next on our weekly series, "the ,ivil war," matt atkinson gettysburg park ranger on the postwar life of robert he lee. buckner talks about photos he took on may 4, 1970, when national guard troops shot an killed four students at state university in ohio during an antiwar protest. collegewas a photographer -- a photographer at the college student newspaper and one of his photos was used on the cover of "life" magazine then a college professor teaching a class debunking myths thet rosa parks in 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott. 7:00:00 p.m. eastern, pacific, president nixon announces u.s. and south vietnamese forces will attack north vietnamese bases in cambodia along the border. that is coming up on american history tv. >>

on the civil war, matt atkinson, a gettysburg national military park ranger discusses the postwar life of robert e lee. he highlights lee's efforts to promote a wreck conciliatory -- promote a conciliatory attitude among southerners. this was recorded in 2015 by the national park service. i was asked if this would be a beatification. besideam hoping to do, give you a timeline as to what robert ely did in the postwar years, often the most overlooked portion of his life. the other main theme of this lecture i will try to get across -- i would amount of not say he did a lot of work -- but through his own personal example is probably the best way. robert his own example, e lee tries to reconcile the nation. havei think a lot of us forgotten is how far apart this country was in 1865. is the view of a lot of people that lee surrendered at appomattox and then, bam, we will forget about it. we will just hold hands and reunite and continue down the path again. decades,the country some would say a century, someone say not even yet, for the country to reunite. i would put the country seriously co

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