here at harrison hall. this house has a lot of historic significance to the american civil war which we will definitely get into as we move forward this evening. but before we do, i want to turn the mic over to joe here. >> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us here for history on tap live at harrison hall. i'm the executive director of the loudoun museum located in downtown leesburg and as always, i'm joined by travis, travis shaw, who is the director of education of the virginia heritage area. >> also the best dresser of the group. >> his ego is inflated. the c-span crew complimented him on his hair and suit when he arrived. >> it wasn't the crew. it was one person. >> that is accurate. >> 150 people by the time the story is done. and i'm joined by ann marie. >> no one has said i look cool yet, but it's fine. >> i think you look cool. >> her husband is in the front row. since this is our second annual fund raiser, we had to bring in the big guns to celebrate and our presenter is anna show. >> i ha

some are frequent guests of the harrison's here at harrison hall. one of the more popular gentleman who comes visiting is eight colonel bert who is a colonel of the 18th mississippi erie he is a doctor back home in jackson. he has a wife and eight kids of his own back there. i think coming to leesburg and meeting the harrison's paris pretty well-to-do southern family i'm sure they have a lot in common. in fact, he makes a special friendship and niece of the harrison's who is from washington d.c. she sang at harrison hall and meets colonel burke. close to what you think of as siblings they had a affection for each other. not only feeling of patriotism for the confederacy and the other white people in leesburg outside the potomac river actually. things in the morning of october 21, full disclosure i'm not a full disclosure or historian. what i can tell you is the end result are pretty clear. as colonel bert in the 18th are going across the field they are being guided by a maryland her. a mail in hers later given credit as a virginian that is mr. elija

here at harrison hall. one of the more popular gentleman that comes visiting is a colonel. he is the colonel of the 18th mississippi. a doctor, he has a wife and eight kids of his own in mississippi. and i think coming to leesburg and meeting the harrisons that also have eight kids, i'm sure they have a lot in common. in fact the colonel makes a special friendship with a niece of the harrisonharrisons. she 19 or 20 years old and she is also staying there. they had a close fip and they were close to what you would think of as siblings. they had a familial affection for each other. so he not only feels patriotism for the confederacy, but i think he is also thinking about the harris sons and the other white people in leesburg when he is there on the hike outside of the river, really. and on the morning of october 21st, i'm not going to replay the battle, i'm not a civil war or military historian, what i can tell you is that the end result of the battle are pretty clear, and as they are going across the field,

with democratic national committee chair jaime harrison saying this. >> well, i'm hoping jaime, that we can get back to a place where there is more civility in politics. i really mean it. and i've never seen it this way. >> it's not just political opponents threatening each other. it's not just politicians punishing their own party for voting their conscience. it seems like it's everywhere in american life. people are erupting in violence on planes. they're yelling about masks in school. how do we get over this fever of division and anger and lies? how do we get back to the center where the majority of the country is right now? majority of americans are not on the extremes. so remember when the supposedly the gold standard of republicans when ronald reagan talked about america as a shining city on the hill? that shining city doesn't exist for today's republican party, still in the grip of a disgraced twice impeached one-term former insurrectionist-inciting president. republican leadership keeping mum on paul gosar, but his siblings, they sure aren't. the congressman's brother joins m