Daily Archives: November 11, 2013

An Evening with Sebastian Junger!

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Tickets to An Evening With Sebastian Junger are now available online at junger.cofc.edu!

The Friends of the Library are proud to present

 

An Evening with Sebastian Junger

Acclaimed war correspondent, bestselling author and Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker

 

When… Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Time… VIP Reception with Sebastian Junger: 6:00pm
Keynote Address: 7:00pm

Where… Rivers Green, behind the Addlestone Library

Sebastian Junger’s keynote address, entitled “War: One Year with A Platoon in the Most Dangerous Valley in Afghanistan”, will focus on his fifteen months embedded with a US Army platoon in the Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. Mr. Junger’s objective coverage of the combat experiences of soldiers and civilians has earned him respect on all sides of the political spectrum. He will touch on the reasons for, realties of, and observations gleaned from his time with our troops.

 

Tickets to the VIP reception at $125.00 per person and include preferential seating at the keynote address. Tickets for the keynote address only are $45.00 per person. Limited tickets will be sold, so get yours now and please spread the word!

Proceeds from An Evening With Sebastian Junger will establish the FIRST scholarship specifically for veteran students at the College of Charleston. In supporting Sebastian Junger’s visit, you’ll be supporting a soldier’s transition from military to civilian life.


Please visit junger.cofc.edu for more information or to purchase tickets!

Gettysburg Panel Discussion Today!

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We’d just like to remind you all that the Jubilee Project, in partnership with the Bully Pulpit Series, is holding a panel discussion today at 4:00 pm in College of Charleston’s Randolph Hall in commemoration of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. To help refresh your memory on what Lincoln’s speech was or why people still find it so relevant today, we have included a few videos of contemporary recitations below.

Although this is not a professionally made video, James Earl Jones transcends all possible technical difficulties with his recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

Sam Waterston, who played Lincoln in the 1988 movie, offered his own reading of Lincoln’s immortal words.

This two-year-old might not be able to read, but he can certainly remember Lincoln’s address.

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