our programs are archived on our website at c-span.org/history. you can watch lectures, tours of historic sites, archival films, and see our schedule of upcoming programs at c-span o'rourke/history -- at c-span.org/history. the country exploring the american story. we have been to more than 200 communities. like many americans, our staff is staying close to home. next, a look at one of our cities toward visits. tour visits. >> we are about 4/10 of a mile from the library. president bush chose this site to be his final resting place. in april, about a year and a half ago now, we buried miss bush here.

in november, he with the up4141 and the special car. people lined the tracks all the way from houston. it is probably about 80 miles, and there were people lined up all along the tracks, all the way here. i was in a bus and we kind of follow the path of the train. it was amazing to see the people all over the tracks. ended up at the university, about a mile from here. casket was put in a hearse, brought here, and the corps

cadets here lined the walkway on the other side of the break site. lined thecadets walkway all the way here. the funeral service here was just family. service at memorial saint martins in houston. then the body was brought here. like i said, people lining the path all the way here. once the body got to the library museum, it was just family. service, it was just a family service. they chose early. here,the library was put the gravesite was pretty early.

i think the reason was because they loved being here. they loved the students, the university. it is great to be around all these young people. -- the whole community were so welcoming to president bush. they thought this was appropriate for their final resting place. their daughter was brought here and was disinterred. her fourthght before birthday and was disinterred probably 17 years ago now. she was the first in the gravesite. in april, miss bush was buried here. in december, president bush was buried here. you see the navy cross. george bush, lieutenant, u.s. navy reserve, and 41st president

of the united states. when this was first laid out, there were no trees back there. you could see all the way to the road. shortly after the site was picked, the trees were planted. you have kind of a nice, secluded place where you can copy and late -- where you can contemplate. that is the kind of thing both he and miss bush wanted. compared to the other presidential libraries -- well, roosevelt is buried at his home. eisenhower a his library. -- at his library. like a lot of presidents, they are at their presidential library. all of them seem to be somewhat simple. none of them really are grandiose. this is probably the furthest library of actual

any of the gravesites at the presidential libraries. it is a nice walk. you kinda stretch her legs and remember both president and miss bush. >> you can watch this and other at c-span.org. this is american history tv only on c-span3. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> the day after the battle of antietam. orders moreellan ammunition from the arsenal in washington.

transfer loaded up, all the ammunition cars to the northern central. the northern central will leave baltimore and the train of ammunition will arrive in four hours. i cannot do that today on the highway, but he could do it back in those days. loaded with incredibly explosive ammunition, careens at speeds of up to 54 miles an hour on tracks that were never designed for cars going more than 40 miles an hour. the standard working speeds for a freight train in those days was 25 miles an hour. you are doubling that. it is so bad that the boxes under the cars get so hot that they worry about it catching on fire. they had to stop twice and physically have to cool the train off so it will not catch on fire.

anybody can guess what a boxcar for love ammunition would have done in downtown carlisle, pennsylvania. it would not have been pretty. is a stunning example of mcclellan's generalship in those days. even though these railroaders have risked their lives and set , not a singlecord one of these ammunition rounds fired at the confederates during the maryland campaign. known as thes amazing antietam ammunition run. it is the finest hour. other can watch this and american history programs on our website, where all our video is archived. that is c-span.org/history. on the civil war, matt

atkinson, a gettysburg national military park ranger discusses the postwar life of robert e lee. he highlights lee's efforts to promote a wreck conciliatory -- promote a conciliatory attitude among southerners. this was recorded in 2015 by the national park service. i was asked if this would be a beatification. what i am hoping to