. >> historian james "bud" robertson talks about robert e. lee's tries to virginia and the various military campaigns throughout the state. during the question and answer period, it discusses his role in the centennial and sesquicentennial anniversaries of the civil war. this 45 minute talk was sponsored by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. mr. robinson: -- mr. robertson: it's always nice to be the keynote speaker. you can speak in a disjointed way. totally disorganized, and people say that is marvelous. i'm going to do a disjointed speaker speech for you this morning, if i may. let's start with a couple of reflections on the confederate battle flag. if politically correct people were capable of understanding history, which they are not they , would complain not about the southern cross banner, but they would complain about the stars and bars. nationale south's flag, the emblem of a government, with slavery as is backbone. the battle flag is different in another sense. a soldier's home was -- not the brigade, not the division. it

you started with bud robertson. you ended with the least, as far as i'm concerned. [laughter] thank you, very much. [applause] interested in american history tv? visit c-span.org/history. you can see our upcoming schedule or watch a recent program. american artifacts, wrote to the white house rewind, lectures to history, more at c-span.org /history. this weekend on rewind, we look at the start of dwight eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign. here's a preview of his speech he gave in abilene, kansas. must, as a people, hold fast to our faith and ideals, which are fundamental to the free system. we must work together in an atmosphere of good will and confidence. we see an increasing trend for an unreasonable antagonism between economic elements of our own country. indulgence in the fantastic notion that any major part of our society can long prosper unless the whole enjoys prosperity. this is a danger that is easier , byntensify than to reduce depending exclusively on legislation. prepared tof us are apply responsible citizenship to our problems on the alternative i

. >> historian james "bud" robertson talks about robert e. lee's tries to virginia and the various military campaigns throughout the state. during the question and answer period, it discusses his role in the centennial and sesquicentennial anniversaries of the civil war. this 45 minute talk was sponsored by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. mr. robinson: --