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custis lee on one side signing the title. on the other side was robert todd lincoln so you have the son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something and i would say that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite north and south again. it took a whi but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we're going to walk back here to the first tomb of the unknowns soldiers. >> yes, one of the great tradition that arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers lost in the war. the first instance of that came just after the civil war when outtermaster general montgomery into the battlefields around washington within a 30-mile radius in washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought him here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead, the unknowns from chaucer's spell, pennsylvania, the other great battlefield. and meigs had a huge pit dug here, despite an ad to bury in the mass grave in 1866. 2111 unknowns. here at arlington. this is at the edge, the end of mrs. lee's g
custis lee on one side signing the title. on the other side was robert todd lincoln so you have the son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something and i would say that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite north and south again. it took a whi but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we're going to walk back here to the first tomb of the unknowns soldiers. >> yes, one of the great tradition that arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers lost in the...
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this is the home of robert eletes, mary custis lead before the civil war. and at the height of the civil war in 1864 the first military burials were made in a cemetery. the lower cemetery, the hour side of the mansion. quartermaster general didn't think that the graves were close enough to the mansion so that he found officers who died in surface and have them buried here around mrs. lee's garden to make it more difficult for the lees to return to arlington after the war. >> so if we longley we see these tombstone's actually encircle the garden? >> yes. they don't go all the way around it but they form a border around part of the garden. i think there's something like at the end of the war something like 40 degrees of officers, and we don't know exactly what her thinking was, but i suspect he chose to bury officers here rather than privates and enlisted men because i would make it more difficult to remove them after the war was over because they were more prominent and better known. it was a strategic move on his part and proved effective because by the end
this is the home of robert eletes, mary custis lead before the civil war. and at the height of the civil war in 1864 the first military burials were made in a cemetery. the lower cemetery, the hour side of the mansion. quartermaster general didn't think that the graves were close enough to the mansion so that he found officers who died in surface and have them buried here around mrs. lee's garden to make it more difficult for the lees to return to arlington after the war. >> so if we...
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lee, mary custis lee. before the civil war.at the height of the civil war in 1864, the first military burial in the lower cemetery, out of sight of the mansion. quartermaster general didn't think that the graves were close enough to the mansion. so he found officers who have died and in service and he had them buried around here and mrs. lee's garden to make it more difficult for the least to return to arlington after the war. >> if we walk along here we see these tombstones actually encircle the garden? >> yes. they do go all the way around it. they form a border around part of the garden. i think there's something like -- at the end of the war there was something like 40 graves of officers. and we don't know exactly what meigs is thinking was but i suspect he chose to bury officers here rather than private, you don't enlisted men because it would makee them aftr the war was over. because there were more prominent. they were better known. it was a strategic move on meigs part. it proved pretty effective because by the end of t
lee, mary custis lee. before the civil war.at the height of the civil war in 1864, the first military burial in the lower cemetery, out of sight of the mansion. quartermaster general didn't think that the graves were close enough to the mansion. so he found officers who have died and in service and he had them buried around here and mrs. lee's garden to make it more difficult for the least to return to arlington after the war. >> if we walk along here we see these tombstones actually...
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custis? and it triggered this blazing letter because he was about to march into the willingness to fight the french and indians and he thought maybe a bullet out there with my name on it and probably might be and so he couldn't resist. he world displeasing four page letter in which he simply said do you love me as much as i love you? i just want to know that before i marched off to maybe get shot. and it was that letter that sally saved the rest of her life. so she had i think a rather strong attraction to this tall muscular man. her husband was a when the shrimp i might add. [laughter] martha also was not aware. george had a temper. she may have had his mother stenberg. martha wasn't aware. i think he did everything he could to avoid telling her that and there's a great story when he sits down to have his portrait painted by gilbert stuart the most famous portrait painter of the time and a gilbert stuart fancied himself something of an amateur psychologist and he mentioned about them holding
custis? and it triggered this blazing letter because he was about to march into the willingness to fight the french and indians and he thought maybe a bullet out there with my name on it and probably might be and so he couldn't resist. he world displeasing four page letter in which he simply said do you love me as much as i love you? i just want to know that before i marched off to maybe get shot. and it was that letter that sally saved the rest of her life. so she had i think a rather strong...
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. > a florida man suspected o murdering his family on thanksgiving day is now in police custy, all thanks to the television show "measuring's mostwaed." motel owners in the florida keys say they recognized the suspect after seeing a preview for the program late saturday and quickly contacted authorities. >>> the secret service says it's investigating an 6th any of president obama found hanging from a building in plains, georgia, the hometown of former president jimmy carter. the secret service has confirmed the agency is investigating. >>> ofcials are monitoring a volcano on the indian ocean island of reunion that erupted sunday with little warning. it was evacuated minutes before the volcano began spewing lava. another volcano in eaern congo is rising concerns. scientists say it will destroy 25 acres of nearby forest. >>> dubai is celebrating the opening of the tallest building today. the government hopes the unveiling othe structure helps revitalize the city's economy which was serious hit by a debt crisis. >> and nowere'a look at how wall street will kick off the day and the year after
. > a florida man suspected o murdering his family on thanksgiving day is now in police custy, all thanks to the television show "measuring's mostwaed." motel owners in the florida keys say they recognized the suspect after seeing a preview for the program late saturday and quickly contacted authorities. >>> the secret service says it's investigating an 6th any of president obama found hanging from a building in plains, georgia, the hometown of former president jimmy...
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the cabinet together or is there any real possibility that he would reshuffle your captain net and custis were required. >> this is a real important question. i believe that if the members of the cabinet are always changing, it undermines confidence not only domestically but even more importantly internationally. the cabinet has to face the country presence to the world becomes obscure, and this makes japan less of a presence in the world. therefore it is my hope each of the cabinet appointments that i have made will be able to continue in their posts for as long as possible. i would like them to work in those positions as long as possible cash. i don't think it serves the national interest to continually and casually reshuffle the cabinet. >> [speaking in japanese] >> translator: we would like to close the conference at this point. thank you very much. a discussion now about health insurance exchanges. part of the healthcare bill creating clearinghouses for people to buy health care coverage. we will hear about how some existing exchanges operate and the differences between the exchanges
the cabinet together or is there any real possibility that he would reshuffle your captain net and custis were required. >> this is a real important question. i believe that if the members of the cabinet are always changing, it undermines confidence not only domestically but even more importantly internationally. the cabinet has to face the country presence to the world becomes obscure, and this makes japan less of a presence in the world. therefore it is my hope each of the cabinet...