Sacred Trust Talks 2024 | Jeff Irwin, Carol A. Reardon, Ph.D. & Wayne E. Motts

A panel discussion focused on Little Round Top with National Park Service Cultural Resource Program Manager Jeff Irwin, Gettysburg Foundation President Emeritus and Historian Wayne E. Motts and Gettysburg Foundation Board member and Penn State University Retired George Winfree Professor Emerita of American History Carol A. Reardon, Ph.D. There is no better time to have a discussion focused on Little Round Top than now - with Gettysburg National Military Park’s recent rehabilitation of this significant area of the battlefield. Archeology that has been done in the Little Round Top area will be highlighted. And just some of the human-interest stories surrounding the battle for Little Round Top in July 1863 will be featured.
Jeff Irwin is the Cultural Resources Program Manager at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site. He has previously worked at the Department of Defense (both Army and Navy), the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forestry Service). His assignments have been in North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington D.C., California and Pennsylvania. Jeff earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology from Radford University and a Master of Arts degree in the same field from the University of Kentucky.
Carol A. Reardon, Ph.D. taught military and Civil War history for over 30 years at Penn State University, the U.S. Military Academy, the Army War College and Gettysburg College, and she has led hundreds of military staff rides on Civil War battlefields. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Gettysburg Foundation.
Wayne E. Motts is the President Emeritus and Historian of the Gettysburg Foundation. He has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park for 36 years. Wayne is the author or co-author of two books, including Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg: A Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American History (with James A. Hessler).
Join us to commemorate the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Sacred Trust 2025 Talks & Book Signings at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.
Details to be announced in the spring of 2025. For more information, visit www.gettysburg...

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