new. . c-span cities tour travel the country. since 2011, we have been to many communities. like many americans, our staff is dang close to home due to the coronavirus. >> 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. -- mrs. bush here. after his death in november, he was buried here 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. the train ended up at the university, about a mile from here. the casket was put in a hearse, brought here, and the corps cadets here lined the walkway on the other side of the break -- gravesite. the corps cadets lined the walkway all the way here. the funeral service here was

just family. there was a memorial service at saint martins in houston. that was a public ceremony. then the body was brought here. like i said, people lining the path all the way here. people all along the tracks. once the body got to the library museum, it was just family. like mrs. bush's service, it was just a family service. they chose early. after the library was put here, the gravesite was picked 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 towns, the whole community was so welcoming to president bush. they thought this was appropriate for their final resting place. their daughter was brought here and was disinterred. she died right before her fourth birthday and was disinterred probably 15, 16, 17 years ago now. she was the first in the gravesite. in april, miss bush was buried -- mrs. 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. originally, 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

contemplate. that is one of the things that both he and mrs. bush wanted. compared to the other presidential libraries -- well, roosevelt is buried at his home. eisenhower at his library. like a lot of presidents, their burial sites are at their libraries. all of them seem to be somewhat simple. none of them really are grandiose. this is probably the furthest away of the actual library of any of the gravesites at the presidential libraries. it is a nice walk. you kind of stretch your legs and remember both president and

mrs. bush. >> you can watch this and other programs at c-span.org. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span style. andival films, lectures college classrooms and visit to historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. announcer: to mark patriots' day, a massachusetts state holiday commemorating the battles of lexington, concord, and menotomy in april of 1775, monticello hosts a conversation with president thomas jefferson, portrayed by bill barker.

he recounts the events from the time of the battles to july, 1776, events that led to the decision by the 13 colonies to break with great britain. he then explains how he was involved in creating the declaration of independence and what he hopes americans might learn from it. this video is courtesy of thomas jefferson's monticello in charlottesville, virginia. thomas jefferson: oh, my, well, i have finished. and good afternoon indeed, mr. light, and to all of our friends, welcome once again here to our house, to monticello. mr. light, as you refer of course to patriots' day, so we have heard it now referred to ourselves in virginia, nothing could please us more in virginia to be reminded, if you will, about our initial associations with massachusetts. yes, patriots' day is something that we are happy to be reminded