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GETTYSBURG II, THE SEQUEL—A MEMORABLE WEEKEND!Thursday, September 18, 2008Forty-seven Classmates and guests are happy to report in on a great weekend at Gettysburg. Once again, we were blessed that Professor James McPherson was willing to give our Class his time and expertise. We were all impressed by his encyclopedic knowledge of the Gettysburg battle and its role in the outcome of the Civil War, plus his ability to connect these events to general state of the American life and technology at mid-18th century. Maybe equally important, however, was the infectious enthusiasm (and energy!) that he demonstrated throughout the three days.  As you can gather from the photo above, the weather
was perfect—high 75-80 degrees each day with hardly a cloud in the
sky. We enjoyed the camaraderie of reconnecting with old friends and
making new ones. Saturday night’s farewell dinner was punctuated by a
lively discussion of the recently proposed Government economic reform
plan, moderated by Classmates Peter Hooper and Peter Garber, both senior
members of the economics research team at Deutsche Bank. Peter Hooper
had a distinguished career at the Federal Reserve before Deutsche
Bank, while Peter Garber was a professor of Economics at Brown, so we
were in good hands.
The list of those present follows:
We were also joined for Saturday night dinner by Reba
Beeson (Granville Burgess’ wife), who was nearby visiting her parents,
and for the Sunday tour by John and Nina Hockenberry, refugees from
G’burg I who had missed Sunday’s events last year.
Here is the team on Sunday morning at the monument to the soldiers of the State of Michigan. Our leader, Professor McPherson, is appropriately clothed in orange in the center; Fred, our highly professional bus driver, is at the right We obviously owe a great deal to Professor McPherson for his gift of time and expertise. We also want to thank the Lindos, especially Sigi, who devoted an enormous amount of effort to making sure everything was perfect. Finally, these two previous photos are courtesy of Mark Whitenton, while the one below was taken by Al Piranian.
On to our 40th Reunion next May 28th to 31st and then to Antietam! Dick Bott |
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