learn more about santa rosa and other stops at c-span.org/citiestour. are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. american history tv is featuring suspense original series, first ladies influence and image on 8 p.m. eastern time sunday nights throut

learn more about santa rosa and other stuff on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> author phillip greenwalt talks about how at the end of the civil war, southerners grappled with the question of why the confederacy lost. he argues that many of their writings serve as a foundation for the lost cause. this event is about 50 minutes. >>

to learn more about the city's , visit015 tour c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at santa rosa. gaye: sonoma county's agricultural history, i guess you could say began with wine. the first vines planted here were by general vallejo. at the mission before general vallejo, probably in the late 1820's or early 1830's, which is a very long time ago. they were mission grapes, and nobody in their right mind would make wind out of the now, but they did then. because that is what they had. but the wine industry really significantly began in the 1850's, when a man bought property in the sonoma valley and started a winery that he called one of this debt winery -- buena vista winery. that is the birthplace of what we now know as california wine culture. he didn't plant the first grapes. somebody was already growing grapes when he came. he got interested in european varietals, in 1863, the state established a wine commission because people were getting interested in that. they sent him to europe, and he brought back varietal cuttings of european grapes

learn more about santa rosa and other stops on our tour at c span.org/citiestour. weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. american artifacts takes viewers into historic sites around the country. a mexican-american cultural center in los angeles, open to the public and april of 2011. american history tv visited to learn about the history of mexicans and southern california. ceo.am the president and this is really a cultural center that is meant to tell the story of the influence and evolving mexicans influence of and mexican-americans throughout the history of los angeles to celebrate the culture and educate people. is a brand-new institution in los angeles and we're hoping many people will come and visit and discover something new every time. do not collect objects, we collect stories. people will see different objects and listen to different stories or tell their own stories as well. los angeles is a city always looking forward, always looking to the future. sometimes we forget the origins of the city and how it came about. native americans were here and they had been

learn more about santa rosa and other stops on our tour at cspan.org/citiestour. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. follow us on twitter. for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. located on the national mall in washington, d.c., the national gallery of art was a gift to the american people from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932. up next in the second of a two-part program, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait paintings. in this program we feature the work of gilbert stuart. his unfinished portrait of george washington is the image on the one dollar bill. dianne: hello, i am dianne stephens from the national gallery of art. john is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. he aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with benjamin west. west was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter

learn more about santa rosa and other stuff on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> author phillip greenwalt talks about how at the end of the civil war, southerners grappled with the question of why the confederacy lost. he argues that many of their writings serve as a foundation for the lost cause. this event is about 50 minutes. >> the next gentleman who is coming up here is actually author of three books. he started out writing about a subject near and dear to him, the 1864 campaign in the shenandoah valley. the story is called "bloody autumn." most recently, "calamity and carolina." greenwalt started out as an intern. he has since joined the park service, has done a wonderful with george washington's birthplace, where he was an interpreter for several years, but most recently, he has decided to go into alligator land and has bowed down at the everglades, where he has been for just a month or so. usis taking time to talk to about a subject that eric introduced us to just moments ago,

learn more about buffalo and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. aboutjamie stiehm talks clara barton during the civil war. miss stiehm argues that she played a major role in playing for -- caring for soldiers during and after the war. this talk was hosted by georgetown public library and it is about an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for coming out this rainy day. i am the librarian here at the peabody room. a special collection of georgetown neighborhood history and it is part of the district of columbia public library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. both of those are located at the martin luther king jr. library. i would like to welcome miss jamie stiehm back. she has become one of our regulars here talking about a disparate group from american history. she is a syndicate columnist and contributor to usnews.com, today she will speak about clara barton remarkable civil war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. stieh

lorne -- learn more at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, and c-span3. >> albert gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. next, a historical interpreter portrays him, talking about the war of 1812 and the peace treaty that ended it. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital historical society and is about one hour. [applause] >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. i have to ask who is this person that montoya was referring to, this wonder can -- this wonder kindt he was speaking of. it is my pleasure to be here this afternoon. i would like to thank my hosts for this afternoon. it is a great pleasure to be among my fellow citizens and be able to discuss at some length what happened in ghent, and to address a few other matters which are of interest to us at this particular time, which is the recent application of napoleonic and the possibilities being discussed, the removal of the capital from the current location to anot

you can check out all of our tours online anytime at c-span.org/citiestour. joining us from new york city is maria svart, national director for the democrats it -- democratic socialists of america. thanks are being with us. guest: thanks for having us. host: we have a phone line set aside for socialists. that number is (202) 748-8003. define the mission of your organization. guest: essentially democratic socialism is the idea that everyone in society contributes to creating the wealth of society, and therefore everyone should have a voice in what we do with that wealth. fixing our it is political democracy, because bernie sanders was right when he said on tuesday that wall street regulate congress instead of congress regulate wall street. fix our political economy and then we want to extend democracy into the economy. that means that the level of the workplace, people work together to create wealth and they should get a voice -- they should a fair share of the benefits. they should have a voice in how their workplaces run. then at the level of society, we sho

lorne -- learn more at c-span.org/citiestour.ou are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, and c-span3. >> albert gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. next, a historical interpreter portrays him, talking about the war of 1812 and the peace treaty that ended it. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital historical society and is about one hour.

learn more about santa rosa and other stops at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv is featuring c-span's original series, first ladies influence and image on 8 p.m. eastern time sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house historical cooperations. through conversations with experts, video tours and questions with the audience, we tell the stories of america's 45 first ladies. mamie eisenhower on first ladies, influence and image. this is about 90 minutes. >> today, it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time, our first lady, at this her belated birthday party. to mamie many happy returns. to mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. ♪ to mamie with music, to mamie, with love. ♪ susan swain: a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president dwight eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. tonight, 1950s am

booktv's recent visit to buffalo and the many other destinations on our cities tour, go to c-span.org/citiestour. >> booktv covers hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be attending this week. on monday we're at the new york society library the in manhattan for shane white's recount of 19th century african-american wall street broker jeremiah hamilton who amassed a fortune equivalent to $50 million today. then on wednesday at the free library of philadelphia, sarah vowel looks at the american revolution through the eyes of the french-born marquis de lafayette. that same evening, booktv will be in attendance at nor witch bookstore for a talk on the future of drone technology. on friday we're at sidwell friends' school in washington, d.c. for investigative journalist bob woodward's discussion on the life of nixon aide alexander butterfield and the role he played in divulging president nixon's secret tape system. also on friday historian dan jones will look at the creation of the magna carta and its impact on democratic principle

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andn more about santa rosa other stops on our tour at citiestour. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. journalnal law onrespondent -- tony morrow a case featured in the series and supreme court's new term. >> he didn't get his position because of this. dealt with it.rt it was called marlboro versus madison. the court said basically that he deserves some remedy, but the remedy that congress has provided for this goes beyond the power and touch power and authority of congress. courtere with the supreme was going to strike down that law. this is something the court had never done before. an act of congress unconstitutional. >> on monday, as the supreme court starts the new term, c-span debuts its new series, landmark cases and supreme court decisions. we take a look at the real story behind the famous marbury versus madison case. and the newly appointed chief .ustice john marchal >> john marshall established the court as the interpreter of the constitution in the famous heat -- the famous decision he wrote. >> joini

learn more about buffalo and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3.

learn more about santa rosa and other stops on our tour at cspan.org/citiestour. >> albert gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. next, historical interpreter for trace albert gallatin who talks about the war of 1812, and the peace treaty that ended. this talk was hosted by the u.s. capital has started -- u.s. capitol historical society and is one hour. >> thank you ladies and gentlemen. i am very pleased of this introduction. i have to ask who is this person that montoya was referring to, this wonder can -- this wonder kindt he was speaking of. i would like to thank my hosts for this afternoon.

to learn more about the city's , visit015 tour c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with a look at santa rosa. gaye: sonoma county's agricultural history, i guess you could say began with wine. the first vines planted here were by general vallejo. at the mission before general vallejo, probably in the late

learn more about santa rosa and other stops on our tour at c span.org/citiestour. weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. american artifacts takes viewers into historic sites around the country. a mexican-american cultural center in los angeles, open to the public and april of 2011. american history tv visited to learn about the history of mexicans and southern

learn more about santa rosa and other stops on our tour at cspan.org/citiestour. >> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. follow us on twitter. for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. located on the national mall in washington, d.c., the national gallery of art was a gift to the american people from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932.