clara barton not only -- this one of the things when i say text books are terrible ourte books say she founded the american red cross, lining just happened overnight and it was easy... she needed it to be aligned with the international red cross which required decades of lobby in the united states congress to have the senate ratify the geneva convention, which is the same yes geneva conventions we'e talking about today. but she inserted the american amendment. and when she went as the american representative to geneva in 1884, they passed the american amendment which is still referred to that way in international relief circles. and what that said was that the american -- the international red cross could not only go into war zones, which is what it had been doing, but it could also going in after a natural disaster. so anytime you hear about the red cross being someplace after an earthquake in nepal or a flood in the midwest or after katrina in involuntary new orler whatever it is, it's because of clara barton. >> host: and i want to point out in "capital dames," you do an epilogue, w

and accompanying that expedition very famously is clara barton. she uses her considerable political power, her association, her leadership with the missing soldiers office, to invite herself on captain moore's expedition. one of the dramas is those two leaders, clara barton and captain moore, are at loggerheads the entire time. the -- they are fighting over who is going to get credit for the work at andersonville. them and,peaks to quite frankly, not flattering ways. the army does the work of using the captured record, the death records they have with them. famous, the most prisoner, he served as a clerk in the prison hospital and he was one of half dozen boys who are keeping the death register, other records of the hospital complex. he is famous, and rightly so, for one of the bravest acts of conscience in the entire civil war. in mid-august 1864, when 100 men are dying a day, he thinks to himself, if my government knew, they would stop this. and he commits an act of bravery. he makes the choice when the chief surgeon is not present to start copy

of medical staff throughout american military history, and echoes the role at the famous nurse clara bartonpot in august of 1865. conclusion, i want to thank the military representatives for supporting this event. i also want to thank the public for their continual support in our national parks. we are pleased to consider this our first centennial event for andersonville national historic site. day will mark the 100 earth of the founding of the national park service, and across the country, our 408 sites will be celebrating all year long. , andvite you to join us find your part. we also hopes that one of the parks you find will be andersonville. thank you. [applause] [indiscernible]

doris atwater was part of that, clara barton was very active as many people know.his became really crucial. there's a movement across the country both north and south to bury the dead, to commemorate the dead. here it andersonville, it was especially significant that the dead here be identified and accounted for. it, 13,500 ofbout them aren't named -- are named. his remarkable given the way they died and the conditions. host: our next call is greenville, south carolina. here is james. caller: i wanted to ask about the food situation at the andersonville prison. foodouth had a shortage of at certain times, i think. i wondered how that affected the prison, into the prisoners have any kind of shelter to live under? professor gordon: well, food for the prisoners was particularly poor. this area of georgia had been relatively untouched by the war. again, before sherman came here. this was farmland, these farms beencertainly could have able to provide food for the prisoners. getting goodoblems quality food to the prisoners. i think that's where the question of who is res

and doris atwater, who was here, was part of that, clara barton was active as many people know.. and so this became really crucial. there's a movement across the country both north and south, to bury the dead, to commemorate the dead. but here at andersonville was especially significant that the dead here, as i said, that they be identified and accounted for. and so if you think about it for the 13,000, that 500 of them aren't named. in some ways it's remarkable given the way they died and the conditions. >> our next call is greenville, south carolina. here is james. >> caller: yes. i wanted to ask about the food situation at the andersonville prison. the south had a shortage of food at certain times, i think. and i wondered how that affected the prison and did the prisoners have any kind of shelter to live under. >> well, the food for the prisoners were particularly poor. you know, this area of georgia had been relatively untouched by the war. again before sherman came here. and this was surrounded, this was farmland and these farms here certainly could have, you know, been able

clara barton not only -- this one of the things when i say text books are terrible ourte books say she founded the american red cross, lining just happened overnight and it was easy... the american amendment, she went as the american represented to geneva in 1884. they pass the american amendment, as which is still referred to that way and with that said, was that the and when she ecrost only going to was went ,ich is what it had been do, but could also go in after natural disaster, so anytime you hear about the red cross being someplace after an earthquake in nepal or a flood in the midwest or katrina, whatever it is, is because of clara barton, so i can make a case for her. >> host: in capital gains you do an epilogue, which it is really interesting and she went overseas for a long time recuperating and there is an epilogue of all the characters that were covered. >> guest: in 1868 with the inauguration of grant and if so what happened to all of these women after that, so that epilogue. >> host: nancy, thank you for holding. you are on with author and journalist cokie roberts. >> fir

while the legendary nurse, clara barton, established an office of correspondence with the friends of the missing men of the united states army, and received over 63,000 letters in wiring after -- inquiring after lost men. charitable organization such as the christian commission financed trips to makeshift cemeteries in prison camps and battlefields, where they copied metadata from wooden headboards and published it in long list of -- lists of names and books given in the order in which they live. all these people and agencies were racing against the destructive effects of time. when graves were marked, the fragile wooden headboards weekly -- quickly decayed and the marks on them often in pencil faded away. in other cases, the headboards disappeared or were found somewhere else attached from -- detached from their graves and a label without an object. in the cemetery for union soldiers who died at richmond's prison, less than one in 20 were marked. the remaining headboards had been taken by poor people in the neighborhood and incinerated to heat their homes. headboards like the bodies

capital beltway headed into mcclain on the they were, on the brakes from 123 all the way to the clara bartonop267, the dulles green way and toll road approaching eastbound your left lane is blocked. i66 remains heavy and slow, we have that earlier accident toward the capital beltway, but we're still with the heavy delays coming in from centreville traveling on eastbound 66, and, of course, you got the sun glare. a live look at pennsylvania avenue at the southeast southwest freeway, back to you. >> a funeral will be held for 24-year old mongomery county police officer noah leotta. he died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver. services begin at 11:00 a.m. in gaithersburg at govinant light church. children mid star george university hospital are getting a special visit. the washington capitals will be spreading holiday cheer to sick children hospitalized or receivic out patient treatment for serious illnesses like cancer. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. throughout the day on news channel 8. have a great ♪ ♪ tennessee whiskey >> com

slow traffic on the clara barton parkway toward mcarthur and canal road jamming up. 395 remains a struggleom the capital beltway toward downtown. and making your trip on southbound i270, you've got volume delays, making your trip toward the spur and getting on the beltway headed toward the american legion bridge we're seeing sluggish traffic on the inner loop and outer loops. >> anchor: a baltimore judge declares a mistrial for officer william porter, one of 6 charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. the jury could not reach a verdict. today the judge will meet with both prosecutors and defense attorneys to try to set a new trial date for porter. and darren wint the man accused of murdering 4 people in a mappings in northwest dc will be in superior court for a status hearing. he is charged with first degree murder in the deaths of savvas savopoulos, his wife, their son and their housekeeper. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. >> it's "live with kelly & michael." today, from the film "the hateful eight," kurt russell. and pe

it is jammed through mcclain from the george town pike to the clara barton parkway.nchor: thank you. today, investigators will resume their search for a fire victim in anrundle county. one killed, a second missing after the fire broke out early thursday morning. it happen in the 1200 block of old camp meade road. no word on what trigaled the deadly fire. the university board of reagents will vote on the name of its football stadium. school president is recommending that bird stadium be changed to maryland stadium. the name bird was a tribute to the school's former president who was a segregationist. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great friday. enjoy the nice weather >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. we have a parenting medical alert. potential breakthrough for diagnosing concussions in kids playing sports. dr. besser here with the simple test that could change the game. >>> holiday shopping alert. the eye opening new story that reveals most of us are parking the wrong way at the mall. h