-- dissatisfaction with the king and this is important for him because he was hanging out with the liberty boys. they were not happy with the king, they were upset about the taxation. those liberty boys became more formerly the council of safety. when they organized to send representatives to the second continental congress george was able to go to that group read >> the interesting thing is that it is two houses put together. there is an 1800 structure which was a late 1700 structure. we are certain that this part to my right was george walton's home. at some point, one house had to be moved. for many years we thought it was right where it is now.

as we do more and more research we think this house was built and george walton's home was later moved to join it. the defining point of the houses is that there are two different levels. from this wall back is the newer structure. as i step down into the room, we are in the older structure of the house. this would have been the primary room for entertaining. i should point out that none of the furniture is original to the house or the walton family. everything is period appropriate. >> he stayed in philadelphia for a year and he worked on much of their wallwork.

he stayed in philadelphia when a lot of people fled. he had to leave to come back to georgia because he was also a kernel in the militia. he came back in time to defend savannah from the british but unfortunately he was not successful and in fact he was wounded. he was captured by the british. this is why he was fortunate because the physicians were able to take care and heal him. this made him very concerned about dorothy. he wanted to send her to safety. so he sent her on a ship with some of her people to charleston. on the way, the british captured the ship. that ship was shipwrecked so

they were in the west indies. letters were sent and george raised money to have her ransomed so she and her people could be brought back. from this point forward, george will always have money problems. >> we are now entering the augusta room. it is called the augusta room because when they saved the house, the augustine chapter used it as their meeting place. here we have these three georgia signers. none were actually born in georgia. button when at was from england -- button when at -- gw ynette was born in -- was from england. >> after he did not go back to

practicing law. he became up public servant there it he was in all three branches of government. we know that he was a representative but he was also a u.s. senator. he was sent here to augusta with a committee to form the first government and they selected him governor. later on, years later he was elected governor. he was very proud of his knowledge of law and he was devoted to the law said his favorite position was that of judge. he would travel in a circuit and he would hear cases of different counties and he was always referred to as judge walton. public servants were not paid very well but he had to maintain a certain lifestyle, so he was always one step ahead of the

creditors. this house was never in his name for that reason. it was always held in trust for his children. there is the doubt that he loved this home. he always wrote his letters george walton of meadow garden. he was concerned of what was going on when he had to be away. >> we feel quite certain this would have been george senior's bedroom. they would have entertained close family members and close friends. it wasn't unusual in the winter to entertain close friends and family members in the bedroom. they still would have had some occasional tables and chairs that you could use for entertaining and push back to the wall when not worried should point out that the wallpaper is not historically accurate but everything else in the room as furniture and furnishings you would have found in that time. >> people always say that this

is a small home. but it really isn't. this was a nice home. you have to remember that george was really middle-class. he is a good representation of someone that rices from circumstances that might not have led to what he did. he used his mind and influence to become the best that he could. he was very patriotic and he loved america. he was very devoted to the new nation. >> throughout the weekend american history tv is featuring augusta, georgia. learn more about augusta and other stops at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv. >> when first lady mckinley

arrived at the white house, she was in poor health, suffering from epilepsy. at white house events her husband would sit next to her so when he saw her having a seizure he would cover her face with a large handkerchief until the episode past. despite her problems, she traveled as first lady including the exposition where her husband was assassinated. from washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. et on american history tv on c-span3. >> monday on the communicators

internet privacy, cyber security issues and how to combat recent data breaches. >> we see attack after attack. the most recent on the office of arsenal management but also private industry. target and home depot and so many other private organ -- corporations have had information stolen. what we realized is we can try hard to keep ahead of the hackers, but what we need to do is think about how we minimize the need for customers to put private information on websites. >> right now there are legal prohibitions from the government assured classified information with the private sector. that is not allowed. what we want to do is allow the

barriers to be removed so that you can share information. you are talking about once and zeros. for example, of the various hacks, if we could broadly share that information, when one hack occurs. we can widely share the vulnerability. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. et on c-span two. >> next on american history tv, the university of california berkeley's history professor examines the intersection of guns, capitalism and revolutions in the americas. he discussed he discussed the history of foreign relations.

how arms trading contributed to an american victory. he talks but capitalism's role in the haitian revolution. this program was part of the society for historians annual meeting. it is about 50 minutes. > it's my great pleasure to introduce our featured speaker for today's lunch. you are in for a treat. you made a smart decision to be in this room right now. that's not in here. professor bryan delay is a native of colorado springs. he grew up in of the springs -- i am a former resident of the springs. he obtained his bachelors at the university of colorado and his