-- marble. there is no one easy way other than either a granite marker or some sort of a plastic marker that will be sturdy and last for a long time to mark where those burials are. >> [applause] >> [indistinct chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] weekend onthis c-span's cities tour, we will explore the history and literary life of california's capital city, sacramento. "booktv," she shares

her families journey. -- [indiscernible] -- and how it earned a reputation as the wettest city in the nation. and we will meet with another author to discuss her book, " none wounded, none missing, all dead." -- to re-create her life of her husband, custer. >> elizabeth was the first to come to georgia's defense and say, no -- george's defense and say, no, that is not what happened. and she stood up for him and champion his action. it was elizabeth boyce that rose to the top of all of this. -- elizabeth's voice that rose to the top of all of this.

she outlived all of them. untileth doesn't die 1933. she is therefore the 50th anniversary of the battle of little bighorn. she is there for all of history. so she can help shape what is being said about her husband. so it doesn't go so far to the other and. announcer: on "american history tv,," we will to her -- "american history tv cocoa we will to are the mansion of the railroad executive. stanford negotiated deals at the mansion that helped complete the transcontinental railroad. two-year our last governor. and he was part of a group of men who were merchants. and they were politically active and had similar ideas.

and he was the first candidate that was successfully elected as governor. he was our eighth governor and the first republican governor of california. announcer: then we will visit the japanese-american archival collection. it includes letters, photographs, diaries, and artwork. and sacramento city historian marcia -- shares insight and artifacts related to the 1849 gold rush, which brought 349,000 people to california. >> we hold the original records for the city and county of sacramento. we go from the beginnings of the city in 1850 all the way up to present times. when you talk about the whole experience of coming to california to search for gold, you are going to need your supplies. you would have probably gone and had your photo taken.

but one of the important things you would have acquired what you got here was a map to to get out where you need to do go to and this is a great map of the gold fields. this map would have folded all up so they could fit it into their pockets. but this would have been an essential tool, and this dates from 1849 to show miners where to go. you can see how quickly the business of producing all these things, and people were quickly making money off of the people who are looking for gold. announcer: watch c-span's cities tour and sacramento getting at 2:00 eastern today. and sunday afternoon on c-span three. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: in about 10 minutes, join "american history tv" for tours and live interviews from

the national world war ii museum in new orleans. we will explore several exhibits, including the submarine experience and the road to berlin. and we will take your questions or historians who will be with us -- for historians who will be with us in new orleans throughout the day. now, a brief interview with museum president and ceo nick muller. >> the national world war ii museum is america's museum for that tour. designated by congress in 2004. we began as the d-day museum. name,ngress gave us a new a new mandate, and we are standing here in the united states freedom pavilion, the boeing center, which we opened just four years ago as part of our expansion of our six acre campus here in new orleans.

this museum is one of the great museums in the world now. trip advisor rankings has us ranked as the third most popular museum in america this posterior -- this past year. the other two ahead of us are art museums. but this museum's mission is to nature of the epic world war ii and what was at stake for our country for our freedom and our democracy. it took everything we had. it was a fight to the finish for civilization itself. it took all of our material resources, human resources, economic resources, and spiritual resources to win the fight against tyranny, against fascism, against racism. and we didn't want the war. we were isolationists. we were not prepared for the war. but we got admit, and after

three years, we wanted -- won it. with the help of our allies. this was a tough slog, and one of the great moments in american history. and we've got the responsibility to try and tell the story right, under the servicemen and women who served our country -- honor the servicemen and women who served our country. >> a very large museum with a lot of buildings. did you imagine that when it started? mr. muller: no. it started with an idea in steve ambrose's backyard. thought it would cost $1 million and i thought it would cost $4 million. i've -- i was in the administration, but 10 years

later, $30 million later, the open downtown. with the congressional mandate, we decided we needed more land to fill this out. so it was the architects and exhibit planners and myself and our board members who helped to shape the vision of the campus that is evolving now towards its final completion. we are 2/3 of the way there. we have work to do to get finished. it is our goal to finish the story while there are still some world war ii veterans alive to know that we are honoring their sacrifices and the sacrifices of those who didn't make it back. >> $30 million, where did all that come from? mr. muller: that was the first $30 million. now we are on another campaign. we have raised almost $250 million. it is staggering. it is hard for me to imagine

that we have been successful despite hurricane katrina and the recession, but the funds about $75from million, $80 million or so from congress and the state of louisiana. and about $160 million from private and nonpublic sources. private fund-raising. and that is really the momentum that has to get us over the finish line heard the public-sector, state, and federal have given us a push and helped their -- us in critical times. with all the, tanks and large artifacts that helped america succeed as the arsenal of democracy, but at the core of this museum, the people who built these planes, the engineers, the foot soldiers, the guy who came out on the

higgins landing craft who came out onto the beaches of normandy or the islands of pacific -- the technology piece of it is one of the strategic challenges we had to overcome. we also had to learn how to transport millions of men across vast oceans and get them ashore. we had to win the air war. so it was a race and a competition for the best technology, the greatest commitment, and those were fighting for values that we think made a difference to our democracy, our freedom. >> if somebody spends a day here, what do you hope that they get out of it by the end of the day? mr. muller: well, they are going to say, oh, my god. especially the young people. i had no idea this scale and the scope of this war. 65 million people killed during world war ii. two thirds of them civilian. it was a horrific, titanic

struggle that engulfed the entire globe. and they are going to come away shocked by the realization of how fast that struggle was. and i think there are also going to be inspired. they are going to be inspired by america's strength and values when our country is united around a single cause. in this case, it was our freedom that was at stake. and we had been attacked. as eisenhower wrote to his brother after the war began, he said hitler should be aware of the theory of an aroused democracy. think that is what they will appreciate what we can do when we are challenged and that we are at our best when we are unified as a nation, as a people around a cause that we believe in.

>> [indistinct chatter] announcer: you are looking at the national world war ii museum in the center of new orleans, where we are alive today on c-span3's "american history tv." this museum first opened 15 years ago. it has grown significantly since then. with veterans day coming up on wednesday, we are going to remember world war ii for the next four hours. this year marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. we will be talking with historians and museum curators, who are joining us on the c-span bus, parked just outside the museum.