2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The World Will Never See the Like – The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 with John L. Hopkins

@In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MHZoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279John L. Hopkins will join us to talk about his book,The World Will NeverSee the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913, whichThe Wall StreetJournalcalled “a compelling, poignant and sometimes heartbreaking account of the biggest gathering of the Blue and Gray since the Civil War.”It’s a story of 53,000 old comrades and former foes reunited and of the tension, even half a century later, between competing narratives of reconciliation and remembrance. For seven days the old soldiers livedunder canvas in the stifling heat in a 280-acre encampment run by the U.S. Army. They swapped stories, debated still-simmering controversies about the battle, and on July 3 the survivors of Pickett’s Division and thePhiladelphia Brigade shook hands across the wall on Cemetery Ridge.Hopkins is a retired communication and public relations professional with more than three decades of experience in higher education, nonprofit, and agency settings. He was born and raised in New York City, earned a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, and was transplanted with his family to the Midwest 30 years ago. This is his first book.Jon-Erik Gilot, Espy Post CuratorAdd to calendarGoogle CalendariCalendarOutlook 365Outlook Live