core of charlottesville. they basically closed off main street and bricked it and turn it into a pedestrian mall. it was a bit of an architectural and design fat in the 1970s to create these bricked pedestrian malls. most event in america did not survive. there are some that did very well and survived to this day, and charlottesville is a first part opened in 1976. it is since been expanded to the east, to the west into some sidestreets, and it is, has been a terrific investment in the community. now the downtown mall is filled with people constantly on weekend nights in the summer. you can't move down there. >> great restaurants, great local shops. >> live music, art. it's just fantastic. but it was also we should point out it was really controversial at the time. when the city council made that decision to close off main street, if you think about it was completely counterintuitive. because they were responding to the fact that car culture of suburban sprawl, of all the new shopping centers that were openin

that is downtown charlottesvil charlottesville, our humble skyline. you can see the pavilion which is at the east end of the downtown mall. that is an outdoor music venue. we'll be heading toward the very top of the monticello hotel which is on historic court square. that is the original hearts of the town of charlottesville. >> you mention the downtown mall, that is sort of the show piece of downtown. >> that is our postcard view, charlotte's pedestrian mall was created in 1976, it was an effort to preserve the historic core of charlottesville. they basically close off main street and turned it into a pedestrian mall. a bit of an architectural and design fad in the 70s to create these pedestrian malls. most of america did not survive. some did very well and survived to this day, and charlottesville the first part opened in 1876. it has since been expanded to the east, west, into sidestreets and has been a terrific investment in the community. now the downtown mall is filled with people constantly on weekend nights in the summer you cannot move. >> gr

core of charlottesville. they basically closed off main street and rick did and turned ricked it andb turned it into a pedestrian mall. most of them in america did not survive. there are some that did very well it's arrived to this day, and charlottesville, the first part opened in 1976. it has been expanded into some side streets and it has been a terrific investment in the community. and now the downtown mall is just filled with people constantly. >> great restaurants, great local shops. music, art, it's just fantastic. but it was really controversial at the time, when the city council made that decision to close off main street, it was completely counterintuitive. they were responding to the fact of the car culture of suburban sprawl, all the new shopping centers that were opening north of town, and how are going to keep people interested in downtown? how will we keep them coming downtown because they're all getting into their cars and driving off into the suburbs. it was completely counterintuitive, but i

-span.org/cities tour continue with our look at the history of chart -- charlottesville. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. city, the county of apple mall, which surrounds the city, and here in virginia we have separate local governments for our cities and counties -- then the university of virginia. whichs the window through you can understand local issues, history. there really is that cooperation that is always going on between the three parts. >> we took a driving tour of the city. know of charlottesville, because it is on the back of the nickel. coachella right? monticello, right? yes. that little mountain as he called it. course waserson of born here, april 13, 1743. his father had moved out here to the west to get land. his father, peter jefferson, was a surveyor and co-authored in the official new map of virginia. at that time, it was nothing like it -- it was the best map of virginia. little tommy was raised on this man who would god and explore and make maps and discover. if you think about it, peter jefferson was using scientific experiments to make the unknown known

- here in charlottesville. but i think the statute should be there to remind people of what happened in the 1920s. >> so now we are approaching the university part of town and you start to see all of the buildings, some of them very new that are part of the university medical system which is one of the best in the country. we are now entering the heart of the university community at the top of the hill. you can see the rotunda. that was the library in maine classroom building as part of academic village that jefferson design. -- designed. the section of town is called the corner. this is the corner of the corner. it's where the historic entrance meets the main road. today, the corner refers to five city blocks. this is the heart of the university community with bars, restaurants and shops that cater to the university community. this long walk to the rotunda asthis long walk to the rotunda will take you to the academic village in the rotunda and the law. university of virginia got a charter in january of 1819. c

not for my hosts, not for my wife, not for charlottesville. just myself. i am opposed to removing confederate statues. it is tricky financial. it costs a lot of money to move the statute. that money can be better served in these tax starved times. to --k if we are going it's better to erect new monuments to tear down old ones. i not in favor of doing that because removing monuments strikes me as something that is done against tyrants overseas, like saddam hussein and adolph hitler. i say leave them alone. the eligible that really pay that much attention to them are pigeons. [laughter] i don't need to be flippant but that is how i feel. [applause] said slavery would've continued into the 20th century in the confederates had won. my question is when did slavery disappear in the western hemisphere and my understanding was it was in the latter part of the 19th century. it was last an institution in south america. i think i read somewhere it disappeared in 1888. my question is, if that is true, what you basing the statement on it would've continued into the 20t

i think that charlottesville is not perfect. it is doing things better than in comparison.es >> thank you sir. >> [applause] interested in american history tv? visit our website, www.c-span.org/history. schedule,ew our tv view upcoming programs, and watch college lectures, archival films, and more. american history tv at www.c-span.org/history. tv,ext on american history duke university professor explores the complex history of slavery, indentured servitude, and the concept of race. professor peck explains language-based definitions of race born out of the slave trade shaped how whites saw themselves. and how the creation of white identity led to the rise of white supremacy. the national archives in washington hosted the event. it is just under one hour. bob, thank you sandy for convening this timely the 13th,on about 14th, and 15th amendments, and how they matter in the

next a look at our recent visit to charlottesville, virginia. you are looking at american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. jefferson is the founder of the uva. he worked many years to develop the system of education in virginia. uva was his last great project. which he did after he left the white house. he designed the buildings and design the curriculum. he was the first chair of the board of visitors. he was intimately involved as you will see in a lot of details about building the buildings. pretty much everything you can think of. his vision is called an academic village. if you look at his plans for the university, at the time a lot of universities consisted of one very big building where classes were held and there were dormitory rooms. jefferson's idea was to make a village out of it, with students living near the professors and classes being given in the professor's homes. there was constant interaction of students and faculty. plus it's in charlottesville, , and in the 1820's there was a small town, a village really. i

it's great to return to charlottesville. throughout my career i spent a lot of time covering white house and congress. it's always striking that a lot of people think what you do in washington is go to press conferences and write down what they say and write a story. you do have my sympathies. i spent four years covering the white house. april is an example of someone who tries to dig beyond. my interest has been, what does the candidates life-saving and predict about what that person would do if they are elected to hire office, particularly the presidency. i was the co-author of the boston globe and a lot of what we were printing turned out to be not the case. marty brown's assignment to me a for john kerry some years ago was to just start over. we've written all the stories for years and years, just read those and start over and leave nothing on the table. it sounds daunting but to me it was a great assignment because it meant i have a lot of time to start looking into him and long story short, i wanted to explain why i ha

. >> welcome to charlottesville, virginia, on booktv. founded in 1762, charlottesville is the seed of albemarle county with a population of about 50,000. known for its rich history, this he attracts numerous people every year to explore monticel monticello, the home of thomas jefferson as well as the university of virginia founded by jefferson in 1819. with help help of our cable comcast cable partners for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the cities history and literary culture from local authors. we begin with a driving tour of the city. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts.

learn more about charlottesville and other stops on this tour on c-span.org.ou are watching american will history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on "the civil war," author and professor timothy sedore focuses on civil war monuments. he spoke at the american civil war museum enrichment, virginia. -- in richmond, virginia. this is about 50 minutes. mr. rawls: ladies and gentlemen, our third speaker is dr. timothy s. sedore. he holds a doctorate in english

staff travel to charlottesville, virginia 20 about it rich history. learn more about this at c-span.org/cities tour. you are with watching "american history tv." >> this weekend on american history tv come at 7:00 p.m. talks aboutrofessor the influence of early 19th naturalist and how we helped finer citizen science. >> it was artistic work. didas very good at what he and he did it with no binoculars, no field guides or iphone apps, and the proof is in the painting. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history, gettysburg allen guelzo on abraham lincoln, his views on slavery, and the dred scott supreme court decision. prof. guelzo: what is tony saying here? , not is now no restraint even the restraint of popular sovereignty on taking slaves into the territories. ceremony of the museum of american revolution in philadelphia with speakers including vice president joe biden -- former vice president joe biden and cokie roberts. >> it is my hope that this beautiful museum helps inspire those involved citizens in this very great country. because history has his eyes o

next, a visit to charlottesville virginia. you are watching american history tv. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by the creator to certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we are in the declaration gallery in the special collections library at the university of virginia. this gallery houses what we consider the best collection of documents and printings related to the american declaration of independence. it is the founding document of the united states of america, written by the founder of the university of virginia, thomas jefferson. as you enter the gallery, you will see the key item in the collection, something that took mr. smalls quite a few years before he had the chance to acquire it. this is one of 26 known copies of the very first printing of the declaration of independence printed on the evening of july 4, 1776, in philadelphia by printer john dunlap. it really is the key printing of american histo

>> reporter: but now there are new battlegrounds, from charlottesville to new orleans.federate monuments have been vandalized, and some cities have voted to remove them. all part of a public debate over whether these statues memorialize racism. >> symbolism matters. >> when you say symbolism matters, that's a symbol of what? >> it's a symbol in my personal opinion of white supremacy and it's a symbol we cannot have in the middle of our city. >> reporter: charlottesville city councilman wes bellamy has led the fight to move the town's statue of robert e. lee. but opponents led by attorney charles webber argue the statue symbolizes something else. >> these are war memorials that exist for one purpose -- to honor the men who fought. it's not to promote a cause of the war. it's not to glorify a war. it's to honor the men who fought. >> reporter: now, while this legal fight continues, city officials in charlottesville will review a plan next week with recommendations on where to put the 28-foot statue if it's ever allowed to be moved. a problem other cities across the south

charlottesville, and in the 1820's there was a small town, a village really. if you think about these amazing buildings that went up in the early 1820's in the middle of nowhere, it was part of his ideal of the united states as an agrarian society and the elite becoming leaders of the country. the university archives are the official historical records of the university. they go back to long before the university was chartered in 1819. 1814, back tok to the institutions that preceded uva. the archives are about 4 million items. it's the records of the president, the dean's, the provosts, the library, every facet of the university. it's paper, sound recording, video recording, digital material, email, websites. anything that is a historic record of the university we try to capture. some go back to 1817. this is a letter that jefferson thorton 1817 to william , who was the man he assigned to work on the capital building. they were very good friends. anderson wrote to thought about the idea of the university. he included a little sketch of what he was thinking, a

a look at our recent visit to charlottesville, virginia. >> i call it a presidential cold case. there were always questions about this house. architects look at the little house and say that does not really look like a wing of a presidents house. similarities to other dependency buildings from other plantations. the questions were lingering. when i got here, there were answers to questions i did not quite fully understand. maybe it is just a willingness to say that i don't understand that. because maybe it is perfectly clear but i just don't understand. let's look further. we are standing now in the center of the spot where james monroe's original main house stood. this is where we discovered the well preserved foundations just below ground surface. we have covered cap while we are not excavating. that is how we preserve an archaeological site. we laid these down on the ground service to get a sense of the footprint of the house. it was laid specifically over the places that we have excavated and have identified the walls. it is also speculated a bit in between those spots. this

-span.org/cities tour continue with our look at the history of chart -- charlottesville. >> charlottesville is divided into three parts. city, the county of apple mall, which surrounds the city, and here in virginia we have separate local governments for our cities and counties -- then the university of virginia. whichs the window through you can understand local issues, politics,

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. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to charlottesville, virginia you'd learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, we hear a panel of historians on the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. they will talk about thomas jefferson's opposition to hamilton's federalist party platform and how hamilton's immigrant experience affected his political views. they also explain how hamilton have helped shift washington's opinion of slavery. the new york historical society hosted this hour-long event. programht's

from charlottesville, virginia. thank you for today. i've been hearing the word "reconciliation", often in different ways. my question of -- is about the growing reconciliation movement in the united states to grapple with legacies of racial harm. as we hear more and more calls for reconciliation, we're going to have to grapple more with what that means. i have been hearing from several reconciliationm being used more in the context -- civilwar museums war memorials. so, my question is, as the u.s. tries to figure out what reconciliation might mean, what you think the interpretation or reinterpretation of civil war might mean, especially in a conversation about how it has repair reconciliation to racial harm? coleman: first of all, one of the things that has been annoying to me is we tend to place white supremacy as a solely southern phenomenon. in fact, it's part of the reason why the white north and the white south were able to reconcile and frame this narrative of brother against brother, ok? so, the idea of reconciliation, the quest

in charlottesville. >> kevin knows it all. >> i'll look it up.ok at the post. >> that's mazing breaking news. >> how of a drive is it to charlottesville. >> 2.5 hours. we can get there by noon. >> moving on this is really cool story. jim fallon spot lied montgomery county elementary school on his show on friday night and announc read thon. you saw in that clip watch this clip right here. >> so these principal has to crack eggs over their heads in front of the whole school with all the kids watching. and we got a hold of a clip. take look at this. >> here we go! >> where is this? [ laughter ] >> all right. right there the principal and assistant principal at fields road elementary agreed to play egg roulette. fallon plays this game on his show with his guests. ready whip would be giving $13,000 to the read a thon doubling what they had already raised and here's the cool th thing. fox5 spoke to the principal and the assistant principal via skype. watch this. >> they have let us know they were going to make a donation to us. and we were joking aroun

eere in charlottesville, memorials to the confederacy are all around.tion to change runs deep. >> i've been told i should be taken behind the watershed. >> reporter: supporters of the statue unearthed crude tweets written by bellamy as a younger edn, and he also was targeted ith death threats, but bellamy feels his fight is justified >> we've seen there's still a lot of issues in regards to race here in this community, and the only way for us to move forward re to deal with them head on. >> reporter: a conversation many communities across the south are just beginning. jan crawford, cbs news, charlottesville. >> pelley: up next, how badly hurt was that passenger yanked s f the united airlines flight? that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. i thought i neededgled cigarettes to cope. i was able to quit smoking, and then i started running. now i feel a lot better. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now

where jefferson loved sitting on his plantation in virginia outside of charlottesville. he believes that it is the farmer that makes the difference. the states matter, the government closest to the people, that matters. he founded the modern day democratic party. he changes the regime away from the federalist concept. andrew jackson builds on that in the late 1820's and 1830's. he was a frontiersman, very much a man of the people who expands the electorate. much more in favor of state power than national power. lincoln, we know why he changed and why he transformed and reconstructed the government going from a pre-civil war. to consolidating the union and consolidating the power of the presidency. fdr creates the new deal coalition, not just the new deal at the coalition of motors -- voters that vote for a new deal. women, blacks, southerners, jewish, laborers. that is the election in which richard nixon chips away at the coalition. a person that we will talk about is ronald reagan. for those of you that lived through that. ronald reagan said government was of the soluti

charlottesville is not that big. >> it's outside of charlottesville, yeah. >> next time i go to monticello on a history trip, i'm going to the farm. it's bad that that's out the bad. >>> amy schumer and goldie hawn in a new film called "snatched." they play a mother and daughter traveling to ecuador and they get kidnapped. goldie hawn's character has a dialogue that says you were mine f me anymore unless put need me tfor something. she has three kids and i asked her what happened when her kids left the house. >> what is in like though when all the kids leave the house. is it a strange thing leaving the house. >> it's terrible. it's just terrible. inyou know, you try -- we literally cried both curt and i when oliver went to college. we still had kids at home so we knew what was to come. when your empty nest is a real thing its not a little thing its a big thing. thing. it? do you call like -- >> no, you don't t-, what we do to get -- we reinvest in our relationship. i mean, that's what you have to do. >> it's cool. >> otherwise, you realize so much of your re

learn more about charlottesville and other stops in our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv. harriet tubman was born a slave in dorchester county, maryland in 1922. she escaped in 1849 but returned many times to help her family and friends escape. the maryland park service and the national park service partnered in creating the harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center located in the county where tubman was born. next, the opening ceremony of the harriet tubman underground railroad visitor center. we hear from state and local officials in commemoration of the abolitionist, humanitarian and civil war spy. it is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. yes, my name is okmofo doctor adwoa tano. it is a pleasure for me to be here to open up today's great occasion with a libation.

[video clip] >> the city of charlottesville is a city that values history. some of the surveys done show that is the number one value that people associate with the region. it is in part because we are the historic home of thomas jefferson. james madison, father of the constitution, president of the united states, also lived about half an hour away in orange county. james monroe also lived right near here. born nearbyon was in the town of stanton. we have a lot of history come re

charlottesville. how are you this afternoon? all right. yes, you can clap. [applause] >> welcome to the virginia festival of the book. and the panel discussion, hot discussion this afternoon. questions, expertise, and the president. not just for news junkies and we would like to think the city for providing the venue for today's event, and we want to welcome all of you viewers on c-span and tv 10. during the question and answer pouring we ask that you please wait for a meek crow -- microphone to be brought for you. the q & a is coming up. i want to introduce our wonderful panel of authors. we're not washington. we're in charlottesville but these are top reporters and thinkers that delve into politics and we have a penal for you -- panel for you. frank sesno, the author of "ask more, be power of questions to open doors, uncover solutions and part change." a former cnn anchor, white house correspondent. he has interviewed dozens of world leaders including five u.s. presidents. now, i believe it might we six with this one, right? >> hope springs eternal. >> and

that afternoon charlottesville. how are you. >> all right. yes, you can clap. welcome to the virginia festival of the book and the panel discussion, a hot discussion this afternoon. questions, expertise.

plus it is in charlottesville in the 1820s city think of these amazing buildings in the middle of nowhere it was part of his ideal of the united states as the agrarian society with the elites becoming leader. >> the archives of the historical record go back long before the university was chartered by the state and the records comeback to the two institutions that preceded you be a. -- uva. the records the library every facet is paper and sound and video recording and digital material anything that is a historic record of the university tried to capture. >> so back from 1817 this is a letter that jefferson wrote to william thornton who was the man he assigned to work on the united states capitol building when he was president. there were very good friends and jefferson wrote to certain about his ideas for the university in you will see he included a sketch of what he was thinking of an open-ended erecting goal with civilians interspersed with dormitory rooms that the open area so that is one of his very first conceptions is a basic part of the idea but it changed dramatically from the time

so my dream for charlottesville would be that as a gross and as we write this new century in brick and stone and mortar, not just on paper but as we write our story and the landscape i would hope that people would experience, i would hope people would have the experience that i have had a falling in love with the place and having it means so much to you in your own experience of being alive, and i would just hope that they would have that joy that i get every day, and the privilege that i feel i've been able to live here this little city that i love. >> i'm here at the university of virginia library curator of special collections. she'll be showing us the current exhibit of william faulkner. >> we are in the main gallery of the special collections library at the university of virginia. our exhibition is faulkner's license worked. it surveys the faulkner collection that we have at the library. william faulkner was a great american novelist who was born in mississippi and spent the last few years of his career in the late 1950s at uva. he is best known for his novels, sanctuary, and he w

to welcome all of our viewers on c-span and charlottesville on tv time. at the end of this program for the last part of this program will have q&a from the audience and we ask that you please wait for microphone to be brought to you so we can be recorded for our audience at home. this festival is free of charge, but not free of cost. please remember to go online and get back or pick up a giving envelope of the information desk at the omni in support of festival so we can continue to bring it for many more years. please also select your program evaluations. these provide useful information that helps keep the festival free and open to the public. you can fill out a paperer evaluation before you leave for completed online at va boat.board survey. v we've also handed hint about what call little bad and i'm going to read a few of these. if you like to give us your favorite malaprop or your nomination for the american dialect society word of the year and we will take all of those nominations and provide them with mr. met calf. he will explain a little bit more

plus it is in charlottesville in the 1820s which is very small town of a village really -- and so if you think about these amazing buildings that went up in early 1820s in essentially in nowhere in virginia, you know, it was part of his ideal of, you know, the united states is in a gray society, and the elite becoming leaders of the country, and all of that sort of thing. >> well the university archives are the official historical records of the university, and they go back to actually long before the university was chartered by the state that was in 1819. and records go back to 1814 to the two institutions that proceeded uva. the archives as i said are about four million items it's the record of the board of visitors. it's the records of the president. the dean, the provo the line every facet of the university. it's paper, it's sound recording, it's video recording, it is digital materials it is e-mail it's website. you know anything that is a historic record of the university we try to capture these are early records -- some that go back to 1817. this is a letter that jefferson wro

good afternoon, charlottesville. yes, you can clap. [applause]>> welcome to th welcome to the virginia festival of the book. as a panel discussion, questions, expertise. we would like to thank the city of charlottesville during question and answer portion we ask you please wait for a microphone to be brought to you so you may be recorded. stay tuned. and i want to introduce a wonderful panel of authors.ottet these are some of the top reporters that delve into politics and we have a panel for you today. i want to start with our friend frank sasso, the power of question to open doors, uncover solutions and to spark change, he's a former white house correspondent and washington bureau chief and is now the director of the school of mediao public affairs at george washington university and has interviewed dozens of leaders including five u.s. presidents. i believe it might be sick with this one..wi [laughter] of is also the creator of planet for it.nd let's give him a round of applause. [applause]. tallness next, the author of the death of

plus it's in charlottesville in the 1820s, a small town, village, really, if you think about these amazing buildings that went up in the 1820s, sitting out in the middle of nowhere in virginia, it was part of his ideal of the united states is an agrarian society and the elite becoming leaders s of the country and that sort of thing. >> the university archives are the official historical records of the university, and they go back to -- actually long before the university was chartered by the state. that was in 1819. and records good back to 1814, to the two institutions that preceded uva, the archives, as i said, are four million items. it's the records of the board of visitors and the records of the president this deans, provosts this library, every facet of the university. it's paper, it's sound recordings, it's video recordings, it's digital material, it's e-mail, web sites. anything that is a historic record of the university we try to capture. these are the early records. some that go back to 1817. this is a letter that jefferson wrote in 1817 to william thornton, who was the man he a

mattis than was from right here in the heart of virginia half an hour north of charlottesville and he grew up in the house right behind us that has changed over the years. as a very young employee he was raised in a much more primitive development before his father built the brick house. madison came from a privileged family. his father was a planter he grew up with the elite of virginia the oldest of several siblings he had a very demanding father raised him here mother who was warm and anxious. the eldest son of a premier family in virginia at that time so he was sent away to an elite boarding school when he was young as the eldest borne they really invested in him it was not william and mary were most parents send their kids at the time of their social class. it was not anglican it was presbyterian and his father brought him back after graduating to be a tutor to his youngest siblings. . . some kind of solution in politics that's what he was good at it because he inherited a plantation he had to run he had a difficult time settling on vocation outside the government and public serv

next, a visit to charlottesville virginia. you are watching american history tv. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and that they are endowed by the creator to certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we are in the declaration gallery in the special collections library at the university of virginia. this gallery houses what we consider the best collection of documents and printings related to the american declaration of independence. it is the founding document of the united states of america,

' homes and so there was all of this constant interaction of student and faculty plus it's in charlottesville, in 1820's, a very small town, a village, really. so if you think about these amazing buildings that went up in the early 1820's sitting out is he thinks-- essentially in the middle of nowhere in virginia, it was part of his ideal of the united states is an egrarion society and the elite becoming the country and all of that sort of thing. while the university archives are the historical of the university. they go back to actually long before the university was chartered by the state. that was in 1819 and it goes back to the institutions that pre-seeded uva. the archives are about 4 million items. it's the record of board of visitor, it's the records of the president, the deans, the provost, the library, every fast set of the university of t the, it's sound recordings and midge cal, e-mail, website, digital. everything that's a historical record of the university we try to capture. these are some of the very records, some that go back to 1817. this is a letter that jefferson wrote 1817

a reminder, this weekend we head down to charlottesville, virginia. home to thomas jefferson's onticello. >> if you had visited 20 years ago, you would have come up to about and just have seen jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa. but what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape. if you had come up this mountaintop in jefferson's time, the first thing you would have seen would have been enslaved people. there would knob no place on this mountaintop that slavery wouldn't be. we wanted to restore that, make that known to visitors who come ere today. we are now restoring dwellings along the main plantation street, as well as rooms attached to the house just behind us. so all of this is part of an effort to sort of shift the focus away from jefferson and talk about the dozens of other people who essentially made his life possible. , our hope you tune in cities tour heading to charlottesville, virginia, home to thomas jefferson and the university of virginia. you can check out all of our programs online anytime. we want to w

the city of charlottesville we want to thank for providing this venue for today's events. we welcome all of our viewers on c-span and charlottesville's own tv time, during the q&a portion we ask that you please wait for microphone be brought to so you may be recorded. our authors today are, susan, she is the author of nagasaki, life after nuclear war and she was a nonfiction fellow and has published work in the new york times, the los angeles times, nagasaki is the recent recipient of the dayton literary peace prize and the j anthony lukasj. book price. dan zach is the author of almighty, courage, resistance and a xo's -- his written and is from buffalo, new york and lives in washington, d.c. we have an author who travel to nagasaki, japan five times to interview the subject of her heb book and research her miraculous story of survival in her surviving pathway to peace. she is a longtime teacher, freelance writer and author. karen lives in minneapolis,,we minnesota. we will have some questions and discussion, then after we have completed that we will have questions from th

learn more about charlottesville and other stops on this tour on c-span.org. you are watching american will history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. on "the civil war," author and professor timothy sedore focuses on civil war monuments. he spoke at the american civil war museum enrichment, virginia. -- in richmond, virginia. this is about 50 minutes. mr. rawls: ladies and gentlemen, our third speaker is dr. timothy s. sedore. he holds a doctorate in english education, a masters in religious studies and masters of divinity and theological studies. so far, we got a museum person, a lawyer, and a you load in. -- and a theologian. he brings the perspective of a scholar who pays close attention to the power of words. all of the monuments and our collective commemorative landscape have back stories, stories of individuals or groups who decided to write the words on them that we see today. dr. sedore's 2011 book "an illustrated guide to virginia's civil war monuments" is the first complete catalog of virginia's monuments. it is more than a catalog. it is th

. >> watch c-span cities tour of charlottesville, virginia at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 pm on american history tv on c-span3 working with cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> freshman congressman trey hollingsworth represent indiana's ninth congressional district, the seat was previously held by senator todd young. we spoke to congressman hollingsworth as part of a series of interviews we are conducting with new members of congress. this is 10 minutes. >> trey hollingsworth representing the ninth district of indiana, a republican. what did you do before coming to congress? >> been in business my entire career. i renovated and repositioned all manufacturing facilities taking to capital facilities and turning them around, repositioning them, rehabilitating them, making them if i mentally cleaning them up and helping manufacturers, distributors grow in america versus going overseas. i did that for ten years and moved into manufacturing businesses trying to figure out how to create more opportunities not only in the marketplace but for employees

welcome to charlottesville virginia, located at the foot of the blue ridge mountains. this city is host to thomas

look at charlottesville, plenty of shine all day today.ty low impact on your thursday. the commute to and from work is going to be dry. the biggest concern is going to be the sunglasses. outdoor recess for the kids is a really nice day. exercise as well, but tomorrow afternoon and during the early evening hours it's going to be on the warm sued. definitely t-shirt kind of weather and dinner out for your thursday, most of us are going to be dry but if you're planning for a late dinner out, you will have to worry about some rain showers moving in to the area. tomorrow is a dry day. take a look at your hour by hour planner. we do start out with some patchy fog but mostly sunny skies. if you're having lunch outdoors tomorrow know that it's going to be near 80 degrees by noon. so probably want to pick a place close by because we warm up really quickly during the morning hours. a mix of clouds and sun during the afternoon hours, even filling humid and take a look at the high temperature. mostly cloudy skies at that point and then here's the show

now temperature-wise, 73 frez ricks, look at charlottesville, 80 degrees. talked about this yesterday the disparity between 80 in charlottesville and 65 in annapolis that's because the clouds are just getting out of the way here up toward the north and east and they got out a lot faster down to the south. no rain. here it is and again i just love this picture, just moving right off the coast here almost a nor'easter type storm. it was just about a nor'easter. you could probably call it that but a weak one for showers and those northeasterly winds. just a storm making its way up to the north and east. notice this direction, up from the south and that's why we're going to get warm. 82 lexington right now, 80 in roanoke. look at d.c. in 71. buffalo, new york at 75. the warm air is moving in and everybody will feel it tomorrow. 84 degrees sun and clouds. a great afternoon. a bit humid across our region, maybe even a little heat index tomorrow. good day to get the car washed, yeah. i'd say get it done. perfect day to get that car wash done. nice and warm and dry

charlottesville is 80 degrees. so this is all about how it moves in here. if you want it warmer, by tuesday we have numbers in the mid-80's. transitional forecast for the latter half of the week. the clouds and sunshine 75 tomorrow. mid-80's on thursday. mid-80's on friday. feel heat and the humidity building in toward the weekend. we are watching a pattern change. we could still make a run at near 90 for saturday. even the pop-up thunderstorm or two. sunday it looked identical at this point. we could get back to an easterly flow. that could send us back to a cooler pattern for sunday and monday. jonathan: thank you. good news. if you want tickets to the wizards game, we got them. just watch tomorrow, "good morning washington." we are giving away two tickets to the game five. wizards-hawks at the verizon center. you is to watch -- you have to watch. erin: 6:00 p.m. tip-off on wednesday. earlier than normal. they are usually around 7:00. beware of that if you are making plans to go to the game. the wizards got a wakeup call in atlanta from the hawks. how the

learn more about charlottesville and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. recently, american history tv was at the annual meeting in denver colorado. professors,h authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> he is best known for his "liesatively titled book, my teacher told me." "lies across america." war knowof the civil him for his collection of primary source documents. in 1971's first book is derived from his harvard dissertation. mississippi, conflict and change was the subject of a court decision articulating the right to read. he taught race relations at the university of vermont and previously in mississippi. he has recently been a professor of sociology at catholic university in washington. today, every monument tells a tale of three eras, implications. james and gentlemen, dr. w. loewen . . >> i am delighted to be here. involved i have been with three of these controversies. i wrote a piece in the called fiveost myths about wh