gettysburg did not end the war in one stroke. but it was decisive in us to restore the sinking morale of the union. to keep at bay the forces that hope that lincoln could be persuaded to revoke emancipation. decisive enough to make people look back and understand that the confederacy would never be able to mount a serious invasion again. lincoln, however, he was not satisfied with a decisive enough result. now, by the way have this strange feeling that there may be some reconstructive confederate veterans. [laughter] who are getting in the last word on the subject lincoln was not satisfied with a decisive enough result and after a 10 day pursuit which ended, backing lee's army into a pocket with its rain flooded potomac river, no knockdown blow was struck at the rebels and leaves damaged army was able to slip across the potomac through barely usable for it. we had them in her grasp, wailed lincoln. we had only to stretch forth our hands, and they were ours area a great deal of the blame for lee's escape was laid by lincoln and ot

called gettysburg, if you like. the high watermark of the confederacy or the beginning of the end, but it really wise the last solid chance to break away seven states had of winning their war and independents. the last ten months, nearly everything seemed to go the way of the confederacy. abcaeleven southern states in the american union wrote a constitution. they elected a president, jefferson davis. and their hastily assembled army defended and equally hastily assembled united states army apple right in virginia. but in the early spring of 1862 the current began to soar. union armies and the union navy reconquered all but a few structures of the mississippi river valley and the reoccupied western tennessee. in the east ready lee led his ragtag confederate forces, the army of northern virginia to one victory after another of their opposite number. but the victories were all one on virginia soil. and in feeble, the virginia economy even as they defend it. he knew better than any southerner that the confederacy's reso

i went to gettysburg through book after book after book on gettysburg. i'm not a military historian. when my husband reads, you know, drafts my books, he always -- not always, but often says i've got the guns pointing the wrong way -- [laughter] i shouldn't admit that. but i get them right, i get them right. but anyway, so when it came to gettysburg, both the battle and then culminating in the address, i remember it was a very conscious decision and you never know if it's going to work, i taught that a i would begin -- which is something i don't believe in which is the counterfactual -- but in a sense, i began with a different rhetorical device because also i'm always committed to keeping the reader, if i can, interested. especially when he or she thinks they know what's coming. so the rhetorical device was had there been no gettysburg address, you know, we may not -- and then i went through, and i used that device throughout the chapter. had there been none. so to try to whet your appetite for the coming the address which i don't speend spend much time

called gettysburg, if you like. the high watermark of the confederacy or the beginning of the end, but it really wise the last solid chance to break away seven states had of winning their war and independents. the last ten months, nearly everything seemed to go the way of the confederacy. abcaeleven southern states in the american union wrote a constitution. they elected a president, jefferson davis. and their hastily assembled army defended and equally hastily assembled united states army apple right in virginia. but in the early spring of 1862 the current began to soar. union armies and the union navy reconquered all but a few structures of the mississippi river valley and the reoccupied western tennessee. in the east ready lee led his ragtag confederate forces, the army of northern virginia to one victory after another of their opposite number. but the victories were all one on virginia soil. and in feeble, the virginia economy even as they defend it. he knew better than any southerner that the confederacy's reso

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i'm not going leave out the gettysburg address, for example. it's such a historical important moment for language, for the war, for so many things. so lincoln himself. so it had to fall to that category. the second it had to help narrate the disaster. it 4 to have a dramatic movement. it had to move the drama and narrative forward. it didn't, it had to go to the cutting room floor. believe me, the floor, so to speak was littered with things, events people, what have you that didn't get in. those are the kind two of litmus tests i used. i was great to feel my editor who basically never balked at the page number, and who didn't say you can't do this, and this and this. i kept in whatever i thought was germane to the story, which was why the book is not 20 pages. [laughter] or something like that. you know. the war, the war came, the war was over. [laughter] that's the extricated version. >> why do you think new york was a hot bed of religion and spiritualism in that period? >> that's a good question. i really, you know, it's -- i often asked myse

all the photographers go to gettysburg. vicksburg is in the middle of nowhere with all due respect to think about 1863, is the middle of nowhere so there aren't hordes of newspaper reporters and hordes of photographers certainly not on the confederate side. so it's overlooked. gettysburg is this huge news event and vicksburg you can make the argument that what happens and vicksburg by up and -- opening up the mississippi river to the union that is far more important than the war than what happens to gettysburg. i have heard debates about that and tirades and debates about that but the point is it is important. not only does it separate the confederacy into. suddenly texas, arkansas louisiana is cut away. you can't get there anymore. so all their supplies, all the food and all the manpower is coming from the mississippi through the confederacy coming eastbound. it doesn't happen anymore. they can't cross the river. big union controls the river. the other thing is vicksburg is a rail hub. the railroad coming from the east sto

his most famous speech, the gettysburg address, is inscribed on the south wall. national parks spokesperson bill line says visitors are visibly moved by the power of lincoln's words. >> part of what is written there as to how he realizes that the nation is on the precipice of possibly falling apart, of possibly dividing into two nations and how much that is causing angst and worry and how much he's wrestling with that comes through in the words that he uses in the gettysburg address. to see that in stone, to see that in the area where lincoln is causes great emotional reaction on many people. >> as a great orator, he would have been pleased to know that another great speech was given here 100 years later. >> five score years ago, a great american in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the emancipation proclamation. >> dr. martin luther king jr. honored lincoln when he chose the memorial as the backdrop for his famous "i have a dream" speech in 1963. >> i have a dream today. [ cheers and applause ] >> he had the bravery, the fortitude, and his speech reson

we are leaving downtown gettysburg. the train will be moving in a westerly direction. >> does this train go parallel to the route that he came down or hill came down? i think so. you may want to get on and explain that at some point or have bill do it. you do have a narration? you may want to have somebody actually do the narration if that makes sense. >> it was just over that hill where the fighting took place very early in the morning july 1, 1863. >> i think either you or bill should give the narration. bill knows vastly more about the details than i do. but it's your train. i will say something general. >> walk through the park. hi, how are you? good. aren't you wa-good. aren't you warm? >> very warm, sir. >> saw you on bill o'reilly. big fan of yours. >> i'd like to get your autograph. >> all right. i'll be around. all right. you want to blow the whissle? . eventually. maybe on the way back. hey, guys. you guys have a lot cooler ride. this is nice up here. pretty ride, isn't it? how are you all doing? good. fun to

it leads fop a by the time you get to gettysburg if the south wins the battle it's likely to turn the pop -- populace against lincoln and maybe win the election and win the war. >> so now can we -- i guess, tell the story of how history was in your brooklyn con lost the election in 1864. what is going on now? >> well, i followed what is probably a pretty standard practice for people who speculate on the outcome of gettysburg. i have lee winning because he does a couple of things right and luck goes with him rather than against him. the union army has to retreat. lee doesn't have a do a lot more. he that is to stay in the north and make a menace of himself. you know the way elections go. they sort of build and the opponents jump on it. the next thing you know lincoln is defnlgding himself because lee is rampaging through pennsylvania. there goes pennsylvania. there goes new york. the next thing you know, he loses the election. the person coming in is going to be in a position to try to negotiate with the confederacy. and it's not that they necessarily want to negotiate with the confede

that's why that speech at gettysburg was so important. johnson's speech at gettysburg, if you listen to it, it mimics a lot of what dr. king said at the march on washington. the whole notion that we've run out of time. we can't be patient. we can't afford to be patient. lyndon johnson at that moment understands what he has on his hands. the country is getting ready to go virtually into another civil war. so lyndon johnson at that moment became presidential. he rose to the occasion. >> you remember what he said at the signing of the '64 act? he said, i've just given the south to the republicans for the next 30 years. >> he underestimated -- >> '64, the stat that always jumps out at me -- so republicans in '64 nominated barry goldwater who joins the filibuster against civil rights. the state of mississippi, which had given fdr something like 95% of the vote gave goldwater 84% in 1964, the guy who participated in the filibuster. >> then the voting rights act of '65 was so important because that changed the face of government in the united st

it seemed hopeless and pointless, and then, on november 19, 1863, abraham lincoln went to gettysburg to give the gettysburg address, which forever changed the conflict, because he gave everyone an idea what the fighting was about. it was about slavery and freedom and the rights of every man, woman and child. and that is the day that changed america. that was excellent, brandi. well researched and well presented. thanyou, mr. carr. yeah, her mom probably wrote the whole thing for her. at least her mom doesn't work at the checkout counter at the a&p. okay, next up is darren. uh, mr. carr? yes? can i go to the bathroom, please? sure, eric. and don't forget to grab the hall pass. okay. hey, eric. hey, mr. roscoe. see you seventh period? uh, yeah, see you. what happened here? well, there was a struggle. the mirror got smashed. kid got lifted. he's 12 years old. his name's eric miller. looks like he resisted, huh? he grabbed on to the wall as he was being carried away. unless that's the kidnapper's blood. well, forensics is fast-tracking the analysis so... tough job to pull off in the midd

they want me to speak on martin luther king day and the gett gettysburg affair as well. he wants to speak about this moment about important issues facing african-americans and all americans at this moment. >> as we watch these scenes from washington, d.c. we forget the incredible history of the man for whom the monument was made himself, lincoln himself. he felt he bombed the, gett gettysburg address because the man before him had spoken so long and eloquently. >> because barack obama face this is tremendous moment in history where we have this bench march, the election of the nation's first black president, but at the same time the roll back request the supreme court ruling and shelby county, and so forth. this is to look at how far we've come as a society. 50 years ago when dr. martin luther king with his dream and it seems thoug as though thingsn jeopardy. >> mike, it is not lost on anybody in this room how lucky we are because the umbrellas are out, and you are in the rain. >> reporter: well of course our textcal crew has provided me with an umbrella, and you can't s

what most people concentrate on is one of two battles, gettysburg is one, and that's the most famous battle, and that's the one that lee could have won but didn't, but the other one a lot of people think may have been more pivotal yet was antietam. antietam is the battle in which the british basically decided since b the south didn't win, we won't go in, and, of course, it's also the battle that prompted lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation, and that sets the tone of the rest of the war as being a war against slavery. and to defeat mcclelland in what is sometimes referred to as the maryland campaign was a turning point in the sense that it meant the south was now committed to having to keep on fighting, something they really weren't as prepared to do as simply because they were a smaller country, fewer men, not the capacity to fight war that the north had. the south really would have preferred to end this quickly, and antietam put any end to people who had hopes of that. the other turning pointer, once you get past gettysburg, the other turning point would be that lincoln w

. >> i think the most important document of the 20th century, very much like the gettysburg address. >> dear fellow clergymen, while sitting in the birmingham jail i read your letter calling our activities unwise and untimely. >> your statements i'm sorry to say fail to express a similar concern but the conditions tha t demonstration. >> it is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the cities white power structure left the negro community with no alternative. >> when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering, stammering,. >> all of that came from his heart. he wanted white america to see what they were doing. he wanted white america to see how hurtful it was. >> the letter was a national call to the conscience of america using real life, real time reality of birmingham as it's template. birmingham then became the spark that ignited the prairie fire of negro existence that was transformed into negro revolution. >> today thousands of people are expected to be in washington to celebrate the legacy of ma

the other turning point, once you get past gettysburg, the other turning point would've been, lincoln would've had to have lose the election. i think one of the premises i've always felt about the civil war is that a majo major thing the h had going for it was a leader who is totally and completely committed to waging that war until the end, the ending slavery and to winning the war. that meant the election process for would've had to go the other way. that wouldn't have happened without some things prior going different the two things i have differently are that the northern forces are not as successful in the west, particularly in shiloh, this leads up to situation whereby the time you get to gettysburg, if the south wins that battle, it is likely to turn the populace against lincoln and maybe they could have lincoln when the election and then end the war. >> so now tell the story of the history was in your book, lincoln lost the election in 1864, what's going on a? >> well, i follow what is probably a pretty standard practice for people who speculate on the outcome of gettysburg. i

about five score, years ago which is a hundred years, using the language of abraham lincoln of the gettysburg address. going back to my country 'tis of thee, let freedom ring, the theme of today, goes back to the song which marion anderson sang here on these steps in 1939 when she wasn't allowed to speak or sing at the national -- at the -- at the -- what do you call it? the national constitution center. so i think there is a lot of music and a lot of black church lyrics you're going to hear today. i think andrew young is very much a part of that tradition. >> he let it all hang out as you said best, chris. >> exactly. >> we will take a break and back with much more as we continue our special coverage of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. we are back right of this. ♪ you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. i don'without goingcisions to angie's list first. with angie's list, i know who to call, and i know the results will be fantastic! find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- rev

and they work together watching an airing of the film gettysburg at the national theater in washington, and do stowe had begun to despair. everyone wants to around -- sat around and watch the interaction . he thought it was time to give up ahu. he told me a story and cried telling it of the difference that ted turner had made and the fact that ted became, at one point had been the student of the master and in turn had become a master. i think it's a story of transference road. >> three as seven irrawaddy no questions. i will not read the sender's name. it was a question received. poe's consistently revealed a strong majority of montana and support conservation efforts in favor plane air and water, open spaces, while kutcher corporate jets and wildlife habitat, why you think they'll let politicians in the state legislature is seem to oppose efforts to protect the environment. [applause] >> we have that all over the nose states. >> a lot of them don't agree with them. they're running because they're angry ross something. they don't like what is being done. it's a free country. you're all

the second day of the battle of gettysburg. the president's attention is focused elsewhere. gettysburg and vicksburg, he did not pay as much attention to his wife. >> is there speculation that the carriage accident was an assassination attempt? after the election, there was a document to the assassination attempt the pinkerton service saved them from. there was a constant threat on the lives of these people. that stress we should take into account. >> she was living through all of that. it was a horrible time to be in the white house, i would think. >> we are in the midst of a five-year marking of the civil war events. we could not capture all of the tumultuous and significant events, but here are a few of them. 1861, the civil war began. 1863, they issued the emancipation proclamation. and as richard said, the gettysburg address. 1865, the thirteenth amendment abolishing slavery is proposed. and april 9, the court house in virginia, the confederate army surrenders. it bookends the lincoln administration. you mentioned her unannounced visits to military hospitals. >> that go

>> i think it is the most significant between after gettysburg. because i think it is arguable that we have three great set pieces in american history. we have jefferson articulating the promise of america in the summer of 1776. you have lincoln trying to ratify it and extend it at gettysburg in 1863. and then you have dr. king arguing that what jefferson and lincoln put in motion had not yet reached the fullness of the populous and had not been ultimately honored in the image that he used. the american check was bouncing. there was not the capital, the jefferson yn/lincoln capital about equality. if you look at pieces of oratory this was among the three or four most important things ever said in a public setting in american life. when you think about how many speeches are given and how many words are said by politicians, by aspiring politicians, by all of us, that, i think, we remember so few things. and yet we remember this because of its clarity and because of its passion. and someone else covering the march that day with carl was james resten,

grand canyon, yosemite, but also stewarding america's history and that would include independence hall, gettysburg, mount rush more, and most recently flight 93. my dress uniform and that famous hat is really derived from the world war i uniform from 1916, little changed from that time. the first rangers that patroled our parks before there was a park service were calvary soldiers. the presidio here in san francisco sent buffalo soldiers up to yosemite and sequoia every summer to control the parks, to keep the poachers out and to begin the construction of roads. the first federal superintendent of sequoia national park was colonel charles young. he happened to be the third african-american to graduate from west point. he went on to become the first black colonel in the army. amazing story. i believe he'll be honored sometime later this year by some sort of a national monument at his home in ohio. so, pretty interesting fellow and pretty amazing leadership demonstrated. today our rangers across the country perform modern-day public services, often away from municipalities. so, we're the only game i

lee at gettysburg. pick his charge. >> i just know you're up to something. >> best part of show, i have no idea -- >> i'm leading. >> i'm just waiting. >> willie and i talked about this. at gettysburg he gets the word in and says to one of his generals, use your division. he says, sir, i have no division. lee figures out all is lost because of picket's charge. he says, it is my fault. it's all my fault. that's all he had. mcnamara, secretary of defense on vietnam, we were wrong. ben smith. >> now i know. >> why didn't you use snap chat? willie geist. >> ben smith interviewing anthony weiner on stage. >> that was the question. >> said i don't have an answer for you. >> if you were like me, i went back to general lee. >> just a little much. >> all my fault. >> eugene, did you not like his story? you do not realize that we are living through serious times. >> one of those moments, one of those times when it turns. >> it's a crack in time, willie geist, and we're right in the middle of it. >> we finally got

lee had the high ground and gettysburg and then you send the by up to picket the charge and what do you do then? >> it is a pleasure to have you and it is shaping up to be a battle. >> it really is. >> monday is believed to be the deadline for yankee's all-star alex rodriguez and 13 other players to accept suspension. major league baseball is threatening rodriguez with a lifetime ban. after the game he feel said he felt singled out. >> all of the stuff in the background and people are finding creative ways to cancel your contract and stuff like that. that is concerning for me and concerning for the present and future players as well. there is a process and i am excited about the way i feel tonight and i will keep fighting. >> now rodriguez is the highest paid player in the majors. he could avoid a lifetime ban if he avoids a suspension. ndemocratic senator joe manchin said the white house is waging a war on coal and telling the administration to back off. but are they listening? and why are 10,000 california inmates going to be released early? a last ditch effort to stop it and held cap

i was there with him at gettysburg when he spoke on memorial day 1963 at the 100th anniversary of the civil war. he was vice president at that time and it was three months before the historical march on washington that we commemorate today. at a superficial glance, my father, the grandson of a confederate soldier, may not have seemed the most obvious ally to the movement. a white senator from jim crow south, he was no young idealist fresh out of college nor was racial equality a pressing goal of the majority of his texas constituents. rather the opposite. as a teacher, he had seen the plight of his mexican-american students and dr. king's powerful dream found a kindred spirit and my father who cared deeply about fairness and equality. when the tragedy of president kennedy's assassination propelled him to the presidency, he used every power at his disposal including his considerable legislative muscle to push through the civil rights act of 1964 - [applause] the voting rights act of 1965 -- [applause] and the fair housing act of 1968. [applause] signing the third civil rights bill, he

to tell nation they too were americans we also celebrate the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's gettysburg address and the emancipation proclamation. this is personal for me. like chl you i was privileged to be here 50 years ago. and like many of you i am the grandson of a slave. my grandfather and his mother were property. like a horse or a chair. as a young girl she had been given away as a wedding present to a new bride and when that bride became pregnant her husband my great-grandmother's owner and master exercised his right to take his wife's slave as his mistress. at age 15 barely able to read or write he hitched his tuition to a steer. he belonged to a transcendent generation of black americans, a generation born in slavery freed by the civil war. determined to make their way as free women and men. martin luther king betlongd a transcendent generation of americans. born in segregation. when my grandfather graduated the college asked him to deliver the commencement address. he said then, the person from his corner looks out on the corner of wickedness an sin and blind to all that is

i love how he used excerpt from the declaration of independence, gettysburg address different speeches from martin luther king. it was really brilliant the way he made reference to himself without making reference to himself. the one time the crowd cheered and then eventually the white house changed. way to make some statement about the very obvious he's first african-american president without actually being so obvious about it. >> that's exactly right. he sprinkled a few enuciations about crooked places made straight that's quoting isaiah from the bible. when the president talked about the politics of the country it's become very racially divided this was a completely democratic lineup of speakers, you didn't have any leading republicans there. the racial stratification of our politics is real one. >>> john, thank you very much. luckily the rain held out. a very heavy day of rain up to that point. much of the northeast as well did hold back from that speech. let's get back to our, what we do here on close bell, we welcome you once again, i'm bill griffeth alongside michelle caruso-ca

. >> i figure it's the most important document of the 20t 20th century, very much like the gettysburg address, and it began the movement. >> my dear fellow clergymen, while confined here in the birmingham city jail, i came across your recent statement calling our present activities unwise and untimely. >> you failed to express a similar concern, but the conditions that brought about demonstration. >> it is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the negro community with no alternative. >> when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering, as you seek to explain to your 6-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and you see tears welling up into her little eyes, when she's told that fun town is closed to colored people. >> when you take a cross country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you, when you were

. >> we're coming up on the 150th anniversary of lincoln's gettysburg address. the president has been invited to take part and speeak there, s well. the "i have a dream speech" and gettysburg address, you're going to show up and do both in the same year. >> no pressure on that. >> but he is, i you know, i will say, we think of recent presidents and ronald reagan being the great communicator. bill clinton in certain settings and in a formal setting you think of oklahoma city in 1995, he brought out the best in the country there. bill clinton was more better in less formal settings, i think. barack obama and ronald reagan are really the only two presidents i can think of maybe since like fdr awho would rally the nation with their words. >> i think it's a luxury to have. when you have that skill, what's really nice about it, when you take to the podium, the sigh of relief that one feels just as somebody taking in the information that the order is going to make sense, be clear and be inspiring. it is a great advantage to have because you aren't going to, is he going

remember, reporters covering the gettysburg address kind of missed that too, you know? they covered the other speeches and said, oh, and president lincoln got up and said a few brief and unremarkable words, i think, was the quote in the paper. so, we don't always get the first draft of history right, i guess. and it's really -- but, now, look. people -- i was a little kid in south carolina. i was certainly aware of the civil rights movement and became aware very quickly that this had been a major day in the civil rights movement. because, remember, you know with the possible exception, i guess, of the bonus marches or something, there hadn't been a demonstration like in this washington before. and the idea of not demonstrating, you know, in selma, not demonstrating in birmingham, but bringing people here to the capitol, in such large numbers, that was new. and that was -- and it was striking to people when it happened. >> you know, edith, as one of the people who came to the march, i mean, one of the things i heard you talk about is how different your experience had bee

the problem is that with a victory at gettysburg, the french and english who have been watching ever since early in the war for a chance not necessarily to send troops to the united states but to metal. we are familiar with this today because we need mediate peace for you and the british offered to do that. lincoln would have turned them down. but in his place, the new president says there is no way. we will let you mediate the peace. the piece is mediated, the treaty is signed and the confederate states of america with jefferson davis as the president become a nation to the south of the united states of america. and that opens up a whole new world, the world that we can only imagine because it never existed. but think for a net of the united states from baltimore all the way down through a around for the coming down along the gulf coast in the end of texas that would be foreign territory. it wouldn't be part of the united states putting it in fact, the united states would have no real access to the atlantic or the caribbean except for a narrow path from baltimore number as far as bo

. >> ifill: from james madison's condemnation of slavery in 1813, to lincoln's gettysburg address in 1863, to woodrow wilson's endormts of segregation in 1913, and to reverend martin luther king jr.'s words at the lincoln memorial in 1963, key moments in america's journey toward freedom have played out in what historian taylor branch describes as 50-year blinks, but 50 years after king talked about his dream, has america fulfilled the demands made by those who marched on washington? a new documentary, series, the march@50" explores this question on the pbs web site "black culture connection." shurkee hassantilghman is the director of that series, and he joins us. along with taylor branch. welcome to you both. we're here to talk about unfinished business 50 years after the march. you were born shukree, in 1979, so this wasn't even part of your growing up. but you did learn about the demands made that day. were they met? >> 50 years later we can look at the unemployment rate among african americans, this is stubborn, consistently twice that of their white counter parts. also other segr

he was born and raised in gettysburg, pennsylvania, on the mason-dixon line, it just to show how he still has some geographical confusion, he claims he is very much a southerner. >> i said almost a southerner. [laughter] >> well, that's relative, you know, down here. okay, hugh davis, associate professor of english at piedmont college in georgia. he is the author of the making of james agee, which came out in 2008 and is the editor of a new scholarly edition of "let us now praise famous men" that will be coming out next year, i believe. currently, he is working on an edition of agee's letters. he got his bachelor's degree in jackson which i can tell you having lived across the street from is in the shadow of -- his masters at the university about them and ph.d in english at the university of tennessee where, agee papers are housed. is of course titles make me want to sign up for his classes. southern literature and black and white is one. freaks is another. and rednecks, hillbillies and georgia crackers, the south and its representation from the bottom up. [laughter] chip simone and like

returning to the battlefield at gettysburg many years later, he expressed the power of the place where such momentous deeds were done. here is what he said. here is what joshua chamberlain said. in great deeds, something abides. on great fields, something stays. forms change and path bodies disappear, but spirits linger to consecrate the ground for the vision place of souls. generations that no was not, and that we know not of, to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them shall come to this deathless field, to this deathless place to ponder and dream. and lo, the shadow of a mighty presence will wrap them in its it was him -- bosom, and the power of the vision shall pass into their souls. 50 years ago today, this place was a battlefield. no shots were fired. no canon's roared. a battlefield nonetheless. a battlefield of ideas. the ideas that define us as a nation. as it was once said of church held, martin luther king -- churchill, martin luther king mobilized the english language and marched into war. in the process, caught the conscience of the nation. here t

., dwight david eisenhower, gettysburg, august 14, 1965. "dear arnie, enclosed is payment for my debt. and never was there one more reluctantly paid. also attachd is a picture cut from the philadelphia enchoirer that indicates dejection. please remember a couple of accidents will not be important a year from now. you'll wayne lot more tournaments and forget the woe caused by bridges, rocks and complaints about a tree. love to winnie and keep hitting them, all the best, as ever, d.d.e ." and there's $10. the bet was what? >> he bet me i'd win the p.g.a. championship. and i didn't. >> rose: that's a hell of a life. >> it was full. >> there's gary player who is short next to the bunker. that's an eight-iron he's going to chip with. this is his third shot on the par 4. gives it plenty, goes towards the hole and right by! >> rose: gary player is a legendary golfer who won nine grand slam events. he's one of five people to have one each major at least one time. it's known as a career grand slam. during the 1960s and '70s his duals with jack nickl

patients " i was there with him at gettysburg when he spoke on memorial day 1963. at the 100th anniversary of the civil war. he was vice president at that time and it was three months before the historical march on washington. that we commemorate today. a superficial glance, my father, the grandson of a confederate soldier, may not have seemed the most obvious ally to the movement. a white seven or from jim crow south, he was no young idealist fresh out of college nor was racial equality a pressing goal of the majority of his texas constituents. rather the opposite. as a teacher, he had seen the plight of his mexican-american students and dr. king cost powerful dream found a kindred spirit and my father who cared deeply about fairness and equality. presidentragedy of kennedy's assassination propelled him to the presidency, he used every power at his disposal including his considerable legislative muscle to push through the civil rights act of 1964 - [applause] of 1965 --rights act [applause] and the fair housing act of 1968. [applause] in daddy's laughter in the wh

history tv features a battle of gettysburg. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, carol reardon talks about gettysburg national military park. at 9:00 p.m., the ceremony commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle with doris kearns goodwin. american history tv in prime time on c-span3. >> what is on your summer reading list? >> i have the book by matt wallace served on my night table and i have started reading it. i also read a lot of books on meditation and i'm also reading a book called the buddhist way of meditation. i do meditate and i have done yoga for 30 years. and i am always catching up on that part of my reading. the next book is very much the next thing i'm going to read, it is called interest things by matt wallace served and it starts with a group of teenagers in an arts camp and it takes them forward to their 40s and 50s. >> let us know what you're reading this summer. tweet us at booktv. post post on our facebook page or send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. tomorrow night on the encore presentation of first ladies. they were enhance

after vicksburg and gettysburg everybody thought the north was going to win six-month later. they one in the west and defeated robert e. lee at the height of his powers and then the war drags on. so they bring grant to the willard hotel in washington in march of 1864 and he has this grand vision. i'm going to go to richmond and my most brilliant subordinate has taken over the west. two prongs i will take richmond he will take atlantic and maybe in a month or so. then the unexpected happened. richmond is close to washington and atlantis a lot lung are from tennessee. richmond has good transportation roads. atlantis and the so-called wilderness of the georgia pine woods. grant gets near richmond but then we have these names that even today make a shutter cold harbor, wilderness, spotsylvania , petersburg. if you look at the army that leads in may of 1864 and september almost 80% were killed wounded or missing and the reputation of grant has changed. mary todd lincoln is calling him butcher, a murder. you get the impression that although that's a much more difficult task that he

it is mild overnight and 71 at the thorough good marshall. 60s toward the pennsylvania line. 65 in gettysburg. drier air making it comfortable in pennsylvania this morning. highs moving into the low to mid 08s around baltimore. little cooler in southern maryland because of all of the clouds and showers. the eastern shore looks dry to start off today. you can encounter a lot of showers. some of those could reach as far east as frederick. forecast for baltimore highs of 82 and 86. we should see some sun breaking out this afternoon. it is enough to maybe get a few things a little camp. overall it won't slow you down. a few of the evening showers as the clouds wind down the fog starts to form especially because it is so humid and the ground is pretty saturated. temperatures tonight ithe upper 60s and low 70s. if you get enough clearing you may have a chance to look up at the sky. the meteor showers peak tomorrow morning. the best time to see it would be after midnight and all of the way into sunrise. the sunrise at 6:15. you will want to see it a little before 6:00 a.m. give you an excuse to star

returning to the battlefield at gettysburg many years later, he expressed the power of the place where such momentous deeds were done. here is what he said. here is what joshua chamberlain said. in great deeds, something abides. on great fields, something stays. forms change and path bodies disappear, but spirits linger to consecrate the ground for the vision place of souls. generations that know us not, and that we know not of, to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them shall come to this deathless field, to this deathless place to ponder and dream. and lo, the shadow of a mighty presence will wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision shall pass into their souls. 50 years ago today, this place was a battlefield. no shots were fired. no canon's roared. a battlefield nonetheless. a battlefield of ideas. the ideas that define us as a nation. as it was once said of church held, martin luther king -- churchill, martin luther king mobilized the english language and marched into war. in the process, caught the conscience of the nation. here today on these

different ones. 1861, about the first year of the civil war, and overin' 1863 now and what is happening in gettysburg. we just commemorated that battle. but really getting a sense of what was happening during 1861. the first shots fired at fort sumpter, and all the behind the scenees, what was happening around the country as pertained to the slavery and other issues. obviously during that time as well. leading up to the emancipation proclamation and the lincoln administration. fast forwarding 100 years, "fire and rain." a great book about 1969 and 1970, about the breakup of the beatles, about the emergence of james taylor, crosby, stills, nash, and young, from a musical standpoint what was happening politically at the time. we had woodstock in 1969. you had the remnants of the civil rights movement moving to the war in vietnam, and the political unrest, kent state, and all that was happening during that time. remarkable book. reading a book called "the executioner." a book about the diary of an executioner from the 16th 16th century, 17th century. a little bit gory, but very interesting all the same.

here is a picture in today's "washington post" of the guided cruiser gettysburg. moving intors are the mediterranean for preparation of a possible attack on syria. a picture in today's "washington post." you anotherow article that deals with possible attacks on the area. it shows possible french and british assets. american cruise missile destroyers are already in the mediterranean. the harry truman is moving into the mediterranean. there is also the u.s. nimitz battle carrier troop which is in the persian gulf. the u.s. has f-16 strike aircraft in jordan and u.s. patriot missiles in jordan. least one have at ship or sub in the mediterranean. there is a french aircraft carrier stationed in the mediterranean in the south of france. there is also at least one carryingruise missile vessel in the mediterranean. we are taking your questions and comments this morning. saltel is up next from lake city utah on our democratic line. >> : i think it is misleading because the vote the british parliament took, although it was negative, they did talk extensively about the fact