] >> this morning i'd like to introduce the superintendent of petersburg national battlefield lewis rogers. lewis began his park service career in 1984. seasonal interpretive park ranger at allegheny portage railroad. first permanent position at those same sites the following year in 1985. serving as a park ranger and later as a resource management visitor protection specialist at the sites there. 1990 he moved to the blue ridge parkway here in virginia. while there, he served as a law enforcement ranger with the added duties of supervising law enforcement and the interpretive seasonal rangers along the parkway and also responsible for a living history appalachian farm and seasonal visitor contact stations. he became the chief ranger of booker t. washington in 1992 whereas the chief of interpretation he was responsible for the interpretation, visitor protection, resource management, fire management and feat collection operations. he became a supervisory park ranger of law enforcement. and then moved to valley forge in 1997, first as a supervisory park ranger and later as the chief ranger w

it is my privilege to introduce to you superintendent lewis rogers. [ applause ] >> thanks chris. i appreciate that introduction. i am very, very honored to be here today. i want to take sometime while i'm here to let you know just what this means to me. when i was a child i could remember sitting in front of the tv and this goes back a ways back when black and white movies still dominated tv. this goes back a ways when 12:00 came, the tv actually went off. i can remember sitting in front of the tv late at night and watching those old war movies. i remember watching the leather necks and john wayne as he flew through the air. i remember the guys who fought in battle. as the soldiers fought for their freedom, i can remember all of those things, i fell in love of the it inspire me and motivated me. then one day a peculiar thing happened, i can remember during that time that we began to integrate our schools. i can remember the forced busing. i can remember how it affect me and how i watched the social unrest that plagued our country. i remember these images who began to enter my min

superintendent lewis rogers said it best on tuesday. we want to be able to see ourselves in history. many of you in this room in the national parks service and in the community have worked hard in recent years in this direction. this challenge is formidable. the battle of the crater raises some of the most difficult questions about our nation's past because it challenges some of the most fundamental beliefs about us. it's much too easy to look away or to settle on a celebratory or self-serving narrative that ignores the complexity of the past. the history of the crater is not black or white history. it is our history. ultimately, we stand little chance of addressing the tough issues that divide us today if we can't take an honest or deliberate look at our collective past. thanks for listening. [ applause ] >> so i would normally walk around for questions, but i don't think i can, because c-span's taping, and they need me, to record it all. i think they are going to pass a mike around if you have any questions, and i'm happy to entertain

morning i would like to introduce to you the superintendent of petersburg national battlefield, lewis rogers. lewis began his career in 1984, a park ranger. he took his first herman it position at those sites the following year in 1985 as park ranger and resource management visitor protection specialist at the sites there. 1990 he moved to the parkway in virginia. he served as a law enforcement ranger with the added duties of supervising law enforcement, and he was responsible for a living history appalachian farm and seasonal visitor contact stations. he became chief ranger at booker t. washington in 1992. the chief of interpretation responsible for the interpretation and visitor protection, resource management, fire management, and collection management at the side. he became a supervisory park range of law enforcement at independence national struggle park and moved to valley forge in 1997 as a supervisory park ranger and lend later as the chief ranger were he managed law enforcement and interpretation. in 2009 he took on the role of superintendent in new hampshire. he became superintende

] >> this morning i'd like to introduce the superintendent of petersburg national battlefield lewis rogers. lewis began his park service career in 1984. seasonal interpretive park ranger at allegheny portage railroad. first permanent position at those same sites the following year in 1985. serving as a park ranger and later as a resource management visitor protection specialist at the sites there. 1990 he moved to the blue ridge parkway here in virginia. while there, he served as a law enforcement ranger with the added duties of supervising law enforcement and the interpretive seasonal rangers along the parkway and also responsible for a living history appalachian farm and seasonal visitor contact stations. he became the chief ranger of booker t. washington in 1992 whereas the chief of interpretation he was responsible for the interpretation, visitor protection, resource management, fire management and feat collection operations. he became a supervisory park ranger of law enforcement. and then moved to valley forge in 1997, first as a supervisory park ranger and later as the chief ranger w

this morning i'd like to introduce superintendent of the battlefield lewis rogers. lewis began his park service career in 1984 as seasonal interpretive at allegheny railroad, jamestown flood in pennsylvania. he took his permanent position same sites following year 1985 serving as a park ranger and later as a resource management visitor protection specialist at the sites there. 1990 he moved to blue ridge parkway here in virginia. while there served as park ranger serving as law enforcement interpretive seasonal rangers in the parkway and also responsible for a living history appalachian farm, seasonal visitors contact stations. he became chief rerng at booker t. washington in 1992, chief of interpretation, he was responsible for interpretation, resource management, fire management and fee collection operations within the site. 1994 supervisory law enforcement independence national historical park and then moved to valley forge 1997 first as supervisory then chief ranger where he managed both law enforcement and interpretation. in 2009 took on the role of interim supe

it's my privilege to introduce to you suspect lewis rogers. [ applause ] >>> thanks, chris, i appreciate that introduction. i am very, very honored to be here today and i want to take some time while i'm here to let you know just what this means to me. when i was a child i can remember sitting in front of the tv. and this goes back a ways, back when black-and-white movies still dominated tv. this goes back a ways, you know, when 12:00 came the tv actually went off. [ laughter ] i can remember sitting in front of the tvs late at night and i remember watching those old war movies. i remember watching the leather necks and john wayne as they flew through the air. i remember watching those guys as they fought in battle and as the soldiers fought and they cried and they died and they fought for their freedom. i can remember all those things and i fell in love with those movies. it inspired me. it motivated me. but then one day a peculiar thing happened. i can remember during that time that we began to integrate our schools i can remember the forced bussing. i can remember how it affected me a

superintendent lewis rogers said it best on tuesday, we want to be able to see ourselves in history. many of you in this room in the national park service and in the community have worked hard in recent years in this direction. this challenge is formidable. the battle of the crater races some of the most difficult questions about our nation's past because it challenges some of the most fundamental believes about us. it's much too easy to look away or settle on a celebatory or self-serving narrative that ignores the complexity of the past. the history of the crater is not black or white history. it is our history. ultimately we stand little chance of addressing the tough issue that's divide us today if we can't take an honest and collective past. thanks for listening. [ applause ] so i would normally walk around for questions but i don't think i can because cspan is taping and they need me to record it all. i think they are going to pass a mic around if you have any questions an i'm happy to entertain. is that the way we're going to do it? if you have any questions i'm happy to entert

lewis. what should our strategy be? we'll talk with the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers. >>> plus, the white houseo get its message

lewis. what should our strategy be? we'll talk with the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers. >>> plus, the white house struggles to get its message straight. >> i think the president was pretty explicit that he is determined to make sure that every element of his national security strategy is thought through. >> our sunday panel weighs in. >>> then, with the traditional start of a fall campaign this labor day weekend, will republicans win back the senate? we'll handicap this november's hottest races with two top pollsters, bill mcinturff and mark mellman, and our power players of the week. the guys making those "please don't touch" signs at the smithsonian a thing of the past. all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. president obama heads to europe this week for a nato summit where he hopes to develop a strategy he admits he does not yet have for attacking isis in syria. today, we're going to look at the terror group and what we can do about it in depth. we'll talk with a top expert on isis and the chair of the house intelligence committee. but first, fox ne

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lewis. what should our strategy be? we'll talk with the chair of the house intelligence committee mike rogers. >> plus, the white house