but in order, create the statue of buford at gettysburg route, kelly interviewed everyone that saw buford day. how did he stand what did he say? what did he wear? and buford is a commanding a cavalry division. so most people would think that they would put buford on horseback. but kelly said no. buford fought his men dismount to holding in, check the attack of the confederates on the morning of july 1st. now, so, of course, kelly had to depict buford on foot, standing up, just lowering his binoculars after sighting enemy and preparing to fire. first shot at the battle of gettysburg gettysburg. this is the dedication of the buford statue. kelly if you can see in the center of the group standing of it all the he's surrounded by his former cavalryman providence, some of the greatest cavalryman that ever lived james wilson wesley merritt, gregg and others gathered around kelly, and they considered his finest work and that was dedicated. this picture was july 1st, 1895. some 30 years after the battle. but it was again considered finest work, and he was literally cheered that day. and by the me

sylvester, next, in our diversity, equity and inclusion office under assistant deputy chief sean buford, sean continues to work through the month of april on his pathways and pipeline cohort. it's his dot academy involvement. i think i've discussed this before. where, chief buford will support the division of training and support those recruits when they are struggling to see how they could better assist, whether it be at the division of training or through the dio office, chief buford continues to seek partnerships and collaborations to move the department forward and move the mayor's priorities forward. in the month of march, he attended the earth day kickoff, where commissioner collins daughter was recognized. congratulations. he also kicked off the 9910 cohort number six and the h three level one academy class. he also attended a healing village collaborative where they discussed overdose subcommittee or subcommittee, discussed addressing opioid overdose in african-american communities. he also attended the usns harvey milk dedication with chief nicholson and other command staff. re

none of these pictures feature me very so i'm the only different thing about buford are buford, so we will change that we, we make that end up, but it is a life i'm going to. i remember one of the family dinners is to like, you see you and magazines is you news people you had a producer, but there was somebody you are reporting to know. i said no, no, i am so body. but couldn't believe it. like they must have somebody are digging orders from like, somebody will tell you how do you know how to do it or do a loan? did you listen to do? last you appeared in 10. 16 is back. yeah. may i ask who, how? yes. unfortunately, they were both on when my mom left last the batteries against me and my dad had a very high diabetes and gave me issues and he was in dialysis. the most unfortunate part of this is that they both left in 6 months. so that was a huge hit and i'm the only jake, extremely loved by them. uh, they have really empowered me made me travel. the words above and beyond their means did this, the success to some extent this saw uh, northwestern salaam, india. uh, they saw the 1st one,

. >> reporter: it took 20 years for a black astronaut buford to make it to space.nally get his turn. with blue origin's seven-crew flight ed dwight didn't get to be the first black astronaut, but at 90 years of life he became the oldest person to reach space. you are officially astronauts. welcome home, everybody. >> it was a life-changing experience. >> reporter: sharing this page in history with loved ones who know all too well it was a long time coming. >> it was everything you could think of. i thought i really didn't need this in my life. i am ecstatic. >> reporter: dwight proving that you're never too old to rewrite your own story. marissa parra, nbc news. >>> when we come back, there is more good news tonight about the a father and son after hundreds of hours in the cockpit together. the full-circle moment for a father and son after hundreds of hours in the cockpit together. ...off. she developed agitation that may happen with dementia due to alzheimer's disease. sometimes she'd fidget with her fingers, get suddenly overwhelmed, and even throw things. and th

doug edgerton wrote about the beaches t discovered since that remains were moved to buford national cemeteryity of georgia press chose taken massachusetts. that's men who fell in that battle. and it is very possible that robert gould shaw is buried under one of these namelesstones. michael gray wrote about a train wreck in northeastern pennsylvania that led to hundreds of confederate p.o.w.s dying and being thrown in a mass ditch along the delaware river. melody andrews reflects on the meaning of theedd schantz has a powerful essay about lincoln murder and two of our writers, caroline janeen, hillary green, wrote about the slave cemeteries and jennifer murray wrote about a horse animal. history is becoming very popular. and old baldy general meade's horse was died after the war and was buried and his comrade meade's groun to philadelphia and take this picture at the art museum. you can go visit old baldy today. and of course, if we want to know who's buried in grant's tomb and if you don't know we're not going to tell you. we had todecided to look at grant in a slightly different way through th

i was proud to be working for buford boone, the most courageous any klan and any wallace editor in the state. my time in his newsroom enabled me to assemble for this book. an overview of klan connect tivity that i've never seen anywhere. it draws on linkages might have missed out. i might have missed. but for my obsession with alabama's ignored past and experiences on my native ground. great. let's move to the civil war aspect of your book. civil war story gets underway. chapter six. and the book is a kind corrective because it tells the story. the first alabama union cavalry, a roster of 2000 who fought for the union and burned atlanta with william tecumseh sherman. tell us about christopher sheets and the first alabama. who was christopher sheets in a fairer world where history was not ignored or covered up? he would be one of the most famous figures in alabama history as as a patriot. christopher sheets was 21 year old mountain schoolteacher. he stunned north alabama when ran against the county's biggest plantation and owner and defeated him. 500 votes to 100 votes for a seat in sec

it's a surveyed line in the plain of reeds, just a grassland, kind of like down around buford, where you go out to the park and it's just tidal basin. it was like that. no, no geographic marker, no road, no canal, anything like that. at the border. so we approached into the buffer zone and then we approached in a no fly zone. i tell you, i'm sure we're headed towards cambodia. and when he made that call to lead, lead, of course, questioned the new guy's navigational skills. could you get me that water, please? like, i'm going to have time to open it up and drink it. thank you. and where were we? we were on the way to cambodia. so it's nighttim we're flight three and a v. we're flying off the right side. we start descending, starting our approach and the approaches over a wooded area into an open, grassy area. and. at about 100 feet, we fly over this tree line, headed towards a clear grassy area and automatic weapon opens up and shoots green tracers directly into the lead helicopter. i'm looking at the lead helicopter. i'm close to the controls in case my aircraft commander gets hit,

of iran security council, and vowing the country's government will continue to work grand motion, buford, that there will be no disruption in the country's affairs black flags have been hoisted across iran as the country's leadership has ordered five days of mourning canceling most public events also deeply mourning the country's foreign minister hossein amir abdollahian, who was instrumental in the past months as iran and israel came to the brink of full-on war and traded missile strikes abdollahian also challenging the us in a recent interview on cnn's outfront with erin burnett, brynn has that i'm on recovery. i do think that america must pay closer attention and focus on the adventure seeking regime in israel. so the such a crisis will not happen in gaza because netanyahu showed he will not respect any the red lines ron has launched an investigation into the crash that killed two key figures of the islamic republic's leadership. >> while vowing that the nation will carry on i was our fred pleitgen reporting outfront now, karim sajed, poor senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for i

. >> moving on to our d e i get in john buford busy throughout every month coordinating with oewd and other cities agencies and bringing diversity and equity in every aspect not only this department but citywide. this month i'll highlight attend the apa heritage month and women's policy submit and also attended the loma linda first one to speak on shift happens i'm sorry this is at shift happens with director kimberly ellis with the department of women and chief inspector and tom and matthew bringing some of that awareness to shifts happens discussing or discussing operations and disasters to the community and how they can get involved. in recruitment and outreach lieutenant anderson among the many things he does coordinated the stop at pip burton high school a one-day two yap where they taught students how to speak on opioid overdose and how to overcome those with that and - but i really want to highlight really one of the gentleman here we had to folks put on this training nick and rich two of our newest h-3 level paramedics and it goes to show folks we're hiring and the recruitment

proclamation and for our next excerpt excerpt, extract from the minutes of the baptist church of christ in buford, south carolina. january. 1863. one resolves that all unite with our hearts and minds and souls to give thanks to god for this great thing that he has done for us, that he has put it into mr. lincoln's mine, that all should come to this very according to the will of god in freeing all the colored people. we believe that jesus christ will now see of the travail of his soul and what he has for us to resolved that we all unite together to give mr. president. lincoln, our hearty thanks for the proclamation. we are more than thankful, him and to god and pray for and for ourselves. may the blessing god rest upon you. may mercy, peace sustain you. may you go on conquering. and to this rebellion. we have gathered together two or three times a week for the last five months to pray that the lord might help you and all your soldiers, hoping that the almighty would bless and all your goings and crown you with a crown of glory, and upon the. we never expect to meet your face earth, but maybe in a

. >> reporter: it would take 20 more years for dion buford to be the first black astronaut to go to space oh, god no. >> not at all? no. >> not at all? >> no. >> but sunday after he was >> no. >> reporter: but on sunday, 63 years after he was first poised to break boundaries, dwight crossed the carbon line and finally made it beyond earth's atmosphere. at 90 years and eight months old, he's now the oldest person to do it. >> oh, wow. >> beating the record previously held by captain kirk himself, after william shatner. back on earth, dwight was radiant. >> long time coming. >> the nine minute and 53 second trip to space, worth the six decades' long wait. >> i thought i didn't need this in my life, but now i need it in my life. >> that's amazing! >> how good is that. once ed landed, he said this dream of going to space was something he had to defer for so long and think this is something that's never going to happen. put it in the back of his mind. now that he's done it, he says he wants to go back. but next time he wants to go into orbit. >> okay. goals, there you go. >> that's amazing, wh