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national park service, and across the country, our 408 sites will be celebrating all year long. , andvite you to join us find your part. we also hopes that one of the parks you find will be andersonville. thank you. [applause] [indiscernible] ♪ >> you are watching american history tv on c-span3. our coverage of ceremonies in andersonville, georgia at the site of the andersonville prison. you have been learning about it. earlier today we had a chance to talk with an historian on this topic, you saw the ceremony. we continue with our conversation to learn more about life at andersonville prison. our next guest joining us now will be with us, the university professor leslie gordon, she just spoke at the funeral. she will be taking her questions, if you like to ask a question, call us now. you can also tweet us or post questions on facebook.com/c-span. joining us is leslie gordon --professor lesley gordon. professor gordon, thanks for joining us. professor gordon: thank you. host: can we start with a little bit of what you talked about in your speech as far as survivors of andersonville, can