somebody like harriet beecher stowe. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning at 7:00 eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. >>> next on american history tv, historians discuss general sherman's march flew georgia. after that, historian dennis fry talks about the impact of john brown's raid in the 1860 goals. the new york historical society hosted this hour long event. >>> welcome, it's great to be back in the same seats as we always occupy. for those of you who have come to a number of our sessions. we are promised and we are promising each other that we'll do more in the coming seasons. we have a topic today that we think is one of the best that we've come up with, it's a neglected civil war story. because of the focus on sherman's march through georgia. there's a little less attention on sherman's other march, which followed the march through georgia. take a look at this scowling man in a fantastic coat, as we b

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after the convention but it happened in a couple of different areas the first one the relationship beecher in the national government and the state's. >> madison went to the convention we think of him as a nationalist he wanted power he wanted to make sure the states would go as the state said he wanted them to be based on population so they have no representation but then to realize they would win under any version in that included west virginia that was separated at the time also kentucky every time they run the vote count they had all these delegates said they worried about the power because virginias interest in obscene as the same on issues of states is probably the most significant is slavery as virginia house the largest number of the enslaved people at the time of the convention and in the north the states like massachusetts already abolished slavery. so that line is very important that is in one's national power to protect slavery others want the states to be represented. >> we be his positions of what we may think of as modern. >> that is interesting largely it hasn't been focuse

marriage of the mother and father with thehe struggle of independence.tion td already hailed as a beecher work with a contribution of the joy into the complexities for the nation's first lady. >> established it honors the 83 giant many of you know, well and should be recognized. [applause] they told the when i took the job but is still calling with great ideas i ames grateful for all you have done.who tipped me to f to deserve double accolades and with the scholarship offer george and martha washington. americuse] as a great guardian of american history they are here you'd clad to have you back. is a great pleasure. status is the winner of the 2013 and george washington prize but that he wanted three years ago. we're delighted you are here.fo [applause] so with those renewed efforts about martha washington and the critical role and expanded the of partnership at the university of virginia of martha washington's papers is a digital format. to discuss the new book as part of the lecture series. we added to content to the web site and now with their own very special of martha washington. id

. >> he was up beecher. my point with that extraordinary obstruction i have seen the racism and see what has done to him and i acknowledge that but at the same time that the president has not made use and i will share with the reading public that i believe is my interpretation of what those failures are so ultimately weaken worked for the appreciation of the greatness of the presidency. >> host: michael eric dyson author of "the black presidency" barack obama and the politics of race in america" this is amazing. when you think of the first black president of united states of america, race and politics will always follow him. he brought a black family in that vice house. >> a beautiful family and. can you imagine? to be that brilliant and beautiful wife and a beautiful family. >> and the mother-in-law to take care. >> it it shows their togetherness to give america of sense of what is the achievable only permit the beauty of the black family the matter what form it would manifest itself. >> host: in the chapte

there is a significant risk with a beecher siegel contingency operations and. is that true? >> there is a of picaresque and to accomplish the objective. >> the guided called for the contingency operations defeated one aggressor and the idea there. but that current force today while at the same time defending the homeland? >> we are challenged to do those three things but it would take more time than we would see more casualties than we would want. >> it has cut the structure of the assumption with those assumptions that are there so given the current strategic indictment will the department need to? >> to be clear that that structure that we have has the proper resources to be well each from -- well treated and equipped so we have the structure that is affordable with the topline to achieve the balance to resource the modernization and support the all have to be combined. to say it is the best structure beacon have. >> welcome to the guest. a stark reminder of the challenges that you deal with every day that we're here to support you with and i appreciate your comments as to

some southerners would think it was harriet beecher stowe and "uncle tom's cabin." he was one of the leaders in raising money and buying mount vernon for the public and preserving it. so hypnotists, dog shows, magic shows, all of these sorts of things came out of the so-called literary and scientific and professional societies. i find, as i mentioned in my talk, that queen victoria is seeing the same circus that place in antebellum montgomery, alabama. new yorkers and people in philadelphia come and i didn't mention it but in st. louis and new orleans and so forth are seeing the same actors, hearing the same operas that are here. they are all seeing barnum. barnum came here. they are all seeing the siamese twins. they came here. they are doing the same things. they are hearing some of the same lectures. so the are a lot of commonality in people, not just the commonality of human relations. of course, human relations are all over, but in their chosen activities that are the same. >> this weekend we are in montgomery, alabama, a couple of our local cable partner, char

does anybody know that to beecher? true?ill beat donald trump and ohio and that will be the beginning of a new day. [applause] i will beat him in ohio. you count on it, ok? some of the other candidates, if they cannot win their own home state, get out. if i don't win my home state, i .ill get up cou out i promise you could this lady will stand on the side of the highway and wave that flag . host: ohio's primary is coming up next tuesday. another big primary involves florida, ohio, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and a couple of other races that day. we will have all the coverage on c-span. we are tracking the primaries here on "washington journal." we will be talking about the primary coverage tonight in michigan and mississippi, starting at about 8:00. you can see the results and speeches and we will get your reaction. let's go to jerry in cottondale, alabama. is the gop primary becoming a two-man race in your mind? caller: i think so. john kasich has an outside shot. he is the only other viable candidate. i think it's