he is also a research historian

i'm peter carmichael, the director of the institute here at gettysburg college.'m a member of the history department. it is my pleasure to announce the first inaugural lecture. many of you know of the legacy. the first director of the institute, the reason why

this talk was part of the annual summer conference hosted by the gettysburg college civil war institute. >> good afternoon. i'm peter carmichael. i director of the civil war am institute and also a member of the history department. it is my pleasure this afternoon to introduce william marvel of new hampshire. bill marvel has published more than 20 books in the field of civil war history and it is truly remarkable, when you consider the fact bill marvel does original research in the archives. he gets his hands dirty. i don't think you do any research on the internet. maybe just a little bit. un poquito? no? >> [indiscernible] peter: what he just said to me, he does preparatory research before the trips. he goes and it digs into the original resources. many of you have read his books, they are all quite good. his book "andersonville" but won -- the book about won him the lincoln prize. he has written more books on lincoln, appomattox, and he just finished a book called "mercenary soldiers," to be published by lsu. he is currently working on a biography on fitzjohn porter, hopefully to be

a memoir i highly, highly recommend, since we're in pennsylvania, we're in gettysburg. for those who want to take a look at the personal experience of the war read a book called "toward the flame" by harvey allen. it is in print. he's a member of the 28th division and he describes the weeks leading up to the battle of femet when they were attacked by german flame throwers. it is the finest memoir. an easy read, beautifully written, not too long. very personal. strongly recommend that book. thank you very much. >>> tonight on american history tv on c-span3, an in-depth look at world war i, starting with a tour of the library of congress exhibit "echoes of the great war" with curator ryan reft. american history tv in prime time begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this weekend c-span city store takes you to flagstaff, arizona, with the help of our sudden link cable partners we'll explore the literary life and history of flagstaff, located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. saturday at 7:00 p.m. on book tv. the author discusses his book "grand canyon." >> quarter of the way i

henry ford was born battle of gettysburg. two of -- john was killed early in the war. this is the dining room. a later addition to the house. the houses history moved back. the stove is a nice story. this is not the one but the identical model and the room. ford remembered it so specifically that there was a epic search to try to find one just like it. by the window would have been one of the places where he would have worked on repairing things. especially watches. the china is a reproduction but it was done very specifically as ford remembered. we don't cook hear a lot but we do during the christmas and fall. harvest begin, henry's birthday we do cook. stove is from the time. but it is not the one that ford picked out. the one that he picked out is preserved and we chose another one because we actually use it. this room has lots of doors and windows for ventilation to let the heat out. every room has a set of doors because in a house without central heating, you had to heat each room individually or rely on another room for heat. we have a very interesting collection

the national historic site in gettysburg, pennsylvania. this is 40 minutes. >> welcome, everyone. we are at the eisenhower national historic site at gettysburg, pennsylvania. war camp colt weekend. we have world war i reenactors and soldiers, reenacting programs, as well as speakers here. our next speaker is will england. he is a veteran correspondent. won the pulitzer prize for investigative reporting as well. presently, he is a foreign desk editor at the -- at "the washington post." he will be taking leave this staff -- this fall to be teaching at princeton. he lives in baltimore with his wife, who is also a journalist. while in moscow, he became interested in the year 1917, the year that the united states entered the war and the year that the russians left of the war. the 1917 year and how it changed the world, as well as how it changed world war i. he will talk about woodrow wilson and how he was going to make the world safe for democracy by leave the -- leading the united states into world war i. i will just turn it over to you and you can tell us all about it here in >> than

gettysburg, at gettysburg they lose 597 casualties. -- at gettysburg, they lose 597 casualties. the wilderness, 565 casualties of 811 men engaged. so what you should ask yourself, what i was asking myself as i was writing this book, how do they keep a brigade intact when we think about desertion rates by time we're late in the war. once big -- vicksburg falls, how do they do it? one of the things i found is that the speed with which men would return to the unit either from hospitals or when they were exchanged as prisoners, they were not making their way home. they were getting back to their home in brigade as fast as they could. that is how they sustained them. also, the question about texas for in hood's gate, the army of northern virginia was about one third of the army listed as deserted. from the start of the war to the end of the war, only 6% of men were listed as deserters. 6%. of the 6%, 34% abandoned. for those of you who studied for score, that's when they were detached from northern virginia. they were in east tennessee and horribly undersupplied. they were miserable

i'm peter carmichael, the director of the institute here at gettysburg college. i'm a member of the history department. it is my pleasure to announce the first inaugural lecture. many of you know of the legacy. the first director of the institute, the reason why we're here. early in his career he did speaker, the next person i will be interviewing also did with campaigning. to reaching out and engaging audiences. it is my pleasure to announce susannahing that the lecture.iver she is a military historian who .ocuses on the civil war era she has written a number of books. that is a typo. it was published in 2013. most recently she published with -- ""chords texas brigade brigade."as tomorrow many of you will go with her to trace those steps. another achievement and her career involves me and that is a southern historical conference probably 10 years ago. she introduced me to bourbon. i had my first bourbon with her. thenrdered it for me and she was talking to other people and when she turned back around i was drinking it out of a straw. yes. i was reprimanded but s

pickens -- pickett's charge and -- at gettysburg. the one i showed you as of the 11th mississippi interest he. -- pettigrew chargeback the flags associated with the confederate soldier, as an emblem of the esprit de corps and the life of the soldier, warning soldiers, with the life- and-death the soldiers. it became a soldier's flag. to use the word of the day, it was consecrated by the blood of the soldiers. if anybody who wonders why anyone could ever consider this like a flag of heritage, you have to understand, it is an integral connection to the confederate soldier, to the confederate veteran, and for families who dissent from confederate veterans. it is a symbolism of the confederate-a symbol of the confederate veteran. you have to understand that if you want to understand why people regard it as a symbol of heritage. more on that later. as i mentioned, it was seen throughout the confederacy and other armies, this is-chrissy -- christine was in the army of tennessee pattern. it was distributed to the western army the late 16 --

it was a war memorial to soldiers there in biloxi, mississippi and here in gettysburg, pennsylvania as well. you saw this slide earlier of the controversy surrounding the confederate battle flag. what we have seen to this point is an accretion of meenanings o confederate battle flag, all these various meanings that came to a head. for the last century the confederate battle flag has been a symbol of controversy, for removing them from the spots they previously enjoyed, from state capital buildings and state flags and what was referred to as a sovereignty context. efforts to remove them from sovereignty context particularly, but also to reduce the flag's profile on the commemorative landscape. this has been the history of the flag for the last 50 years. it did not begin recently. it's been pretty much constant in a couple clear waves that i discuss in my book since the mid-1960s. it culminated, really, with the removal of the flag from the dome in south carolina in 2000 and the selection of a new georgia state flag in 2004 after many decades of very active flag flaps, as the headline wr

they charge and the pedigree charge grew in gettysburg. that is the flag of the 11th mississippi infantry. the flags associated with the confederate soldier, as an emblem of the life of the soldiers and with mourning sole jaernz li -- soldiers and it was consecrated by the blood of the soldiers. so if anybody could ever wonder why they consider this a flag of heritage. you have to understand the integral connection to the confederate soldier, to the confederate veteran and for families who descend from confederate veterans. it is a symbolism of the confederate veteran. you have to understand that if you want to understand why people regard it as a symbol of heritage. more on that later. as i mentioned, it was seen throughout the confederacy and other armies, this is as christy saying, the army of tennessee pattern. it was distributed to the troops of the western armies in late 1863. here is a graphic that will sum up confederate flag history. this is from the 1907 united confederate veterans report on battle flags and trying to pass down a

gettysburg civil war college institute. some viewers may find images in this program offensive. >> good morning everyone. my name is peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war institute here at gettysburg college. i am also a member of the history department. our opening lecture will be delivered by ginsburg.

henry ford is born two or three weeks after the battle of gettysburg. two of his uncles, his mother's brothers, barney litget and john litget. john was killed early in the war but barney survived the war. this is the typing room, later addition to the house. the through the house's history, the kitchen kind of moved back. to the very back eventually. the stove here is a nice story. this is not the one, but the identical mod that will was in the room. henry ford remembered it so specifically that there was an epic search to try to find one just like it. the little bench by the window would have been one of the places where he would have worked on repairing things especially watches. the china in there is a reproduction, but it was done very specifically off of originals that ford remembered the family having when he was a kid as well. we don't cook here a lot. but we do several times a year during the christmas season and during the fall. harvest weekends and during henry's birthday, we cook in here. so the stove is an actual stove from the time period.

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navy officer called it hallowed ground saying you wouldn't take a shovel to gettysburg or go hunting for belt buckles at pearl harbor. >> and that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back a little bit later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." frenter in new york city i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's friday, august 10th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> a federal judge orders the return of a mother and child deported and issues a threat to the attorney general. >>> the holy fire rages on in southern california. the flames are moving dangerously close to home, triggering an evacuation order for more than 20,000 people. >>> and a teen is pushed off a bridge, falls 60 feet into the water, and narrowly survives.

a memoir i highly, highly recommend since we're in gettysburg.or those who want to take a personal experience of the war, read a book called "toward the allen.by hervey he's a member of the 28th division, and he describes the weeks leading up to the battle of fimet, when they were attacked by german flamethrowers. it's the finest memoir of the war. easy read, beautifully written, not too long. strongly recommend that book. ok. thank you very much. [applause] >> you're watching american history tv, only on c-span3. >> this weekend on oral histories, formal marilyn congresswoman helen dell especially talks about her career as a reporter for the baltimore sun, covering maritime issues, and her appointment of the maritime commission, which made her the highest-ranking woman in the nixon administration. here's a preview. >> did you think that your earlier career as a reporter, and as he talked about, chairman of the commission, because you are one of the few women, do you think that helped prepare you? >> absolutely, yes. absolutely it did. because wh

of course, henry ford was born two or three weeks after the battle of gettysburg. two of his uncles, his mother's brothers, barney and john litogot served with the michigan 21st, which was one of the very famous civil war units that served out of michigan, and john was killed pretty early in the war, but barney survived the war. this is the dining room. later addition to the house. the -- through the house's history, the kitchen kind of moved back, you know, to the very back eventually. the stove here is a nice story. this is a -- not the one, but it's the identical model that was in the room. henry ford remembered it so specifically that there was a epic search to try to find one just like it. and the little bench by the window would have been one of the places where he would have worked on repairing things, especially watches. the china in there was a reproduction, but it was done very specifically off of originals that ford remembered the family having when he was a kid as well. we don't cook here a lot, but we do several times a year, through the christmas seas

he tried to give a speech not much longer than the gettysburg address and he opens with this great line, 100 years ago the slave was freed, a hundred years later he remains in bondage to the color of skin. it's a stirring speech. the kennedys word dubious of his speech. they gave a speech of a little girl killed in birmingham but robert kennedy did sign the order. hoover hated martin luther king. he viewed him as a symbol of disorder. he hated distraction in the street the great irony is the man who is surveilling him, the man who is writing letters about him, it's in my own collection, shortly after he had been called the most notorious liar in america and he sent hoover and councilman a note and said thank you, of all the calls and letters i've gotten evolving critical about what i've had to say about doctor king, i share your view, the exposure of doctor martin luther king is long overdue and he's about to get his justice. >> that was early and i don't think that's an admission he was plotting his assassination but it showed animosity. shortly after that letter, sullivan composed in

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site innhower national gettysburg posted this hour-long event. >> good afternoon and welcome. we are at the world war i camp weekend. this is an opportunity for the public to learn about cam cole, which was a camp training program for tanks at the park, asg national well as world war i reenactors at the eisenhower farm. next up is an lingual. -- edward lingle. has a ba from george mason university and got his phd from the university of virginia. the washington papers project for many years. he served as the chief historian for the white house historical association until recently. he has written several books on george washington and world war i. his next and latest book will be never in finer company, the men of the great wars last battalion, published in september 2018. he has led to poor's throughout europe and the u.s. and writes regularly for military quarterly, and other history periodicals he has appeared on national public radio, fox news, history channel, and other media outlets. he appears on the world war i commissions weekly podcast. i would like to introduce you t

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of the civilctor war institute here at gettysburg college. member of the history department. in our opening lecture it will be delivered by judy of villanova. national champions and basketball. is a member of the history department and the director of the graduate program at villanova. she is tut

at the gettysburg campus.he great war was the single most destructive war europe had seen since the 30 years war. during the 16th century. when you put that into context, it was just a disaster. you can't look at it any other way. and to mark the end of that disaster and understand why it took place and to celebrate its ending is absolutely paramount. if we don't remember what took place, you will repeat it. i realize it may sound cliche, but it's the reason we study history. we study history to understand what took place, where, and why so we don't have to go through it all again. if there one thing the armistice teaches us just as the outbreak of the war teaches us, be careful what you ask for, because you might get it. the armistice that was accepted on the 11th hour of the 11th month of the 11th day, the piece -- peace that resulted from that was what led directly to the conflict we call world war ii. if we take that as a lesson and look at what led to that, maybe we can be cautious when we begin to try to

it helps me to better do my job as an educator, when i wind up talking with [ inaudible ] at the gettysburg campus. the great war was the single most destruct of war that europe had seen. since the 30 years war. during the 16th century. when you put that into context, it was just a disaster. you can't look at it any other way. and, to mark the end of that disaster, and understand why it took place, and to celebrate its ending, is absolutely paramount. because, if we don't remember what took place, you will repeat it. i realize that it may sound clichi, but it is the reason we study history. we study history to understand what took place, where and why, so that we don't have to go through it all over again. if there is one thing that the armistice teaches us, just as the outbreak of the war teaches us, be careful what you ask for. because, you might get it. the armistice that was accepted , on the 11th hour of the 11th month of the 11th day, the peace that resulted from that, was what led directly to the conflict that we call world war ii. if we take that as a lesson, and we look at what led