one of the people here is linda johnson robb, former first lady of virginia, and her husband, former governor and senator chuck robb. passage of the civil rights act was one of the highest priorities of her father, president lyndon johnson. we are pleased you could be with us tonight, linda, and invite you to come up and say a few words about your good friend, john lewis. [applause] >> i am here really to be part of this cheering squad for john lewis. whenever daddy needed him, he was there. daddy would not have been in tose hallowed grounds here make is important "we shall overcome speech'if john lewis had not had the courage to go out and cross the bridge, to go out and remind this country what they were doing, bringing it to the forefront. our family will always treasure the friendship we have. was thears ago, john first recipient of the l.b.j. liberty and justice award. he richly deserved it. life, his public service service life, he has continued to be an advocate for peace, justice, and freedom. with the way things are going now, i salute him for trying to faith-- from living h

analysts -- panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters.that is today at 6:30 pm eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. >> i am sarah elliott, the curator for the house of representatives. i take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the house's rich heritage.

panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters. that's sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >>> sunday afternoon on reel america, we feature tried by fire, a 1965 episode of the u.s. army's the big picture narrated by actor paul newman. december marks the 70th anniversary of the world war ii battle of the bulge. an enthe film chronicles the story of the 84th infantry division during the battle including american and german veterans reflecting on their experience. that's sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span3's american history tv. >>> coming up next on american history tv, a look at christmas during wartime with stanley weintraub, professor at penn state university. he's the author of "war at christmas." how eisenhower and churchill navigated the first christmas after america entered world war ii and hear about how american soldiers marked christmas from the revolutionary war through the korean war. ohio's franciscan university hosted this event. it is about an hour. >> good evening, all. it is a great pleasure fo

analysts -- panelists include linda johnson robb and gary walters. that is today at 6:30 pm eastern time on c-span3's american history tv. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. >> i am sarah elliott, the curator for the house of representatives. i take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the house's rich heritage. >> i am the historian of the house. my job is to collect biographical information on members to gather data and historic lists and to conduct histories. we answer questions in our office that come on the hill and off the hill. we try to tell the story of the house, which is this a very big, old institution, in a way in which people can connect with it at a human level. we do that through telling biographical stories or through clips from oral histories. >> this is a campaign poster for shirley chisholm, the first african-american woman in congress. it says on bought -- says, unbought. >> it was actually for a presidential campaign she waged in 1972. she went to t