in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide lieutenant colonel charles marshall and fellowicers of general's longstreet and gordon took their only refreshment of the day. a little corn meal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and grandfather marshall noted later that this was our last meal in the confederacy. our next was taken in the united states. the agreement of surrender which took place 150 years ago was the culmination of seven letters between general grant and general lee. exchanges initiated by grant on the 7th and closed by grant on the morning of the 9th. the number 7 which might be seen as the number of completion if not perfection. grandfather marshall noted here that on the 9th of april at the little village of appomattox when general lee met general grant, the question of the union of the states passed into history, never to be revived! but what must never be forgotten here, he felt was the conduct here of vicktorious americans in blue toward defeated americans in gray. specifically marshall said of the federals, they love their enemies and did good

dennis bigelow is the great great grandson of charles marshall. as it said, the only officer to join lee in the house. on most days, mr. bigelow works as a costume interpreter for james monroe. we asked dennis if you would share with you his perspective of having a family connection to historic events. [applause] dennis bigelow: you don't need to repeat of what you have already heard about the surrender, so i'm not going to read that of grandfather marshals book. i think you would like to hear this. punctuated by the laws of the armies of northern virginia on april 6, with confederate general gordon having been stopped dead by ac of general sheridan's blue coats on the morning of the ninth general lee new his shrinking army could not remain whole. and could not break out. that after four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of northern virginia must yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. in the wee hours of april 9 general these aid -- general these aid and fellow -- general lee's aides took their on

inoon dennis big ela is the grate grandson of charles marshall. the only officer to join lee inside the house. on most days mr. bigelow can beund found as a costume interpreter for james monroe, of james monroe county home originally known as highland. we've asked dennis if he would . take a few minutes this afternoon and share with you his wit perspective of having a family ctive connection to a historic event his of suchto magnitude and reach. mr. dennis bigelow. [ applause ] >> there's a chill in the afternoon and you've been wh sitting for a while. so you don't need a repeat of what you've heard so well in in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house andouse the surrender.rrend so i'm not going to read that out of m grandfather marshall's book. but i think you'd like to hear this. by the punctuated by the loss of the third of the army at sailor's rginia creek, on the 6th of april with conf confederate general gordon being st stopped dead by a sea of the blue coats on the morning of the the 9th, general lee knew his shrinkin

inoon dennis big ela is the grate grandson of charles marshall. said the only officer to join lee inside the house. on most days mr. bigelow can beund found as a costume interpreter for james monroe, of james monroe county home originally known as highland. we've asked dennis if he would . take a few minutes this afternoon and share with you his wit perspective of having a family ctive connection to a historic event his of suchto magnitude and reach. mr. dennis bigelow. [ applause ] >> there's a chill in the afternoon and you've been wh sitting for a while. so you don't need a repeat of what you've heard so well in in terms of the particulars of what happened in the mclean house andouse the surrender.rrend so i'm not going to read that out of m grandfather marshall's book. but i think you'd like to hear this. by the punctuated by the loss of the third of the army at sailor's rginia creek, on the 6th of april with conf confederate general gordon being st stopped dead by a sea of the blue coats on the morning of the the 9th, general lee knew his shr

lee bowed to the other officers present and charles marshall walked out the front door.hen lee crossed a threshold back on to the porch and into mclane's yard he walked into a landscape awash with both jubilation and sadness for union soldiers, jubilation, joy for the redemption of their four years of effort and their sacrifice. joy for the union joy for the promise of home and safety. for slaves, jubilation at the prospect of freedom and the road ahead seemed uncertain indeed. for confederates, despair at a cause lost. the reality that they would leave appomattox with no more than pride after four years of toil and sacrifice. they would return to communities and towns often ravaged by war to the empty beds and chairs of lost brothers, sons and fathers. few places have ever embodied so many emotions at odds as did appomattox 150 years ago this moment, but when robert e. lee crossed that threshold on to mcclain's porch with a copy of the surrender terms written by eli parker in his pocket he did more than confront a place of deep emotion. he entered a new world, one in wh

who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ]grandson of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was. [ bell ringing ]eat grandson of lieutenant colonel charles marshall who was here at appomattox. [ bell ringing ] [ bell ringing ] >> the third year of the war ending in the spring of 1864, the year of gettysburg vicksburg, and the overland campaign. i call cadet warren jackson of the virginia military institute who saw so many serve here and alvin parker, the great great parker grand nephew of lieutenant colonel eli s. parker.t-gr >> the fourth year of the war, ar of endingt in the spring of 1865, sherman's march, the toils of petersbu petersburg richmond falling, fall the war's end, relief, grief, and rejoicing. i call forth sergeant clark b. hall great, great grandson of charles h. hall a u.s. marine corps veteran of vietnam and first lieutenant samuel moseley, a korean war veteran winner of kore the silver star and the purple heart. >> >> and now at precisely 3:15 on 3:15 the afternoon of april 9th, 2015, bells will ring across america.ing [ applause ] >>> join american history tr

in the wee hours of the 9th of april, general lee's aide lieutenant colonel charles marshall and fellowneral's longstreet and gordon took their only refreshment of the day. a little corn meal gruel they shared from a heated shaving tin. and grandfather marshall noted later that this was our last meal in the confederacy. our next was taken in the united states. the agreement of surrender which took place 150 years ago was the culmination of seven letters between general grant and general lee. exchanges initiated by grant on the 7th and closed by grant on the morning of the 9th. the number 7 which might be seen as the number of completion if not perfection. grandfather marshall noted here that on the 9th of april at the little village of appomattox when general lee met general grant, the question of the union of the states passed into history, never to be revived! but what must never be forgotten here, he felt was the conduct here of vicktorious americans in blue toward defeated americans in gray. specifically marshall said of the federals, they love their enemies and did good to those wh

general lee's staff officer is lieutenant colonel charles marshall. he writes the acceptance letter. they exchange those letters. that is how the surrender is effected. they exchange the letters. they both do not sign one document. over the course of the meeting general grant introduces officers of his staff to general lee. some of them, general lee knows well such as seth williams, who was lee's adjutant when he was a commandant at west point. another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff. he was the son of abraham lincoln -- president abraham lincoln, and he was in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony, maybe not a participant, but a witness to the ceremony, was this ragdoll of lulu mclean, the youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. it was sitting on the couch with the officers came in. they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some officers took the doll off the metal and began tossing around. captain thomas more of general sheridan's staff

general lee's staff officer is lieutenant colonel charles marshall. he writes the acceptance letter. they exchange those letters. that's how the surrender is affected, the exchange of the letters. they both do not sign one document. over the course of the meeting, general grant introduces officers of his staff to general lee. some of them general lee knows very well such as seth williams who was lee's adjutant. another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he, of course was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony was a, or at least maybe not a participant but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mcclain, the youngest daughter of wilmer mcclain. it was sitting on the horsehair couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing it around. captain thomas moore of general phill

on the confederate side we have only one man with lee, charles marshall.there are not as many confederates who bear witness and he will be prolific and writing about the surrender scene after the war. one of the challenges of re-creating this moment down to the challenge of figuring out who was in the room and what they were thinking was partially the fact that

on the confederate side we have only one man with lee, charles marshall. [applause] there are not as many confederates who bear witness and he will be prolific and writing about the surrender scene after the war. one of the challenges of re-creating this moment down to the challenge of figuring out who was in the room and what they were thinking was partially the fact that grant wrote that famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. leave it not need such a story. he lived for only another five years after the surrender. lee's views have to be reconstructed from proximate sources, from those close to him , from the way people reacted to him. i will conclude by saying that in the immediate aftermath lee was a very controversial figure. host:dr. blight: thank you so much john. thank you all for coming this afternoon. you are the loyal diehards. you have all been here all day watching the magnificent tableau of the reenactors in front of our eyes. they are irresistible. i have already watched two marches and stacking's of t

lee sent charles marshall into the village to find a suitable place to meet and encountered wilmer mclean. he sat here at this marble top table and general grant also arrived at about 1:30. he sat at the oval wooden table. the two had met each other in the mexican war and that was their first discussion. they talked about the mexican war for quite a while and the conversation got quite prevalent that -- got quite was in. generally reminded general grant the nature of the meeting and asked general grant to put his terms in writing. grant sat down and said his terms in writing for general lee, that confederal officers would be paroled and allowed to go home. he would allow officers to keep their side arms and personal baggage. general lee later requests that his men can keep their horses. rand initially says no that that is not under terms but thinks about it for a minute and says he understands most of these men are small farmers and can use those worse is. he will not rewrite it into the terms but will allow the confederate forces to keep their horses if they owned one. general lee said t

he had with him his secretary lieutenant colonel charles marshal and courier by the name of william mckey dunn and the two federal officers. they approached the river the appomattox using a fjord. he sent forward colonel marshal with the headquarter's aid to go into the village and find a suitable meeting location. as i mentioned the village was very much of a neutral location. marshal left an account of that ride. he said general lee told me to go forward and find a house. in the community there was the courthouse. no one is on trial. besides, what day of the week is it? it's sunday. it's locked and it's closed. he continued on where we could meet general grant and of all people whom should i meet, mcclain. i'm sure everyone or most of you probably heard of wilmer mclain. i rode up to him and said can you show me a house where general lee and grant could meet together. he took me to a house that was de dilapidated and had no furniture in it. it was a structure that stood out in front of his two story brick home which has an english basement. the house originally been built in 1848 probab

general lee's staff officer is lieutenant colonel charles marshall. he writes the acceptance letter. they exchange those letters. that's how the surrender is affected, the exchange of the letters. they both do not sign one document. over the course of the meeting, general grant introduces officers of his staff to general lee. some of them general lee knows very well such as seth williams who was lee's adjutant. another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he, of course was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in the ceremony was a, or at least maybe not a participant but a witness to this ceremony was this rag doll of lula mcclain, the youngest daughter of wilmer mcclain. it was sitting on the horsehair couch when the officers came in, and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting, some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began tossing it around. captain thomas moore of general phill

lee gave the assignment to charles marshall, whose draft lee modified to strike just the intended tone. after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers of resources. i need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the leftast, that i have consented to this result to no distrust to them. but feeling valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that would compensate for the loss that must have attended the continuance of this contest, i determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. by the terms of this agreement, the officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchange. you will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed. and i earnestly pray that a merciful god will extend to you his blessing and protection, within an increasing admiration for your constancy and devotion to your country, and a

general lee's staff officer is lieutenant colonel charles marshall.ea5writes the acceptance letter. they exchange those letters. that's how the surrender is affected, the exchange of the letters. they both do not sign one document. over the course of the meeting, general grant introduces officers of his staff to general lee. some of them general lee knows very well, such as seth williams who was lee's agitant when lee was a commandant at united states military academy at west point. another interesting aspect of general grant's staff, there was a young captain named robert lincoln on his staff, and he of course, was the son of president abraham lincoln and he was here in the room. another interesting participant in this ceremony was -- at least, maybe not participant but a witness to this ceremony wast( this rag doll of lula m mclean youngest daughter of wilmer mclean. it was sitting on the couch when the officers came in and they moved it to the mantle during the meeting. after the meeting some of the officers took the doll off the mantle and began t

lee gave the assignment to charles marshall, whose draft lee modified to strike just the intended tone. after four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the army of northern virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers of resources. i need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the leftast, that i have consented to this result to no distrust to them. but feeling valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that would compensate for the loss that must have attended the continuance of this contest, i determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. by the terms of this agreement, the officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchange. you will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed. and i earnestly pray that a merciful god will extend to you his blessing and protection, within an increasing admiration for your constancy and devotion to your country, and a

when you listen to charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall, they talked about equal protection of the law. now, the laws are written in a way that provide equal protection. we are now saying that those laws are being used in a different way. with that, i would say there are findings of unnecessary use of force, excessive use of force discriminatory practices by the department of justice. i know we are going to have some questions and answers. before we talk about how it is and what our takeaways are, i would open up the floor to see if based on some of the thought-provoking discussions we have had so far, your own personal thoughts and educational experience and life experiences. are there any questions you would like to pose to this talented panel that we have? we will ask that you step up to the microphone. if you would line up behind the microphone, it would make it easier and allow the recording studios to pick that up. >> in light of the recent killing in south carolina, what is your position about coercing, convincing our congress to require all police to wear body camera

and when you listen to charles hamilton houston and thurgood marshall and talked about, it was equalprotection of the laws. now the laws are written in a way that we understand they provide equal protection. and we are now saying that those laws are being used in a different way. and with that i would say that there are findings of unnecessary use of force excessive use of force discriminatory practices by the department of justice. and i know we're going to have some questions and answers. so before we talk about how it is that we depart and what our take aways are i would open up the floor to see if based on some of the thought provoking discussions we had had thus far, your own personal thoughts and educational experience and life experiences. are there any questions you would like to pose to the very talented panel that we have? please. we're asking that you step up to the microphone and if you would line up behind the microphone that would make it easier and would allow also the recording studios to pick that up. >> in light of the recent killing in south carolina what is your p

charles: and iranian naval ships fired shots at a container ship flying the flag of the marshall islands. this happened early this morning in the persian gulf. the ship is being escorted to waters off the coast of iran. u.s. navy destroyer is in the area heading around as well and we will keep you updated on this as it materializes. shares of apple apple's stock is down a little bit fractionally. basil 62 million iphones, matchable's editor at large is with us. apple is an amazing juggernaut wall street plays an interesting game. this has got to be the best it can be. we were playing this game with apple for long time. they see it and destroy. >> i wouldn't underestimate apple. we knew this quarter would be flat on iphone sales compared to last quarter which is blockbuster 74 million sold and they sold 60 million but if you look at the last same quarter last year 43 million. h huge job, a huge vote of confidence. they have some areas of weakness which is in the ipad area when you look at this because it continues to be flat, and except in japan, who knew? for apple to beget going on the

we highlight marshal nuremburg who not only cracked the genetic code but he also won the nobel prize for his work. charleschultz is probably one of my favorite parts of the exhibit. wern lucky enough to get two of his original sunday comics and a pair of skates that illustrates he was a lifelong amateur hockey fan. and that's something that we tried to do within the exhibit is to find one object or one document that speaks to the accomplishments of each person. the importance of an exhibit from the '60s is to show how americans, 50 years ago, completed work that is still relevant in the 21st century. for example, in the early '60s, at&t launched the first communication saturday lite which was the precursor to the electronic age that we're experiencing now. satellite communications, cell phone reception, worldwide television resemgs and internet service. his prototype was invented by magnavox. the magnavox odyssey was the precursor to pong and pacman and all of the video games that are on the market today. this book brought national attention to the plight and the problems caused by the pst side ddt. which