cspan.org/history. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on first ladies, influence and image, we look at the personal lives of three first ladies. and harrison never set foot in the white house because her husband william henry harrison died after a month and office. letitia tyler becomes first lady went john tyler assumes the presidency. but she passes away just a year and a half later. the president remarried julia tyer, which is the first photographed first lady. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span original series -- first ladies, influence and image. examining public and private lives of the women who build the role of first lady, from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on a

c-span3. as a comment to the series, c-span new book. first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women. it is available in hardcover or e-book through your favorite online bookseller. >> i am president of the united states: troops living history association. i am from north carolina. today we are having an reenactment called the grand review parade. this, in fact, was a reenactment of the ultimate parade held at the end of the civil war 50 years ago. down pennsylvania avenue. horner -- however colored troops were not allowed to march in this victory parade. what we are doing today is

correcting that oversight. we are marching in victory today down pennsylvania avenue. officers are going to march today. >> i am from a small town about 20-25 miles east of memphis. today i can hear on behalf of my great great grandfather. he was from tennessee. he enlisted in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. i will be walking down penciling avenue for my great grandfather -- pennsylvania avenue for my great-grandfather. [drumming] >> free at last! >> 1 2!

>> it is a matter of historical fact that president clinton -- president lincoln issued the emancipation automation -- emancipation procuration. prior to that, the south was winning most of the battles. the emancipation proclamation allowed: troops to side with the armed forces of the union. over 2000 of them joined with an 80 infantry -- the navy, infantry, and cavalry. you have fresh recruits coming in in 1853. after that time, the duty and began to win more battles. they had a major role in the overall union of victory. [trumpets]

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[applause] >> for key today who sheds his blood with me today shall be my brother. this day shall gentle his condition. and gentlemen in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from by country's bosom should be the more than streams of foreign gore. >> director of the folder six pair library, michael witmer, -- the shakespeare library. talks about how famous playwrights code him in their speeches. michael: people go with the poetic images, the sound of the

rhyme, but also as senator burton did, you are able to pause and linger over a long phrase. -- senator byrd. he is really using the rhythm of the like which, which is something that she spirited so brilliantly. he can take english and put it into high gear at one moment, and then slow down. that is something that shakespeare lets you do if you are a politician. >> tonight good night, good night, parting is such sweet sorrow. >> each week, american history tv's real america uses archival films to told the history. >> we delay the tonight show starring johnny carson to bring you a nbc news special report. at 12:00 noon on april 3, a north vietnamese tank broke through the residence palace in a saigon. a communist soldier ran the

revolution flag across the empty mall. the shooting on this day is not in a battle, but a celebration. saigon have already surrendered. [gunshots] [machine gun fire] >> the palace guard. there are no resistance in the palace guard. they were disarmed quietly and lined up on the grass, their weapons taken away. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th covers, with color photos of every senator and house number, plus bio and in contact informa