and a man by the name of colonel william travis. on that moment, colonel travis at that moment, colonel travis knew that his position was dire, that there was going to be very little that they were going to be able to do to win the day, if anything, against the overwhelming forces that santa ana had brought against that small force defending the alamo. and against certain death, against all odds, colonel william travis assembled his small party together. and when he did that, he began a speech to them recounting for them the importance of what they were doing and with a flourish he drew his sword and he etched a line in the sand. he etched a line in the sand. my friend bill brown handed to me this morning some of the soil from the spot where colonel travis etched that line in the sand. the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation drew a line in the sand. we drew a line in the sand and said that we are not going to back away from this issue. it's too important to our future. and when we drew that line in the sand we asked, just like

travis. that his position was dire. there was going to a very little that they could do to win the day, if anything against the overwhelming forces that santa ana had brought against the force defending the alamo. against all odds, colonel volume travis assembled his small party and begin a speech to them, recounting the importance of what they were doing and with a flourish, he drew his sword and etched a line in the sand. my friend bill brown hinted to me this morning some of the soil from the spot where colonel travis etched that line in the sand. the shenandoah valley foundation drew a line in the sand. which are a line in the sand and said that we will not back away from this issue. it is too important to this future and would wager that line in the sand, we asked just like colonel travis did, we asked those around us our closest compatriots in this fight for preservation to step over the line with us and to stand with us shoulder and shoulder to say that preservation is important, that

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welcome to the 23rd annual william e colby writers impose him in vermont . this event is a signature event for norwich university's peace and war center and this symposium is unique and theonly one of its kind in existence at an american institution. over 23 years , this symposium has brought some of the most prominentmilitary , intelligence, international affair writers of our time to central vermont. this symposium is designed to educate, to enlighten, to challenge and to inspire and as always, this symposium is designed to be relevant to each of you sitting out here and watching us online and has never avoided the hard issues central to our public's understanding. a bit of context for each of you that are familiar with the symposium. the symposium was conceived by founders we griffith and karlin does stay with the support of norwich president major general russell todd. this event was seen as a way to bring influential writers and their ideas and expertise to norwich university so in these past the folks honor a myriad of topics which range from psd to af