Episode 35: July 1 on Seminary Ridge with Pete Miele
The Battle of Gettysburg Podcast
Jim Hessler and Eric Lindblade
4.8 • 950 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
To commemorate the 158th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Gettysburg, Eric and Jim have gone high in the sky to record an episode from the iconic cupola of the Luthern Theological Seminary. They are joined by Pete Miele, Executive Director of the Seminary Ridge Museum, and newest podcast team member Super Fan Jody to discuss the critical moments around Seminary Ridge on July 1, 1863. If you would like to donate to the show, you can do so via the following:
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| 0:00.0 | The Oh, Welcome everyone to the Battle of Gettysburg Podcast. I'm Superfan Jody and today |
| 0:37.8 | we have Eric Lindlaid and Jim Hesseler. Jim what do we have going on today? |
| 0:42.3 | Cousin Eric, Superfan Jody. Hessler. Jim, what do we have going on today? |
| 0:43.0 | Cousin Eric, Superfan Jody, what goes? |
| 0:46.0 | Today we're coming to you from high in the sky, |
| 0:50.0 | in honor of the 158th anniversary of the opening the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| 0:55.2 | We are in the Kupala of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, |
| 0:59.4 | what is known today as the Seminary Ridge Museum on Seminary Ridge. Now from here we have a perfect seat |
| 1:06.6 | and a clear eye to the opening rounds of the Battle of Gettysburg. So we're going to thump our |
| 1:12.1 | chests and cover some high ground. |
| 1:14.3 | Buford Reynolds, the Coopala, the seminary, and the morning of July 1st. |
| 1:20.5 | As the Devil's to Pay here on this brave installment of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| 1:26.4 | podcast. So as Cousin Jim said we are in the cupola of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, and it just so happens that the Seminary Ridge Museum is our sponsor today. |
| 1:38.0 | And Jim, we are joined by another special guest. |
| 1:41.0 | You'll for an introduce yourself. |
| 1:42.0 | Yeah, Pete Mealy, executive director of Seminary |
| 1:45.8 | Ridge Museum. Pete, tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Yeah, so I've been |
| 1:50.8 | working here at Seminary Ridge Museum in Education Center for the past eight years. |
| 1:56.0 | I spent the opening moments of the 150th anniversary right here, watching from the cupola as the museum opened and about a year ago I took |
| 2:06.0 | over as executive director and we're really happy to have you here and talk about this the one of the most |
| 2:11.9 | important views in Gettysburg back in 1863 and of course today. |
| 2:17.0 | And we're also joined by a new member of the podcast family. |
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