another story that britannia recalled or another information that britannia recalled to her grandchildren was her role as a "bridesmaid" in the june 30, 1831 wedding to a young army officer named robert e lee. she talked how the minister got caught in a summer rainstorm and arrived at arlington house soaking wet. he ended up having to borrow a pair of trousers, the reverend was tall and lanky and uncle custis was short and stout. the him was several inches above the too much his boots. another fascinating person who whom britannia interacted was elizabeth skyler hamilton. more tumultuous memories are described in her recollections like her decision to take on union officers as boarders during the civil war in an effort to prevent tudor place to be seized by the federal government. another instance she recalled was the hanging of her cousin and nephew after they were captured and accused of being confederate spies in tennessee in 1863. this image of their execution actually made the front page of harper's weekly on july 4 of 1863. in addition to her own memories and experiences, britannia

in the month of may in 1954, there returned to britain the royal britannia bringing back the duke and duchess after their search of royals that circled the world. for the sea did not imprison britain. rather, it challenged her to expand, to roam across the globe politically, commercially, in a huge complex solo adventure. from an empire of 6 million people, the british conquered new nations. today they are battling still more to the goal of independent dignity. the days of colonization are done. what was the empire is being transformed by the belief and personal liberty and democratic self-government into an association both loose as freedom and strong as kinship over a quarter of the surface of the earth. of this the queen is head. in seven member states, government has carried on in her name. the queen of england is also the queen of australia. she opens parliament in canberra in the same way and with the same right as in westminster. and yet britain still, as she always did, belongs to europe. among the nations of the atlantic alliance, she is set strategically upon the shoulder of

in the month of may 1954, there returned to britain the royal yacht "britannia," bringing back queen elizabeth ii and her husband, the duke of edinburgh, after half a year in some of her overseas realms and territories, a voyage that overcircled the world. for the sea did not imprison britain, rather, it challenged her to expand, to roam across the globe politically, commercially, in a huhugely com social adventure. from an empire of 600 million people, the british created new nations, free and sovereign. today they are guiding still more to the goal of independent dignity. the days of alcohcolonization a done. what was the empire has been transformed by the belief in personal liberty and democratic self-government into an association both loose as freedom and strong as kinship, over a quarter of the surface of the earth. of this, the queen is head. in seven member states, government is carried on in her name. the queen of england is also the queen of australia. she opens parliament in canberra in the same way and with the same right as in westminster. and yet britain still, as she a

all of this was made possible because of britannia kennon, with her stories and lifetime of with her stories and lifetime of work on the house and collections who instilled this love of tudor place and an appreciation of its history to these later generations of the family, preserving the house through the civil war and into the 20th century. so thank you very much. [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] >> american history tv is on social media. follow us. >> less than one year after the nearly disastrous apollo 13 mission that failed to land on the moon had barely made it back to earth, apollo 14 astronauts alan shepard, edgar mitchell, and stuart roosa blasted off on january 31, 1971. apollo 14 mission to fra mauro is a nasa film documenting the mission to life on the moon. fra mauro is the name of a large crater where they touched down and spent over nine hours over two months exploring the surface and collecting specimens. >>

might be a freedom fountain of boris's hands but as restlessness disillusionment and division and britannia grow there's a sense that the only thing britons are left holding the empty promises. to mention in her report scottish leaders are using drugs that to push for an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. a local journalist and writer david jimson things the idea is unrealistic. the idea of independent scottish membership of the european union on nobody knows what nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before the scottish government we know that 62 percent voted for it for the u.k. has membership of the european union in store but that would be wildly different for all scotland's membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states late france germany and formally u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller state and i think if that is in debate on a future in the pain of scotland's membership of the european union then those issues will come sharply into focus

might be a freedom fountain of boris's hands but as restlessness disillusionment and division and britannia grow there's a sense that the only thing britons are left holding the empty promises. france recorded 26000 new cases of covert on new year's eve the highest daily rate since november the government responded done by tightening night curfews. we don't want to implement a nationwide or local look don't whoever we will propose an extension of the curfew which instead of starting at 8 pm will start at 6 pm in all the regions where it's needed is some cities or regions where the incidence rate is above the maximum alert level these measures will be implemented from generally 2nd 2021 aside from the curfews bars and restaurants remain closed over the festive period it extends months of restrictions that have taken a devastating toll on the hospitality industry restaurant owner vince somalia describe to us the desperate state some people are in and how his neighbor was even driven to take her own life. so i've been living in la trinité so for 16 years i have 12 hotel rooms sent to restauran

might be a freedom fountain of boris's hands but as restlessness disillusionment and division and britannia grow there's a sense that the only thing britons are left holding on empty promises was mentioned scottish leaders are using bricks it to push for an independent scotland to be able to rejoin the e.u. but local journalist david jamieson thinks that's unrealistic. the idea of all independent scottish membership beautifully written on nobody knows what terms and nobody knows what basis and it's a totally untested proposition before school because we know that 62 percent voted for for the u.k. for membership of the european union in store but that would be wildly different for all of its membership let's remind ourselves as well that the european union is a very different organization for its major states its largest states france germany and former u.k. it's a very different proposition for its much smaller state and i think if that is in debate on a future independent scotland's membership of the european union then those issues will come sharply into focus and we should expect. that s

should it choose to do so for britain to retain one foot in the european foreign policy space ok britannia nimble written i still want to go back to it because it is important this is the brave new world this is the future where you know we can talk about formal serenity and formal autonomy but we live in a world in which states and people are increasingly interdependent so the question is how much you can actually make of your of your formal sovereignity in terms of negotiating new trade deals the e.u. is the largest economic bloc on the world and it has concluded a whole number but a reasonably of trade deal with japan with south korea with important trading nation and britain china exactly china is and britain will have to do it on its own and of course it's bargaining power which may be much lower in comparison to the e.u. when you talk about buggering power i tried to sort of imagine what strategy they're going to adopt what sort of you cooper terms you would sigh what is there you what is britain's unique selling point now that that's exactly the point that britain doesn't have an. o

director general this summer, and is his exit interview, he addressed rows over the n—word and rule britanniange in a world ripped asunder by technology. eight years ago, deep editorial failures over coverage ofjimmy savile and lord mcalpine led to the resignation of a director general of the bbc after just 5a days. chris patten, then chairman of the bbc, sent for tony hall, a former director of bbc news, who directed a creative turnaround at the royal opera house. i'm standing on the edge. after steadying the ship, hall's big challenge was to negotiate a new charter for the bbc. central to his deal was the bbc taking on a welfare payment for free tv licenses for the over 75s. hall considered this nuclear. did you threaten to resign over that? i thought about resigning, but at that moment i thought you have got to get in there and try to stop this or ameliorate what they're proposing to do. did you make it clear to them that this is a welfare payment and that's what governments do and not broadcasters? yes, we made all of those arguments. it was one of the most difficult and tense sets of neg

should it choose to do so for britain to retain one foot in the european foreign policy space ok britannia nimble written i still want to go back to it because it is important this is the brave new world this is the future where you know we can talk about formal serenity and formal autonomy but we live in a world in which states and people are increasingly interdependent so the question is how much you can actually make of your of your formal sovereignity in terms of negotiating new trade deals the e.u. is the largest economic bloc on the world and it has concluded a whole number but a reasonably of trade deal with japan with south korea with important trading nation and britain china exactly china is and britain will have to do it on its own and of course it's bargaining power which may be much lower in comparison to the e.u. when you talk try to sort of imagine what strategy they're going to adopt what sort of you know cooper terms you would try what is there you what is britain's unique selling point now that that's exactly the point that britain doesn't have in. on sort of we saw just

choose to do so for britain to retain one foot in as it were the european foreign policy space ok britannia nimble written i still want to go back to it because it is important this is the brave new world this is the future where you know we can talk about formal serenity and formal autonomy but we live in a world in which states and people are increasingly interdependent so the question is how much you can actually make of your of your formal sovereignity in terms of negotiating new trade deals the e.u. is the largest economic bloc on the world and it has concluded a whole number but equally reasonably of trade with japan with south korea with important trading nation and britain china exactly china is and britain will have to do it on its own and of course it's bargaining power which means much lower in comparison to the e.u. when you talk about buggery power i tried to sort of imagine what strategy they're going to adopt some what sort of even cooper terms you would sign what is there you know what is britain's unique selling point now that that's exactly the point that britain doesn't h

should it choose to do so for britain to retain one foot in the european foreign policy space ok britannia nimble written i still want to go back to it because it is important this is the brave new world this is the future where you know we can talk about formal serenity and formal autonomy but we live in a world in which states and people are increasingly interdependent so the question is how much you can actually make of your of your formal sovereignity in terms of negotiating new trade deals the e.u. is the largest economic bloc on the world and it has concluded a whole number but a reasonably of trade deal with japan with south korea with important trading nation and britain china exactly china is and britain will have to do it on its own and of course it's bargaining power which may be much lower in comparison to the e.u. when you talk about buggery power i tried to sort of imagine what strategy they're going to adopt what sort of even cooper terms you would try what is there you what is britain's unique selling points now that that's exactly the point that britain doesn't have in. on

and he was a part of a conservative group over ten years ago now who wrote a book called britannia inrised that the stories have reared their head. i am surprised that the government is doing this now. a doesn't really seem to be appropriate when we think about everything that is going on with the pandemic. peoples hours, people losing work, that there will be change in working rights or they'll be quite a difficult thing to sell to the public. we be quite a difficult thing to sell to the public.— be quite a difficult thing to sell to the ublic. ~ 2, �* . ., ., to the public. we don't have a lot of time left- _ to the public. we don't have a lot of time left. if _ to the public. we don't have a lot of time left. if they _ to the public. we don't have a lot of time left. if they were - to the public. we don't have a lot of time left. if they were to - to the public. we don't have a lot of time left. if they were to do i of time left. if they were to do something like that, when that give the uk an advantage and therefore, they could potentially be penalized following the stray deal? th

states would take up the burden formerly borne by great britain as a guarantor of world peace, pax britanniawould become pax americana, the british empire which has actually grown in the wake of the first world war even after the human and economic losses the british had suffered rapidly began to disintegrate after the second. the heroic and lonely stand against hitler taken by the british under winston churchill had wreathed that nation in ever lasting glory. but exhausted its resources. britain had gone broke in the defense of freedom, and would no longer rule the waves. its sprawling possessions on which the sun had famously never set were now unaffordable indulgences. even those countries not formerly a part of the empire, but still under british protection, would soon be left to their own devices. greece was a prime example of the latter. an ancient land dotted with the marble jewels of classical civilization and surrounded by the azure waters of the mediterranean, greece was of prime strategic importance in the great power struggles of the 19th century. for centuries a part of the otto

britannia was the great-granddaughter of martha washington and was connected to the important peoplend events of 19th century washington dc. in two hours, claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his early career as a reverend. caroline: i really look forward to sharing this with all of you tonight. this is a really exciting topic. i should introduce myself as well. my name is dr. caroline wood newhall.

britannia was the great-granddaughter of martha washington and was connected to the important people and events of 19th century washington dc. in two hours, claiborne carson talks about martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his early career as a reverend. caroline: i really look forward to sharing this with all of you tonight. this is a really exciting topic. i should introduce myself as well. my name is dr. caroline wood newhall. i would like to introduce without further ado our speaker for tonight, dr. adam domby. dr. don b, we are excited to have with us tonight. he is an award-winning historian on the civil war, reconstruction, and the american south. he is also an assistant professor and he will be speaking about his book "the false cause: fraud, fabrication, and white supremacy in confederate memory." it can be ordered from any of your favorite booksellers. in addition to civil war memory, lives, white supremacy, dr. domby has written about guerrilla warfare, divided communities, and public history. we will be getting a little bit of all of that tonight, which i am