Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flood the 6,000-acre Gettysburg National Military Park and surrounding town this week to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The events of July 1-3, 1863, produced more than 50,000 casualties, with an estimated 7,500 soldiers killed. Many historians consider Gettysburg a major turning point of the Civil War after Northern forces turned away a Confederate advance. And in the decades following the conflict, the battleground became a symbol of reconciliation. Diane and her guests discuss the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg and how it’s remembered.
Guests
- Eleanor Harvey Senior curator at Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Adam Goodheart Director of Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and author of "1861: The Civil War Awakening."
- Scott Hartwig Supervisory historian at Gettysburg National Military Park.
- Ervin Jordan Associate professor of history and research archivist, University of Virginia member, Gettysburg Foundation Board of Directors
- Drew Gilpin Faust President of Harvard University, historian and author of "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War."
Photos: Battle Of Gettysburg
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