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Today is a comp day and recovery day from the Gettysburg Staff Ride. I was thinking about writing something about what is going on in Iraq, what ISIS is doing, the US Military response and what is going on with the Maliki regime, and reflect on my time in Iraq. I will probably do that tomorrow as I chance to read more and get the latest updates. One thing about doing the Staff Ride and socializing with my students in the evening is that I do tend only to get a wave top view of other events when I am conducting these trips.
This article is a reflection that I wrote in May after the Staff Ride for my previous class. It is about a man of integrity who served the country faithfully at war, and almost became President, something that many wished had occurred, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock.
So anyway, until tomorrow.
Peace
Padre Steve+
“I shall not fight upon the principle of state-rights, but for the Union, whole and undivided.” Winfield Scott Hancock
I am back home after leading another trip to Gettysburg with a new group of students.
I always come away from Gettysburg with a new appreciation of the sacrifice that was made there by so many Americans. I am always humbled and learn something new. I only wish that most Americans and our leaders of both political parties as well as most media types and pundits could grasp what I experience on each visit to this “hallowed ground.”
Quite honestly I do not think that the vast majority Americans understand, appreciate or value in the slightest the sacrifices of the men who fought and in many cases died to preserve the Union at Gettysburg. Even among those who do I think that the object of their appreciation are the military…
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