Class Year
2017
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
8-18-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
During training to be an intern at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, our instructors continuously stressed the importance of reading our audience. Whether we were greeting visitors at the front desk or leading walking tours, our job was to always watch the visitors and gauge what they are interested in. For me, this was initially very frustrating. I prefer to deal with concrete things instead of making judgement calls. It all sounded pretty wishy washy and that I would somehow ‘know’ what the visitor wanted just by looking at them. Needless to say, I was not convinced.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Currier, Abby M., "Choosing Your Battles: Provoking the Public at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 216.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/216
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.