on c-span 3. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sitesr president john fitzgerald candidate was born on may 29th, 1917. to mark the centennial of his birth, this smithsonian american art museum collected dozens of images of chronicle the lights of the 45th president. >> my name is larry schiller, of the smithsonian americat

kennedy and his vision for america. >>> you can watch this and other american artifact programs by visitingebsite. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight a look at george h.w. bush. we look back 30 years to january 16th, 1991, when president bush announced from the oval office the start of the persian gulf war named operation desert storm, the military action began with aerial bombing of iraq and was an effort to drive saddam hussein out of kuwait. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, as the nation prepares for the inauguration of joe biden, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern we'll look at past inaugurations of president john kennedy, richard nixon, harry truman, dwight eisenhower and franklin roosevelt. sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, historians talk about the 1945 battle of iwo jima and the importance to both the american and japanese forces during w

cracks watch the full program sunday on american artifacts at 6 p.m. eastern, 3 p.m. pacific, here on a merrick in history tv. >> doctoral candidate maria mcdaris discusses the influence of the southern pacific railroad in creating california farming communities. she argues that goal was to create new markets in business for themselves while creating model communities that ascribe to their own view. the center for the american west hosted the event and provided the video. cracks my layman -- >> we are the hosts, you are very lucky to be the host of this presentation by maria mcdaris. brea, is coming

each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and other historic places to learn about americanistory. next, we visit alexandria, virginia to see civil war related sites where women worked as nurses, sold goods to soldiers, and aided communities of newly freed slaves. >> the national women's history museum is dedicated to ensuring that the distinctive contribution of american women to our history and culture are written into the national narrative. our museum has sought to achieve this goal for 20 years. we currently exist as an online museum. the goal is to build a physical museum on our national mall. in 2014, congress passed a bipartisan act to create a congressional commission to investigate the feasibility of a national women's history in washington, d.c. >> to study the potential to study the creation of a national women's history museum. we are half of the population. wherever you stand, i'm sure there is consensus in this house at half of the population should not go unmentioned in the textbooks of our country, but there is no museum in the country that shows the full sc

american artifacts programs at -- >> you can watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website, c-span.org/history. >> you are watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past, american history tv on c-span3 created by americans television companies. today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> weeknights this month, we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span3. monday, we begin a night of presidential farewells with dwight eisenhower's remarks from january, 1961. his speech is best known for its warning about the increasing power of the military industrial complex. we will also hear from president jimmy carter, richard nixon, and bill clinton. watch monday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and en

. >> each week, "american artifacts" takes americans to the historic sites around the country.onian national air and space museum located in washington, d.c. and down the national mall from the u.s. capitol. our guide is jeremy king he, who -- kenny who shows the rare and one-of-a-kind artifacts and tells the story of the quest to go higher, faster, and farther in the first half-century of aviation. jeremy: hi, i'm jeremy. we have to

eastern sunday on american artifact, here on american history tv. >> university of north carolina at chapel hill professor kathleen duval teaches a class about the end of the american revolution and the 1783 treaty of paris. she talks about the competing goals between the united states, british empire, france, and spain, and how delegates reached a compromise. the university of north carolina at chapel hill provided this video. prof. duval: welcome to history 238 at the university of north carolina chapel hill. in the last lecture i gave to this class, french and american forces defeated the british at the battle of yorktown, and british public opinion had shifted away from continuing this long war to put down a rebellion in the 13 british colonies that were rebelling. today we will go to paris in july of 1782 where britain and its former colonists were beginning to negotiate. what would be the result of this war for american independence? first of all, independence itself was a foregone conclusion. the former colonies, the 13 that had risen in rebellion against their empire, were go

. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums.museum in washington, d.c. was known as the pensions building in 1885 when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the still unfinished building. composed of 15 million red bricks, it contains a red hall that is 316 feet long and 160 feet tall. american history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural balls of several presidents, including jimmy

each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. , we visit the national constitution center in philadelphia to learn about the life and legacy of john marshall , the fourth chief justice of the united states who served on the supreme court from 1801-1835. donnelly and tom i'm senior fellow for studies at the constitutional center here in philadelphia. we are here to talk about chief justice john marshall in our new exhibit, "john marshall: patriot, statesman, chief justice." what's amazing about this exhibit is we cover what is most familiar about john marshall is that he was the fourth chief justice of the united states, and for many scholars and commentators he is thought of as , our great chief justice. this takes you from the beginning of his life, his fight in the american revolution, through his time as a lawyer and state legislator in virginia all the way through his time as a statesman in the john adams administration and his time as chief justice. let's look at the amazing exhibit. we begin our story with a young john mar

each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and other historic places to learn about american

. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. former president john fitzgerald candidate was born on may 29th, 1917. to mark the centennial of his birth, this smithsonian american art museum collected dozens of images of chronicle the lights of the 45th president. >> my name is larry schiller, of the smithsonian american art museum. it allowed me to be, a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. i was a photographer myself, starting in the fifties. and i photographed a lot of politicians, i started with richard nixon. governor brown in california. and then of course, john f. kennedy, many of the events he was president. and tragically i was in dallas. when he was assassinated. >> yes. >> why the exhibit in this are position, at this time? it's the centennial of his birth. hundred years ago, on may 29th, he was born. how do you put in exhibit like this together? where do you start? well, first you start with a few researchers. and we collected actually, 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. it took about six months and i

. >> watch the full program sunday on american artifacts at 6:00 eastern here on american history tv. american history tv on c-span3, go inside a different college classroom and hear about topics ranging from the american revolution and u.s. presidents. >> thanks for your patience and logging into class. >> with most college campuses closed, watch them engage with their students. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. reagan met him halfway and supported him. >> freedom of the press, that was originally called the freedom of the use of the press. it is the freedom to publish things. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it when you listen to podcasts. >> next on lectures in history, stonehill college professor peter ubertaccio teaches a class on the history of the state of the union address permitted he describes george washington's first address delivered in person but that many presidents chose to send congress a written statement as a woodrow wilson. h

eastern on american artifacts, we visit the state department's u.s. diplomacy pavilion where are stored.tifacts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the

ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> you can watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website. >> american history tv is on social media. follow us on c-span history. >> next on lectures and history. university of delaware professor zara anishanslin teaches a class about how colonial history is remembered through historic sites and monuments, and sometimes contested. she argues people's assumptions about colonial america are influenced by material and popular culture, including paintings depicting early american history in the u.s. capitol and statues of columbus and pocahontas. this video was provided by the university of delaware. prof. anishanslin: welcome to history of colonial america. i am professorar

other can this or american artifacts programs at any time by watching our website. ♪ >> you are watchingmerican history tv every weekend on c-span three. explore our nation's past. cabled by america's television companies and today brought to you by these television companies who bring this to viewers as a public service. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter, and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and see previews of upcoming programs. follow us at c-span history. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next on "history bookshelf" dr. lynn cheney and karl rove reflect. dwight mottghter of eisenhower, susan eisenhower's moderator. his, howard coxe on upcoming book about general james wilkinson, the highest ranking official in u.s. history to face an espionage trial. in two hours, scholars discuss how the civil war press commemorated soldiers in newspaper illustrations, prisoner of war accounts, obituaries, and solicitations for funding monuments. thrill tosay it is a talk to again, and as i had experience as a tiled with what it is like to be in th

on american artifacts smithsonian national air and space museum curator jeremy kenny shares some of themuseum's one of a kind artifacts that tell the story of the first half century of aviation and at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look back to january 16th, 1991 as president george h.w. bush announces the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war followed by his state of the union address. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on cspan3. >>> next on the presidency, george h.w. bush delivers his 1991 state of the union address to a joint session of congress. about two weeks earlier he announced the start of operation desert storm military drive sad hussein from neighbors kuwait. the miller center and george h.w. bush presidential library and museum provided this video. >> mr. president and mr. speaker. members of the united states congress i come to this house of the people to speak to you and to all americans. certain that we stand at a defining hour. halfway around the world we are

on american artifacts, we visit the u.s. diplomacy pavilion. where 7000 artifacts are stored. presidency, the daughter of gerald ford and betty ford reflects on the ford families time in the line -- white house. this american history tv weekend on c-span3. today, georgia governor brian kemp updated reporters on distribution of the covid-19 vaccine and the states continued response to the pandemic. reportmp: i am happy to that beginning soon, those over 65 and visit the georgia department website to find locations in your community where you can schedule an appointment with a vaccine. at a health department, pharmacy, grocery store, or even hospitals in certain locations. the partnership between cvs, walgreens, and state nowworks, the has the capacity to distribute vaccines every day. that is about 80,000 doses a week. administer, we can 24.48 percent of the vaccines delivered to the state by the federal government. weekend, their different sites in metro atlanta. these sites have the capacity to administer thousands of vaccines today. are already booked with appointments throug

you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website, c-span.org/history.rican history tv is on social media. follow us at c-span history. >> university of north carolina at chapel hill professor kathleen duval teaches a class about the end of the american revolution and the 1783 treaty of paris. she talks about the competing goals between the united states, british empire, france, and spain and how delegates reached a compromise. the university of north carolina at chapel hill provided this video. prof. duval: welcome to history 238. in the last lecture i gave to this class french and american forces defeated the british at the battle of yorktown, and to -- and british public opinion had shifted away from continuing this long war to put down a rebellion in the 13 british colonies that were rebelling. today we will go to paris in july of 1782 where britain and its former colonists were beginning to negotiate what would be the result of this war for american independence.

on american artifacts, we visit plymouth, massachusetts, to explore a re-created 17th-century colonial village depicted in 1627, seven years after the mayflower landed and when about 160 pilgrims lived there. at 6:30, a discussion on the post world war i era in the u.s. when u.s. army command and general staff college professor richard faulkner describing a time of racial unrest, violence, a deadly pandemic, and the first red scare. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> dwight d. eisenhower, a republican and a former supreme allied commander in europe during world war ii was sworn in as the 34th president of the united states on january 20 , 1953. before donald trump, he was the last to win the presidency having never held elected office. next, we will see preparations for his inaugural, take the oath of office and deliver a portion of his address, and see highlights of the inaugural parade. our coverage is courtesy of the u.s. senate recording studio.

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] announcer: you can watch this or other american artifacts programs by visiting our website. next, a professor teaches a class on how history is remembered through historical sites and monuments. that people are influenced by material and popular culture, including paintings in the u.s. capitol and statues of columbus and pocahontas. this was provided by the university of delaware. , the national world war ii museum hosts an online panel discussion on efforts to document chinese-americans who as the nation.m. prepares for the transfer of power to the trump administration to the biting lustration we look back to past presidential farewells -- biden administration, we look back to past presidential pharaohs. prof. anishanslin: this is history of colonial america. at the beginning of this course i asked each of you to tell me what you think of when you think of colonial american history. whatof you do not remember you put but i will give you a synopsis. many of you focused on what historians would call the revolutionary

each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums.he pension building in 1880 five, when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the unfinished building. composed of 15 million red bricks, the building contains a great hall that is 316 feet long and 160 feet high. american history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural ball's of several presidents, including mckinley, carter, reagan, and obama. >> thanks very much for joining us today and welcome to the national building museum. i'm a volunteer tour guide for the museum and we are here today to go through what we call the presidential inaugural tours. we do this every four years at inauguration time because this building, which was billed as the federal office building over 120 years ago turned out to be a wonderful place to have inaugural balls so what we want to do is explain to you how this building got built, its history, and how it ended up being so representative of the inaugural notion, if you will, and being used. we will show you pictures of inaugural ball

previously on american artifacts. united states holocaust memorial museum historian daniel greene gave us a tour of the exhibit he curated, americans and the holocaust. part one focused on the 1930s and the lead-up to world war ii. in part to, we learn about the america first movement and how the united states responded to nazi persecution and murder of jews as some of the atrocities became public knowledge. this is about 45 minutes. >> in 1939, on september 1st, germany invades poland and world war ii breaks out that weak. what is on americans minds in 1939 is staying out of war. and you see in this section of the exhibition, deep concern in the united states about spies. about nazi spies in the united states. at the time, called a fifth column. americans are asked by gallup, do you believe germans have already started to organize a fifth column of spies in this country? 71% of americans say yes. and you start to see this fear of spies played out in our popular culture and in our political culture. the first american

each week, "american artifacts" takes americans to the historic sites around the country. the next, the smithsonian national air and space museum located in washington, d.c. and down the national mall from the u.s. capitol. our guide is jeremy king he, who shows the rare and one-of-a-kind artifacts and tells the story of the quest to go higher, faster, and farther in the first half-century of aviation. >> high, i'm jeremy -- hi, i'm jeremy. first, i want to talk about the aerospace museum overall. it has over 8 million visitors per year between the national mall building and so working in the building i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. 67 are on display at the national mall building so what supports these artifact is up to 60,000 individual small and medium artifacts but what we will talk about today is the story of higher, farther, faster. it has a real meaning to it. we look at the people who made this request of flying in the third dimension a rally -- reality, so the idea of flying the highest altitude, the fastest speed, and the longest distanc

artifacts. curator katie speck art and historian allison mann continue the story of american diplomacy beginning with artifacts of the cold war. >> we are in the thick of the cold war now, the '50s a

. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums.

eastern on american artifacts, we visit the state department's diplomacy center were over 7000 artifacts are stored with plans to open a museum. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, the daughter of bettyent gerald ford and ford reflects on the ford's time and the white house. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. in a recorded message released yesterday, president trump condemned the violence at the u.s. capitol and acknowledged a new administration will be inaugurated. pres. trump: i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the united states capitol. i'm outraged by

. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums.tional building museum in washington, d.c. was known as the pension building in 1885 when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the still unfinished building. composed of over 15 million red bricks, the building contains a great hall that's 316 feet long and 160 feet high. american history tv vis

announcer: you can watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website, c-span.org/history. announcer: you are watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past, american history tv on c-span3 created by americans television companies. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. ♪ ♪ "american history tv" on c-span. exploring the american story every weekend. coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the history makers with a conversation between juliana richardson and juan williams. sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the history makers series continues with genetical and ruth simmons on the history of african-americans in education and the importance of hbcus. in light of the recent attacks on the u.s. capital, watch films on the united states government and moxie, which offers lessons on how the government works. at 630 -- 6:30 eastern, the tragedy of the ship essex, about the 1820 sinking of the ship following a spur whale attack. on "the presidency" we look

can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website. >> american history tv is on social media. follow us @c-spanhistory. >> you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3. explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies and today brought to you by these television companies who provide it to viewers as a public service. ♪ ♪ [drumming] ms. mccarty: my name is kim mccarty. i am the curator here at washington crossing historic park in pennsylvania. today is a very exciting day. we are doing a reenactment of george washington's crossing of the delaware river on christmas night, 1776. what happened here is actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the american revolution. and the story is, washington and the continental army after , having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey, came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. [gunfire] they encamped in several locations around this area, including the thompson neely house, which is also

. >> watch the full program sunday on american artifacts at 6:00 eastern, 3:00 p.m. tory tv. >> you are watching american history tv every weekend on c-span three. explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. today we are brought to you by these companies who provide american history tv these viewers as a public service. >> stanford university professor talks about civil rights leader martin luther king junior's upbringing eddie chronicles his early career as a reverend. professor carson's class took place at ebenezer baptist church in atlanta where mlk and his father were both pastors. the class was part of a seminar that included field trips.

on american artifacts jeremy kenny shares some of the american art facts that share the beginning ofion. then a look back to january 16th, 1991 as president george h.w. bush announces the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war followed by his state of the union address. exploring the american story. wash "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >> next on history book shelve, jeffrey engle talks about his book "when the world seemed new." he examines george

on american artifacts, air and space museum curator shares some of the mutual's one of a kind artifactsdent george h.w. bush announces the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war followed

at 6:00pm on american artifacts.mithsonian national air and space curator shares some of the museum's one-of-a-kind artifacts that tell the story of aviation. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, look back to january 16, 1991, as president george h w bush announces the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war, followed by his state of the union address. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, this weekend, on c-span3. ♪ >> the united states supreme court concurred three oral arguments this week. listen to all three at c-span.org/supreme court. the justices heard an oral arc meant on the case of detention of non-u.s. citizens and hearings while they await immigration decisions on persecution or torture if they return to their home country. they also heard arguments in a case concerning at college students civil student -- civil suit against the state for free exercise of religion right. and one

next on american artifacts, we visit arlington to see the contents with cemetery historian tim frank and conservator caitlin smith. mr. frank: in order to talk you --his memory will about this memorabilia box and cornerstone, have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. in 1864, we buried the first soldier here, in may of 1864. one month later, the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. by the end of the civil war there were 15,000 union and confederate soldiers buried here and, in 1868, general john logan established decoration day, which he declared may 30 of every year. the idea was that, throughout the country, people would visit the graves of the civil war fallen and place flowers on those graves. decoration day became memorial day. it became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general montgomery meigs designed a small amphitheater near the arlington house to hold the decoration day ceremonies. in time, that became such a small venue, because, every year, thousands of people would show up to arlington. one year, we found th

up next, we visit the artifact storage area, and learn about the history of american diplomacy. the curator and a historian selected key items from the 7000 artifacts to help tell the story. >> the diplomacy center is the museum and education center currently under development at the department of state. it will be a multimedia, publicly accessible, engaging space with public programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is diplomacy. what is diplomacy's relevance to their lives today, and how, possibly, they could become involved. we are actively collecting artifacts, we are researching history, and developing programs. >> we are very busy. >> we are very busy. we have a very active public program already ongoing for students. >> one of the ways we will tell the story of diplomacy is through the wonderful items we have in our collection. >> absolutely. so let's jump right in. the first object we would like to show is actually the oldest item in our collection. it is the first treaty that the united states entered into, in 1778. >> most americans a

each week, "american artifacts" takes americans to the historic sites around the country. the next, the smithsonian national air and space museum located in washington, d.c. and down the national mall from the u.s. capitol. our guide is jeremy king he, who shows the rare and one-of-a-kind artifacts and tells the story of the quest to go higher, faster, and farther in the first half-century of aviation. >>

each week american artifacts visits. in 2014, five former eunice secretaries of state, and john kerry took part in a groundbreaking tsunami for the u.s. diplomacy circuit center. up next, we visit the centers artifacts storage area to learn about the history of american diplomacy. clearly carry speck art and historian allison mann selected key items from the centers 7000 items to help tell the story. >> the diplomacy center is the museum currently under development after the department of state. it will be a multi media publicly accessible engaging space with engaging programs that help the general public understand a little bit more about what is disablement saying, what is diplomacy's relevance to the lives today, and how possibly they could become involved. we are actively collecting artifacts, we are researching history, we are developing public programs, we are very busy, we have active public program already ongoing for students. >> and one of the ways that we will tell the story of diplomacy is through some of the

. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums. the national buildings museum in washington, d.c., was known as the pensions building in 1885, when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the building. composed of 15 million red bricks, it contains a great hall that is 316 feet long, and 160 feet tall. american history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural balls of several presidents, including jimmy carter, ronald reagan, and barack obama. >> thank you for joining us today and welcome to the national buildings museum. i am a volunteer toward a guide for the museum. we are here to go through what we call the presidential inaugural tors. we do this every four years at inauguration time. this building, which was built as a federal office building turned out to be a wonderful place to have in inaugural balls. what we want to do is explain to you how this building got dealt, its history and how it ended up being so representative of the inaugural notion, and how it is being used. we will show you pictures of inaugu

on american artifacts smithsonian national air and space museum curator jeremy kenny shares some of the museum's one of a kind artifacts that tell the story of the first half century of aviation, and at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look back to january 16th, 1991 as president george h.w. bush announcing the bombing of iraq and the start of the persian gulf war followed by his state of the union address. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> next on history bookshelf, john shaw talks about his book "rising star, setting sun" the presidential transition that changed america. he recounts the period from kennedy's close election victory to his inauguration on january 20th, 1961. barnes & nobles carbondale, illinois, location hosted this event. >> what i'd like to do is talk about my"rising star, setting sun" secondly some of the research challenges i faced particularly in an academic community, it might be worth describing just some of the challenges of writing the book. and i think also they illuminate a bit about kennedy and eisenhower, and

on american artifacts, we visit center where over 7000 artifacts are stored. and at 8 p.m. > next, kentucky governor andy beshear delivering his state of the state address in frankfurt. responseses the state to the pandemic. this is half an hour. governor beshear: good evening. speaker stivers, president osborne, everyone reaching at home, are constitutional officers, are lieutenant governor, our first lady, my kids. tonight i address both yesterday rose to the level of an attack on the united states capital. it's t

eastern on "american artifact," we visit plymouth, massachusetts, to visit every crated 17th-centuryolonial vision, 17 years after the mayflower landed and went 160 programs lived there. at 6:30 eastern, a discussion on the post world war i era with u.s. army command and college professor richard faulkner exploring a time of racial unrest, violence, a deadly pandemic, and the first red scare. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> book tvr -- book tv on c-span2 has authors every weekend. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the life and career of vice president kamala harris. then at 11:00 eastern, charles goodhart talking about their book the great demographic reversal, aging societies, waning inequality and and inflation revival. and on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," op-ed columnist charles on his book "the devil you know: a black power manifesto."

up next, we visit the artifact storage area, and learn about the history of american diplomacy. n selected key items from the 7000 artifacts to help tell the story.

. >> previously on "american artifacts," smithsonian american art museum curator eleanor harvey introduced us to alexander von humboldt, a german naturalist who earned worldwide fame in the 19th century and visited the united states for six weeks in 1804. next, in the second of a two-part visit to the exhibit "alexander von humboldt and the united states: art, nature, and culture," she shifts from describing him as a naturalist to his experience as a humanitarian. eleanor: when humboldt arrived, he wrote a letter to thomas jefferson hoping to secure a visit. he also wrote a letter to secretary of state james madison in which he said, "i intended to enjoy the spectacle of a free people worthy of a great destiny." he is beginning to nudge that he has more at stake here than just will jefferson meet him and will he get information from the lewis and clark expedition? he wants to have an effect on our politics. while he is in washington, charles willson peale will take him to mount vernon. there are two reasons for that really. george washington has died five years earlier, so this is now a sh

eastern on american artifacts, we visit the state department u.s. then daughter of president gerald ford and betty ford, reflects on the ford family time in the white house. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span three. . next is bill antholis, who is director and c.e.o. of the university of virginia's miller center. we have been talking a lot this morning about the 25th amendment because the topic has come up so frequently in the last day and a half or so. bill antholis, what is the 25th amendment and how did it come into the constitution? guest: first of all, it's great to be with you all. i'm thinking about washington, i spent most of my career there.