it's interesting, how did it come to be -- how did augustus saint-gaudens get his copy? the editor of the "century" magazine owned the original copy at one point and he had bronze replicas made and here's the most fitting irony for the day. his name was richard gilder. richard watson gilder, the new york historical society and the city and central park and all of the other objects of his life of generosity just lost our richard gilder and brings the story full cycle. valerie: indeed. we are about ready to open it up for questions and i see our first one is this harold. why were george washington and thomas jefferson's statues considered jokes and removed? harold: i only said that the washington was a joke. i'm not even sure -- valerie: it kind of is. harold: it is. the jefferson was removed because they remodeled the fountain area in front of the white house where it had stood. the washington was -- showed washington in a toga bare chested. and although it was visible. valerie: huge. harold: and it's visible in the early photographs of presidential inaugurations. lincoln

this is a cast or actually a cast by i guess it's augustus from the original. here is a gargantuan hand of the rail splitter, champion wrestler and debater who avoided using his hands while speaking because he said it looked like he was swatting bees. if you want to romanticize that hand, it signed the emancipation thelamation and clutched gettysburg address and the second inaugural. tell us how the casts were made. harold: it starts with this sculptor, leonard volk, a cousin by marriage of stephen douglas. volk was a non-partisan artist and after seeing abraham lincoln conduct a trial in chicago in 1860, he asked him to pose for him. he had seen him in the lincoln-douglas debates. lincoln came to his studio on dearborn street in chicago in march of 1860 to have a life mask made, which was a tool that sculptors of the period used if they weren't going to enjoy repeated sittings. and lincoln was a trial lawyer at the time on a case. so he submitted to this very difficult life mask process, wet plaster hardening on his face for 30 minutes while he had straws in h

while what an understatement with 1500000 inhabitants but augustus come to think of the undisputed cultural and economic heart of the island to feed on the people and the streets of tunnels the particular subjects were a curious photographer. like. we are headed to. iraq and. so feed grew up in this lively streets and knows every nuke and cranny. and one thing's for sure he's not from about the view. but as a photographer he wants to show the ugly side of his city too it's a one way for him to speak his mind about the country's politics a tunnel in time a corruption has grown ever since of course the public. is the same people in power who don't do anything crazy don't history she said. in the fall yell for the. world to give us a sense of what daily life is like for most people in and turn and the river for fried andrian takes us down into the under water here people leave from warsaw as one between the heels that has to offer. more. in tune to 16 to feed angry and set up a crowd funding come pain to build an education center for kids here michael newdow is a leak 50 years you know the doc

isolated outbreaks are probably going to be she's merging 3 main areas barcelona larry and star augustus saying that in those cities the year the outbreaks are under control and in her words perfect retraced there have been more scuffles and tear gas on the sea on the streets of the u.s. city of portland as protests continue there against police brutality those demonstrations sparked by the killing of george floyd have now been going on for more than 2 months. poland is pulling out of a european treaty aimed at preventing violence against women thousands protested against that planned withdrawal in cities across the country the justice minister says the treaty of violence parents rights by requiring schools to teach children about gender and. the u.s. envoy to iran says conflicts in the middle east will intensify if the arms embargo on iran is not extended brian hook warns that allowing the embargo to expire in october will severely undermined peace and security u.s. secretary of state mike compare recently called for the ban on iran purchasing weapons to be extended russia's president s

and augustus specter professor at history and african-american studies at brandeis university. he specializes in african-american and modern united states history, world war i, and african-american intellectual history. he is the author of "torchbearers of democracy: african american soldiers in the world war i era," which received the 2011 liberty legacy foundation award from the organization of american historians and the 2011 distinguished book award from the society for military history. he is also a part of so many projects that i continue to be talking about around the nation, as we are giving these teacher professional development workshops. one of those is called world war i america. you can find a video with him as well as some questions and things that he helped curate to really change how our students think about world war i. so it is a true pleasure to have dr. williams back. he is currently completing a book on w.e.b. dubois and world war i, just completing a radcliffe fellowship with harvard university. this morning, dr. williams will discuss african-american sold

that is augustus st. gauden's masterpiece. that is in a very public place, a bus stop.monument tells a narrative, a story. it tells a deeply moving story of what black men had to do. they had to go die in a war to be acknowledged as men. furthermore, it is an artistic masterpiece. it is a bas relief like no american artist has ever created. once people learned that story, that monument moves them still. not just because there was a movie made about the 54th, but they have to know the story and what it represents. and it is about suffering, about blood sacrifice in a war. the ways that can grab our emotions that other kinds of stories don't. but monuments do need to tell a story if they are really good. annette: yes. and the ones that we are upset about are the ones that tell stories in another way. -- tell stories that are painful in another way. it is not a story -- i talked about the values we have, the value of suffering and redemption in those kinds of things versus people like -- versus the white man's burden or manifest destiny. white supremacy. jim: one of our qu

millions of americans will see $600 less per week, that could affect things like rent immediately in augustu also,, schools planning tore reopen in the first week of august are waiting for mey. they are saying to congress they need some at least seme guida on what is going to happen. of next week, now because of the republicans still seeming to form their plan, i hav to sayy it look likely august is when i think we could see this hole package get through congress.wh who knows, things change dato-day. >> woodruff: a lot of people closely,losely ery li desjardins we thank youth. >> you're welcome. to>> woodruff: we'll spea leading republican lawmaker in just a moment. but first, let's hear from some ofthe people who stand to beom directly impacted by the legislation at hand. two of the major sg points lisa just ntioned-- extending unemployment benefits past the end of the month, and protecting businesses from covid-relat lawsuits-- are at the top of many people's minds. >> so, i own a small taproom focused brewery just outside of atlanta in evandale estates, georgia. and we've been open just a

you may start with augustus and end up with caligula. [laughter] that is a little bit rough, but that is the choice you make in giving up citizenship. i think that really is the choice. it is binary. either citizens govern themselves or the except the governance of someone else or some other coalition. >> i have a slightly different reaction to the question of what is the alternative. in 1774 patrick henry electrified the country when he stood up at the continental congress and said, i am not a virginian, i am an american at a time when primary citizenship, primary loyalty, was still in your individual place. those were the alternatives and i think today we are similarly seeing a kind of reverse patrick whichzation of america in people's primary loyalty is breaking up into various kinds of tribalism. is some people, this division along the lines of race, sex, sexuality, identity politics. i also think the biggest, most dangerous, most vicious identity that is coming to the forefront in america is political partisanship. sign of these thi

it may start out with augustus. there's a choice you make from giving up citizenship and choosing to be a subject. i think that really is a choice. it's binary, either citizens govern themselves or they accept the governance of someone else or some other coalition. :: as we hoped this and i think that today we are similarly seeing that kind of reverse repatriates asian of america in which people's primary well-being is picking up into various kinds of tribalism. for some people, this is division along the lines of race,, sexuality and so forth and identity politics i think is a part of this. i also think that the biggest most dangerous most vicious identity that is becoming, coming to the floor and america is actually political artisanship. the sign of these things becoming dangerous is when people love to hate folks of the other side. it isn't just that i can take pride in being presbyterian if one can take pride in being a presbyterian which i seriously doubt most days. it's that one senses that other members of o

eagle containing nearly half of an ounce of pure gold is one of only two coins legendary sculptor augustusible for designing. the inception of this stunning coin began with theodore roosevelt's famous letter to secretary of treasury shaw on december 27, 1904. this letter blatantly states, i think our e

and augustus specter professor at history and african-american studies at brandeis university. he specializes in african-american and modern united states history, world war i, and african-american intellectual history.