. >> the statue was in berger park. the former grand wizard of the ku klux klan and, the protesters didn't bother with that. they were too busy vandalizing the statue. and, these people were absolute and even defaced the philly civil war memorial. dedicated to the union soldiers that fought the confederacy. >> well first of all they are antihistory, but, someone says get that statue. and here's a news flash, the statue will run away. so you can just get that statue. i saw that, get that statue and they don't even know what it is. now nancy pelosi is requesting that 11 confederate statues be removed from the capital but, he was the mayor of baltimore, he dedicated a confederate memorial to robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. >> that's correct. on may 2nd 1948. the baltimore report said pelosi's father said "we could look for inspiration to the lives of lee and jackson to remit us to be resolute and determined in preserving our sacred institutions. americans must emulate jackson's example and stand up like stone wall aga

park service. she serves as a museum technician at the andrew johnson national historic site. thanks for being with us tonight. >> jacqueline berger, we're going to start with setting the scene. the country had lost presidents before through natural death, but this was the first assassination. so, what was it like in washington, d.c., the capitol and in the white house? was it an orderly transition, or chaos, or something in between? >> well, as you can well imagine, susan, in the very beginning, it was just disbelief. they just could not believe that it had happened. but secretary stanton really took charge immediately and he decided that the president was going to be -- there was going to be a funeral in the east room, and he went ahead and had -- i believe the gentleman's name was major french, set up the funeral and do everything for it. and he was -- went to work immediately to elaborate, you know, this most beautiful funeral for the president. >> and unfortunately, the first lady, who was upstairs, constantly in tears and in mourning, they were building this beautiful setting for this funeral, and they were banging and hamme