2009 Memorial Day Service

Sunday May 24th at 2:00 PM

Washington Memorial Chapel

Valley Forge, PA

Ed Lengel received his B.A. at George Mason University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in history at the University of Virginia. Since 1996 he has worked with the Papers of George Washington documentary editing project at the University of Virginia, where he is now Professor and Senior Editor. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including General George Washington: A Military Life (Random House 2005) and To Conquer Hell: The Meuse Argonne, 1918 (Holt 2008). He is also the recipient, with the Washington Papers project, of the National Humanities Medal. Ed has also been interviewed on The History Channel and in The Washington Post. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lengel grew up in Morgantown, PA. and traces family roots back to the 1730's in the Berks county area.

The title of Ed's talk is "America's Citizen Soldiers". He will also be bringing some of his books along for sale for those who are interested. This is a very rare opportunity for both the 314th and Ed to meet and share information- so please make an extra effort to attend this year and perhaps bring a memento or story about

A recent article by Professor Lengel which appeared in the Washington Post appears here
and is mirrored here on this website.

One-Hour Video of the meeting held Memorial Day May 1998
at the Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge PAi
(This was the 80th annual reunion, continuously held since each year since 1919)

The video below is 512x384 and requires streaming video at 1 Mbps

The same video below is below at size 720x540 which requires streaming video at 2 Mbps