we will be back live in just over 10 minutes with caroline janney. she is the author of remembering the civil war. she will talk about the competing memories of the civil annexld by unionists confederates in the postwar era. until then, more civil war history from our c-span cities tour which looks at the history of cities across america. >> southern houses are important because they are and iconic symbol of african-american freedom of post-emancipation. friedman -- freeman with barely anything. this is what they could afford when they entered into the new life situation. we want to preserve the

museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> before the confirmation of robert wilke, peter o'rourke testified before the house veterans affairs committee on workforce morale, whistleblower training, staff vacancies and va employee performance. this is about 2 1/2 hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. welcome. thankal you a thank you all for joining us on the implementation of the department of veterans affairs accountable and whistle bs blower protection act of 2017. last year's enactment of this legislation was years of work by members of this committee and also the reforms to the federal civil service system. this law put in place to provide the secretary the tools he or she needs to protect whistle blowers and hold poor performing employees accountable. i said time and time aga

we will be back live in just over 10 minutes with caroline janney. she is the author of remembering the civil war. she will talk about the competing memories of the civil annexld by unionists confederates in the postwar era. until then, more civil war history from our c-span cities tour which looks at the history of cities across america. >> southern houses are important because they are and iconic symbol of african-american freedom of post-emancipation. friedman -- freeman with barely anything. this is what they could afford when they entered into the new life situation. we want to preserve the symbols of freedom. they are small in dwelling but i have such a large story and that is why we want to preserve these shotgun houses. ining a neighborhood started 1872. we back up a little bit there, the plantation was broken into lots and sold for homeownership post-emancipation. it was a way to keep the people out new free of the town of salem. dr. schuman was an arabian. he owned slaves. needed aof salem doctor and they wanted to bring in dr. schuman. the

keven walker, ceo of the shenandoah valley battlefield association, caroline janney and james robertson author of "after the civil war -- the heroes, villains, soldiers who changed america." watch the confederate icons conference saturday morning at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> this weekend on oral histories, the first of our eight-part series on women in congress. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, former republican congresswoman susan molinari. >> it also made me a fighter and made me, you know, i was just forced to be tougher. that's -- you know, isn't that sort of the secret. at least it was back then. we were constantly being underestimated as females. and so, you know, sometimes being underestimated is a good thing because you can add to the element of surprise. i remember a lot of my debates where the people i was debating didn't take me seriously until i got up there and then it was too late. the same thing happens when you are negotiating. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen pentsley, barbara kennelly, nancy joh