Date Posted: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

On Saturday, July 1, 10:30 a.m. Delaware Heritage Commission member Terry Wright will present a program at the Delaware Public Archives on Pickett’s Charge, the climatic final attack at the Battle of Gettysburg. After two years of war, and several days of hard fighting on the Union flanks around the town of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee believed that a concerted attack upon the troops at the center of General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac along Cemetery Ridge could break the Union line. Lee hoped this would force a retreat towards Washington and, perhaps, encourage the Federal government to sue for peace. This program will explore the different aspects of this final part of the battle and examine why it is such an important part of American history.

Terry Wright has been a member of the Delaware Heritage Commission since 2009, and chaired the Commission’s Civil War Sesquicentennial Planning Committee. A lifelong Delawarean and 1982 graduate of The American University in Washington, D.C., Terry served for 27 years on the staff of United States Senator Joseph R., Biden, Jr. He also serves on the Service Academy Nominations Board of United States Senator Christopher Coons, having previously served in a similar capacity for former Senator Ted Kaufman and former Representative John Carney. A resident of Gordon Heights in suburban Wilmington, Terry is Chairman of the Eastern Brandywine Hundred Coordinating Council, an organization dedicated to historic preservation and community planning in the neighborhoods of Eastern Brandywine Hundred along the Delaware River.

The program is free to the public and will last approximately one hour. No reservations are required. For more information, contact Tom Summers (302) 744-5047 or e-mail
thomas.summers@delaware.gov.


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