lee memorial. today it is the most visited his stork home and the national park service system, which is marking its centennial this year. arlington house will close at the end of 2016 for a year-long restoration made possible by a $12.35 million gift from berlin the best david rubenstein -- full interest david rubenstein. mr. penrod: i'm a park service ranger here it the robert e. lee memorial. i have been here many years. i sometimes joke is more time in this house then robert e. lee did. it was his home for about 30 years. perhaps theuse is most unique place in the entire national park service. perhaps in regards to historic houses, one of the most in the entire country. what we have here is a place that truly represents the entire history of this country. from its earliest founding with the original colonists who came to virginia and america in the early 1600s, through the revolutionary period, leaders of the american revolution, signers of the declaration of independence are represented by the

lee memorial to be preserved as long as nature itself can preserve it. here we also have the one portrait of robert e. lee in the mansion. it shows him as a young army officer. it is not the version of robert e. lee most people expect. of course, most people think of robert e. lee as the great confederate general. but what arlington house represents is his life before the civil war. his family life. he married his wife here. six of his seven children were born here. this was the place he sacrificed to make the choice he did at the beginning of the civil war to side with virginia, to fight for a larger concept of what he considered to be his home and family, and that was virginia. but it came with a very knowing sacrifice. while robert e. lee would be in the minds of many during that war and the years to follow, somewhat of a villain in history, labeled a traitor by the u.s. government and still a controversial figure, many during his lifetime, including many officers and soldiers who fought for the union, respected lee in large part because of that sacrif

lee memorial.oin us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan3. >>> the 1600 acre monocacy national battlefield is about 45 miles northwest of the u.s. capital. the national park service property includes the best family farm, built in the 1790s by a family of french caribbean immigrants who owned about 90 slaves. c-span met joy beasley, the cultural resources program manager at the national park to learn how remnants of the 200-year-old slave quarters were discovered in 2003 and partially excavated in the summer of 2010. >>> we are at the best farm, which is named the best farm after the tenant that occupied this farm during the civil war.

lee memorial. so there's a great deal of irony to that, and one of the concerns that we have had for many years now is how to best interpret those two seemingly conflicting aspects of the history of this site to meld them together to form a more complete and accurate interpretation of the history here at arlington house. for one, we want to remind people arlington house, first and foremost, is a national memorial. it is not a confederate monument. it does not exist to honor robert e. lee for being a confederate general. this, again, specifically honors him for his role in promoting the union once the war was over. his period, of course, his experience, his leadership as a confederate general is recognized, but we don't want people who visit here or think of this place to be put off by some preconception of what they might think the interpretation of this place is. we are determined to make this as comprehensive and inclusive as possible, and, of course, that means telling the full story of the ensl

lee memorial that'll help americans and people from other parts of the world, too. to examine that, examine their believes and see what they can make of it moving in the future. you can watch this and other american artifacts program by visiting your website at cspan.org/histo cspan.org/history. >>> 100 years ago, president woodrow wilson signed to create this national park service. the most visited historic home in the park system. next, we talk to chris after the civil war to help free slaves transitioned into independent lives. this is american history tv. >>> i am craig syphax of the black heritage museum. we have a website and we are a virtual museum and one of our focuses is to enrich the story of freeing the village. we have worked with the park easter vis and the university and the simthsonians. it is an entity that was formed in 1863 to combat of an outbreak of the small papox because of t emancipation. during this outbreak, the army contacted the american military association which is a group of women who were nurses that cared for injured soldiers. they a

lee memorial.has his name but there is so much more than went on here than just robert e. lee. >> i always referred to this as the custus lee mansion. >> i was known as that for quite some time. it was established as a memorial, a historic home in 1925 by congress, then became part of the national parks service in the early 1930s. but it was an act of congress in 1955 that actually established this firmly as the robert e. lee m memorial as arlington house. the reason it became a memorial to lee was not because of his duties and what he did during the civil war, but for what he did after the war. >> he had a pretty spectacular view. but washington, d.c. was really in 1802. >> it was a big swamp. it wasn't a wonderful place to look at. but george washington park custus thought it was important to overlook this federal city, knew there were great things to come. and it is an incredible view and that view changed quite a bit other the 55 years that george washington kus tus lived in this house. >> to g

arlington house robert e lee memorial. there is so much more that goes on here than just robert e lee. always refer to this as the custis-lee mansion. is that how is known? >> it was known as that for some time. it became part of the national park service in the early 1930's. it was an act of congress in 1955 that established this firmly as the robert e lee memorial and as arlington house. the reason it became a memorial is not because of his duties and what he did during the civil war, but what he did after the war. >> a spectacular view. nation --, d.c., was nascent at the time. >> it was really a swamp. robert custis really thought it was important to overlook the capital. as a change of the time that he lived in this house into a federal city by the 19th century. >> i think so many people watching have been to arlington national cemetery, and this is the house on the hill right up above john kennedy's grave. >> that is right. you can see the great from the front. it is a prominent location. estate -- iy, the , whicht wa

lee memorial the a arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bice, overs overseer. live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> want to welcome you all to castillo dos marcos. the fortress behind you is the fourth fortification to bear this maim but it is the first one to be made out of stone at st. augustine and it was built for a particular reason. spain decided they had to build a stone fortification in st. augustine to ensure their foothold on the florida terth. they were concerned about england encroaching and pushing them out of the area and they saw florida as very important in helping to defend their hold on the caribbean and central and south america. they start construction in 16 72, complete it in 1695. you got 23 years worth of construction. the biggest reason for all that time only about 175 people working on the project at any one time. all the stone

lee memorial to mark the centennial of the service. join us to learn more about the park service and arlington house. next on american history tv america", a nationwide system of parks. ♪ >> in 1933, the chief concern of the american government was break the back of the bad depression. among the conditions to be remedied were to that president roosevelt recognized it will. employment for hundreds of men and war young>> veterans was imperative. has a crocs -- havoc by soil erosion. one solution for both problems, the organization and work of the civilian corps was undertaken. within two years, both problems were well on their way to solution. resources of natural with conservation, pure and simple. one important phase of this was more than that, the making of a nationwide system of recreational areas, smaller more numerous state parks closer to the men and war veterans people, mark festival r their use. work in all its many phases is being done in the state park areas from one end of the country to the other. better facilities for fores

lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park service's most visited historic home. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. >>> today we're at petroglif national monument, specifically at the vlg's day use area. the vlog's day use area provides trails to five vlogs and it looks out over the city of albuquerque out towards the sand ya mountains. the petro glyph tells the story. hot molten lava poured out in a series of six vloggic eruptions, some spreading a couple of miles to the east. as these eruptions took place, they flowed out over layers of soil that was here in the rio grande valley. as these layers hardened, they harded

lee memorial. it is the park easter vises most visited historic home. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. december 1938 that two german scientists, fits and hahn. that fuels the fire of fear. the oak ridge national has been around right after the second world war. it is a major, perhaps in some sense it is the premier researches too in the entire united states. it started as part of the manhattan project in 1942. the manhattan project was the u.s. government attempt to build atomic weapon to drop on germany in the second world war and resulting in the atomic weapons that we are all dropping on japan, august of 1945 which did end the second world war. out of that laboratory. it was set up originally in 1943 as clinton's laboratories did not have a name of okposo ridak the time. the purpose was to learn how to produce plutonium which was a radio active element, split and relieving vast amount of energy like uranium. they did not know much about it. it was an artificial element that had to be created by man. they knew nothing about the characteri

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon bice, former arlington side site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the house, slave quarters and grounds. live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next we travel to independence national historical park in philadelphia to visit the assembly room inside independence hall where both the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution were debated and eventually signed. this program featuring national park service ranger matthew eiffel is about one hour. >> we are in a building that is built in the 1730s. so about 40 years before there is any such thing as united states of america. at that time of course pennsylvania was a british colony, and this was its capitol building. they would make laws for pennsylvania and

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> i think it ranks right up with washington's mt. vernon or jefferson'sicello in terms of impressiveness. it speaks of a man of significant wealth. jackson is still considered to be one of our wealthiest presidents. it's an 8,000-square-foot house. so if you're coming here, you have been very, very impressed by a house of this magnitude. andrew jackson and rachel bought this property in 1804, originally it was about 425 acres in size. and with buildings on the property. over

lee memorial, at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> i would like to welcome everyone to william howard taft national historic site on behalf of the national park service. the significance of the house is that this is the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president and 10th chief justice william howard taft. the house was built around 1840. that's the time that we like to use here. taft's parents were fawnville and louise taft. they originally came from the new england states. well, alfonzo taft, when he first left townsend, vermont, which was his hometown area, he comes here to cincinnati, ohio, in 1838, and he actually begins to work with a law

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director -- and brandon bice, former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday the 1 00th anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the national park service. coming up on c-span3's american history tv we'll bring you a number of national park service tours from our american artifacts and reel america programs. some of the sites include congress hall in philadelphia, the battlefield in frederick, maryland and the anticipaanapom courthouse. we travel to the meeting place of the u.s. house and senate between 1790 and 1800. our guide is park ranger matthew eiffel. >>> we are standing in the old house of representatives in the building we call congress hall. although originally it was built as a

lee memorial. is is the national park services most visited historic site. this was on this day president woodrow wilson signed a legislation that created the park service here this evening at arlington house to talk about the art service and its history. we'll learn more of the special house of the people who live here and how it is being interpreted. we are joined by our robert staton. and our director here. >> stat ton, let me start a story of how the national park service began. >> it was authorized by an active congress. that legislation came about of the conservation of the civic leader throughout the country. we are proud to have it with us. >> was it at all controversial at the time it was signed into law? >> it was in the sense that there was sort of a misunderstanding in terms o of -- maybe imposed by having fun to administer on that park. i think the american people had the development and understanding appreciation of the parks. there were 35 parks that were established before there was

lee memorial, at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bise, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery.n us with your phone calls as we talk to robert stanton and brandon byes and the former site manager that would oversee the upcoming restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv's reel america, from 1935, the land of the giants. this 24-minute interior department film documents the efforts of the civilian conservation core to develop california's national and state parks during the great depression. the film promotes the value of the ccc and shows the details of daily life for the men in the work camps. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the home of the california was the first state park state. back in 1865 the federal government gave her the yosemite valley until it went back to uncle sam to become part of the yosemite national park. at the turn of the century she made a second effort buying 9,000 acres of redwood f

lee memorial at auralrlington national sem tore. join us with your phone calls as we speak with robert stanton and the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming restoration of the mansion and grounds. today, the 100 anniversary of the park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the national monument was authorized back in 1934, basically, to preserve these prehistoric mounds. that's what they thought was here when the park was first authorized. back in the 1930s, before the park was even established, while the locals were still working with the legislature trying to get the park authorized and established, the locals also realized that this might be an ideal location for a new deal works project. so once again, working with the legislature, they managed to get this designated as a wpa work site. and with the smithsonian, they sent down two smithsonian archeologists and those two men oversee a work force of 800 men. so pretty difficult for two archeologists

lee memorial. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon bys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming restoration of the mansion, headquarters, and grounds. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> i think everybody is just amazed by it's not a widely publicized presence. the park service doesn't advertise, so people find out about this because they read magazine articles or they see features like you're preparing. but it's not our typical colorado scenery. it's not what most people think of when they think of colorado. so it comes as a pleasant surprise to folks to find it here. john otto was a kind of a vagabond, not in the sense that he was a ner do well, but he didn't have any permanent roots. he was attracted to this area around 1907. by the promise of employment on a water line project. and i g

lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park service's most visited historic home. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. >> the little white house got its name partly by an accident, partly that franklin roosevelt had the little white house. in our particular case president truman was at everglade city, dedicating the national everglade park in the summer of '47 and the press corps started yelling at the president, are you going to return to florida, mr. president? he responded by saying of course i'm coming back, i have a little white house down in key west. the house was painted gray. the press took it a clear indication the president was returning and it's painted all white. it's no longer gray it's all white for the little white house. it's been used by seven presidents and it's camp david south. little white house was built as the navy commander's home back in 1890. it served a number of various commanders over almost 100 year span, but it was slightly interrupted by presidents taft and franklin roosevelt and harry truman and dwight eisenhower and john

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery.n us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> coming up next, author and historian david mccullough receives the u.s. capitol historical society freedom award and delivers remarks. congressional leaders pay tribute to mr. mccullough's achievements including two pulitzer prizes and two national book awards. this event took place in statuary hall of the u.s. capitol and runs about an hour. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm tom coleman. i'm the chairman of the board of the u.s. capitol historical society and former member from the state of missouri. i'm filling in tonight for ron sarrisen, our president, who is not feeling well, and

lee memorial. we hope you tune in. hn mccartle was mentioning mr. jarvis's contribution to the park service and he has an op-ed entitled "these lands are your lands, new york." and he concludes, it is pretty hard not to feel a wash of pride for our country when you stand at the rim of the grand canyon national park and the alpine glow of the grand teton national park on the steps of the lincoln memorial or the ood stained field of gettysburg national military park. these are our american cathedrals. enjoy them and refresh your memory of what it means to be an mesh from jonathan jarvis, director of the national park service. 202-748-8000, if you live in the eastern half of the country and those in the mountain an pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 and for those listening on c-span radio, join in on the conversation. stephanie is joining us from mammoth cave, kentucky. good morning. caller: hi. host: good morning, stephanie. caller: i live at mammoth cave and that's my actual zip code. i under out here at sequoia and you apparently have to pay to even j

lee memorial at the arlington national cemetery.e talk with robert stanton and the former arrelington house si manager. today, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan3. >>> housing roughly 2.5 million archaeological objects and about 300,000 other artifacts, the national park service's museum resource center collects, catalogs and maintains items from sites in the national capital region. seminar director bob sonderman showed american history tv objects from civil war battlefields, historic homes, ford's theater and the massive collection of items gathered daily from the vietnam veterans memorial. >> good morning. my name is bob sonderman. i'm the director of the national parks service museum resource center here in landover, maryland. at this facility we house museum collections that are not currently on exhibit at various historic homes that we administer throughout the region. that also includes average -- archaeological collections, collec

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton and brandon buys, the former arlington house site matter who will oversee the restoration of andmansion, slave quarters, grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at on americanstern history tv, on c-span3. >> monday, on the communicators, on how lawte enforcement uses cell phone tracking to find criminals and terrorists the specs. -- terror suspects. >> the way that operate is essentially by impersonating terrorist. they allow police together things like location information a serial numbers of not just specific targets phone, but all target loans in that area. one verythink of gruesome homicide we had in lynchburg couple of years ago where while the case was not itolved by our information, definitely broke the case. we never would have found a suspect, so it can be very helpful. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2.

memory story for you. was the arlington house known as the lee mansion? i believe i was 9 and my family and i came from buffalo, new york, and saw washington and went to the lee mansion. and i believe -- i think i saw it as i'm sitting here watching the program -- there was a doll in a little girl's bedroom upstairs in the cradle. >> wow. what a good memory you have. my goodness. why did -- because you were young that doll resonated with you? >> caller: i love dolls. my dad said i had a memory like an elephant. at almost 75, i still do. it was a wonderful memory. >> that's a terrific memory from long ago. >> those are accurate. she's referring to the girl's dressing room upstairs. >> the custis lee mansion was known as until it was changed after your visit to arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial. >> next up is jean in wyoming. >> caller: hello. please go ahead. hello. >> we're listening. what's your question? >> caller: i have a couple of questions. the one question is, why do you not -- why do you not advertise more often about your events and stu

>> on thursday, august 25, american history tv will be live from arlington house, the robert e lee memorial to mark the centennial of the national park service that celebrate their anniversary on this day. join us for at 7 p.m. to learn more about the park service. > american history tv university of washington at st. louis professor elizabeth elizabeth andwardt discusses franklin eleanor roosevelt. she focuses on the atlantic charter as part of the " grand strategy." it's about 40 minutes. welcome back to the room where it happened. this was after a very exciting day yesterday we are hoping to focus on build. to welcomeyone everyone. this has three parts. it left its title behind a little bit. it's on fdr and on human rights. i will do something else with eleanor, i'm not sure. but the first part is a different origin story for this grand strategy project because everyone seemed to be so taken with personal narrative just today. the second part is a discussion inour roosevelt document 1941 atlantic charter. although it was developed as aly with churchill grand strategy at a human rights in

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the upcoming year long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next on american history tv's reel america, from 1935, the land of the giants, this 24-minute interior department film documents the efforts of the civilian conservation corps to develop california's national and state parks during the great depression. the film promotes the value of the ccc and shows the details of daily life for the men in the work camps. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the home of the california was the first state park state. back in 1865 the federal government gave her the yosemite valley. it was a state park until it went back to uncle sam again in 1890 to become part of yosemite nati

she was transported to lee memorial hospital where she was pronounced deceased. >> knowlton had moved to florida from minnesota. the police officer involved has been placed on leave as an investigation is now under way. >>> also breaking overnight, gunfire broke out in ferguson, missouri, during a demonstration the second anniversary of brown's death. witnesses say the shots were fired after a car sped through the crowd hitting a protester. police say there's no evidence anyone was actually shot. brown's shooting by a white police officer sparked national protests, but a grand jury and the justice department cleared the officer in that shooting. >>> and speaking of the doj, it's releasing its report today on the department, on the baltimore police department. a year-long investigation found a pattern of racial discrimination that includes illegal stops, searches and arrests of african-americans. the investigation was prompted by a death of freddie gray, a black man fatally injured in police custody last year. the report calls the relationship between the police and community broken. >

lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park's services most visited historic home. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. next american history tv visits chatham manner. built in 1771 by virginia continental congress delegate

lee memorial. join us with your phonecalls as we talk to robert stanton, and brandon, the manager who will oversee the resser raising of the mansion, and, grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service. live, at 7 p.m., on american history t.v. on c-span 3,. ♪ ♪ ♪ this week on q. and a, mark green. mr. green discussions his book, a generational memoir on the progressive rise. mark green you say in your book which is title he, bright future a memoir on the progressive rise when you were running for mayor of new york city that you made 30,000 phonecalls to raise money? >> yes. it's not a typo. once you decide, i would like to be the mayor of new york city. well, to win the marathon, you have to run 100 miles a week for four years. i have to make 80 phone calls a day. reach 20 people a day. get eight commitments a day and you have two people, in front of you. they put out calls, i have in front of me -- oh, he gave $5,000 to schumer. and, he likes water skiing. >> how is the wat

eastern, we are life from the national park service's home, the robert e lee memorial at arlington national cemetery. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, and the former site manager who will oversee the upcoming year-long restoration of the manager, spread quarters, and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national parks service, live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. mr. burke: good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is thomas burke, the washington correspondent for "the salt lake tribune" and the hundred ninth president of the press club -- my name is thomas burr. our guest is jonathan jarvis. we would like to welcome our c-span audiences, and you can follow the action on twitter. using the #npclive. now it is time to introduce our guests. i asked each of you stand briefly. please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from your right dylan brown, the , reporter for the any publishing, jean tie director of , bbn technologies, a longtime national parks volu

lee memorial in arlington national cemetery. it's the park's services most visited historic home. this is american history tv only on c-span 3. next american history tv visits chatham manner. built in 1771 by virginia continental congress delegate william fitzhugh it was headquarters during the civil war and a field hospital during the battle of fredericksburg where clara barton and walt whitman tended to the wounded. it is part of fredericksburg national military park. >> you want a guided tour of the house? at least of the downstairs area? like to welcome you to chatham. my name is don. i'm the staff historian here. you've never been here before? >> no. i've been to chatham, new jersey. >> new jersey. it's a town, though. but they are named after the same person. they're both named after -- yeah, named after william pitt who was the earl of chatham who was a very popular figure because he was a member of parliament and one of the few who supported america's right to representation. and so he was a very popular man here in the colonies. and william fitzhugh obviously liked him be

we will be live at the robert e lee memorial. consider past park stewardship and new conservation challenges. it's live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we recently ask senator lamar alexander which national park have meaning for him. >> the great smoky mountain national park. i lived there. and because i really love it. it is the most visited national park in the country. it has nearly 10 million visitors a year it has more trees than all of europe put together all sorts of wildlife 80 years ago when it was formed there was about 100 black bears another 1600. and i can see two dozen in my front yard. i like the fact i can walk out of my house walk about 2 miles to my conservation property and walking to the great smoky park which includes the highest mountains in the eastern united states. i like the stories about the people that live there because unlike the western parks which were built out of land that the country artie owned. they were created in 1934 from land that north carolina and tennessee gave it to the country and people were m

lee memorial in arlington national cemetery for an event on the centennial and a look at some of the current projects the park services working on. that's at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3's american history tv. american history tv airs on c-span 3 every weekend telling the american story through evented, interviews, and visits to historic locations. this month american history tv is in primetime to introduce you to programs you could see every weekend on c-span 3. our features include lectures on history, vichts to college classrooms across the country, to hear lectures by top history professors. american artifacts takes a look at the treasures at u.s. historic sites, museums, and archives. real america, revealing the 20th century through archival films and newsreels. the civil war where you hear about the people who shape the civil war and reconstruction, and the presidency foeks on u.s. presidents and first ladies to learn about their politics, poefpoe policies and legacies. all of this is primetime and on the weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. >> next on american his

lee memorial. we hope you tune in. john mccartle was mentioning mr.arvis is directorship of the park service and he has an op-ed entitled "these lands are your lands, new york." and he concludes, it is pretty hard not to feel a wash of pride for our country when you stand at the rim of the grand canyon national park and the alpine glow of the grand teton national park on the steps of the lincoln memorial or the blood stained field of gettysburg national military park. these are our american cathedrals. they belong to you. come and enjoy them and refresh your memory of what it means to be an american. that from jonathan jarvis, director of the national park service. 202-748-8000, if you live in the eastern half of the country and those in the mountain an pacific time zones, 202-748-8001 and for those listening on c-span radio, join in on the conversation. stephanie is joining us from mammoth cave, kentucky. good morning. caller: hi. host: good morning, stephanie. caller: i live at mammoth cave and that's my actual zip code. i understand out here at seq

lee memorial. we have been talking to members of congress about which sites have meaning to them. >> these walls have a very significance. i have lived all of my life in patterson, new jersey as part of my congressional district. i did not live far from the falls, so i have a lot of fond memories. this is where alexander hamilton brought george washington and develop the first industrial within the united states the technology that was brought from europe. these sites, it is a new park. patterson, new jersey as part of my congressional district. i did not live far from the falls, so i have a lot of fond usually the park service was not into open parks, but this is right, smack in the middle of the urban america. with some problems of course, changed.lization has even though there is no manufacturing going into patterson. this combines the aesthetic of great falls. with a great historic happening of the great falls, the industrial revolution. tremendousrine and engines that were built in patterson,

lee memorial at the cemetery. join us with phone calls as we talk with robert stanton the former national director and the former site manager who will oversee the upcoming restoration of the headquarters and grounds. thursday the 100th anniversary of the national park service rise from arlingto arlington hot 7 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> our focus on political history continues as we look back at stories of political missteps. from new york city, this is about 50 minutes. >> good evening and welcome to the barnes and noble site. thank you for coming on this lovely brisk evening. if we could all take one moment and look out for cell phones and make sure that they are turned off, we would appreciate that. so, following today's reading and question and answer immediately afterwards, you will find me outside the glass doors. we have plenty of books available for purchase including one even newer than today as my teacher always said a great graduation day gift. and afterwards, he will be mo

lee memorial. join us with your phone calls as we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director and brandon buys, the former site manager who will oversee the quarters. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. you're looking at petersen house here in washington, d.c. where president abraham lincoln passed away at 7:22 a.m. on april 15th of 1865. up next, a tour of the former boarding house located across the street from ford theater. where abraham lincoln was shot 150 years ago. this house built in the early 1850s by a german immigrant to america, william petersen. he used it as boarding house, 10 to 12 lived here at a time. this is a relic of 19th civil war boarding house culture. once upon a time, everybody lived in boarding houses, congressmen, senators, vice presidents of the united sta

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery.oin us with your phone calls at we talk with robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon buys, the former arlington house site manager who will oversee the pcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100th anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span 3. >> the c-span radio app makes it easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it's free to download from the apple app store or google play. get up-to-the minute schedule for c-span radio and television. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. each week american history tv america's artifacts visit historic places. you're looking at peterson house where president abraham lincoln passed away on 7:22:00 p.m.. up next the tour of the former boardinghouse located across street from ford's theater where abraham lincoln was shot 1

lee memorial at arlington national cemetery.oin us with your phone calls as we take with the former arlington site manager who will yor see the upcoming year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. thursday, the 100 anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> coming up next, two former republican members of congress sit down to talk about their time in washington, d.c. and how things have changed in the u.s. house of representatives since the 1980s. we hear from nancy johnson of connecticut and peter torkildsen of massachusetts. it's about 90 minutes. >>> thank you all for coming this morning to the session on former members of congress. i would like to introduce our moderator this morning, david king, senior lecturer in public policy, fact l chair, master in public administration programs in the john f.

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lee memorial for the event on the centennial and a look at the current projects that the park service is working on. that's at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3 on american history tv. the 1600 acres battlefield is about 45 miles northwest of the u.s. capital of the monocacy battlefie battlefield. c-span met joyce beasley of the cultural resources program manager of the national park to learn how remanence of the 200 years old slave quarter were discovered in 2003 and ex baika ka -- excabated during 2010. >>> what we know today as the best farm forms the southern 274 acres of what was originally 748 plantation. that was known as larry tosh. it was established by a family of french -- family was called the vincent deer family. they came to maryland. and also with the french revolution. it was acquired by 1993. it is a fairly recent acquisition and beginning in about 1998 or 1999 is when we started doing a substantial amount of historical architet architectur architectural research here at the farm. we knew the origin and their relocation here to maryland. what we did not know was very

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