beginning friday evening at 6:30 to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower his granddaughters susan, ann and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about what his military and political career. as well as his legacy and rell vaps for 21st century americans. on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years agroa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers, her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott we'll see what role lawyers played in that protest as we flare fred gray, attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little known aspects on the lives and leadership of union general ulysses s. grant and confederate general robert e. lee. and on "real america" a progress report on nasa's project including the manned space program and the mariner four fly by of mars. just before 9:00, award winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the program learns about history

from the united states came president dwight david eisenhower, whose presence at this critical time gavehe nations of europe critical new hope. fluoride, this was a homecoming. at the headquarters, the military arm of nato located outside paris, the former mender of military forces, now president of one of nato's most powerful member nations declared his mission before the large crowd that gathered to greet him. >> frankly, i came out here because of a special kind of sickness, one that afflicts the aged and the young -- homesickness. i was homesick to see this home for a sector and his staff, an agency of nato. built by a great number of nations to the the headquarters of that military shield that must always belong as there at -- so long as there is any menace to the freedom of western nations. once more at the palace, they gathered. this was the first nato meeting attended by the heads of 15 member states. this was a conference calling for highest level consultation. basically, to critical tasks had to be accomplished -- to shore counteract an aggressive soviet counteroffensive. a maj

from the united states came president dwight david eisenhower whose presence at this critical time gavehe nations of western europe new hope for ike, this was a omecoming. at the headquarters of shape, the military arm of nato, located right outside of paris, the former commander of the north atlantic military forces, now president of nato's most powerful member nations declared his mission before the large crowd which gathered to brief him. >> frankly, i came out here because of a special kind of sickness, one that afflicts the aged and the young. homesickness. i was homesick to see this home a sector and for his staff, an agency of nato. this home was built by a great number of nations to be the headquarters of that military shield that must always belong o nato so long as there is any menace to the freedom of the western nations. at the w once more, building that housed the western hopes of peace they gathered, the men of goodwill who bore their people's mandate for freedom. this was the first nato meeting teanleded by the heads of the 15 member states. this was a summit conference c

this evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower his grand daughters susan and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement. as we hear from fred gray attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of ulysses s. grant and robert e. lee. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, a 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and the mariner 4 fly-by of mars. just before 9:00, filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television

programming beginning friday, 6:30 eastern, to mark 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters, susan, ann, mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career, as well as legacy, relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city but to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the bus boycott. we'll see what role lawyers played in the protest and civil rights movement as we heard from fred gray and demonstrators. then, at 6:00, civil war author and historian, william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general grant and confederal general robert e. lee. at 4:00, 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and fly-by of mars. and rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv. all weekend, and on holidays, too, only on c-span3. >> american hist

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus for white passengers. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of general egrant. and just before 9:00, writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv all weekend and on holidays too only on c-span 3. >>> next on american history tv, to mark the september release of the edward m. >> which span 10 presidential administrations. this hour, forty minut

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his grand daughters susan, ann, and mary eisenhower gather to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from ted gray attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. and then william davis on the little-known aspects on the lives and leadership of union general ulysses s. grant and then on "real america" a 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars and just before 9:00 writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and tell vision. american hi

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower his granddaughters susan, anne and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little-known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses. is s. grant and confederate general robert e. lee. then a 1965 report on nasa's projects, including the manned space program and the mayer in 4 fly by of mars. and documentary filmmaker on rick burns on how the publi

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the bus boycott as we hear from the attorney for rosa park and demonstrators. then at 6:00, william davis on the little-phoneknown aspects o ulysses s. grant and robert e. lee. and a 1965 progress report on nasa's projects, including the manned space program and the mayriner fly by. all weekend and on holidays too, only on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv, a group of authors and historians talk about the legacy of the 1965 hart-cellar act which changed immigration policy from a quota system to one that focussed on skills and family relationships with american citizens or residents. this event took place at th

the personal physician of dwight david eisenhower. craig: i have a house on the river.rickledown point. we had a family contest. i always wanted to have named property. and we had a family contest and i wanted to name it animal farm. you know, after orwell. and i thought that was clever and cute. and my oldest son matthew joked and he said why don't you call it trickle-down point? and i said that's it. so we named it trickle-down point. actually, a reviewer of "reagan's revolution" said it was a very good book but i showed the same economic insensitivity to the poor that reagan did by naming my house trickle-down point. brian: a book on george washington's family. craig: i have a contract with harpercollins. i am doing a book on mary ball washington. no one has ever done a comprehensive book on george washington's mother. my early research is showing that she was not rebecca of sunnybrook farm. half helicopter mom, half mommy dearest. brian: and you have a fourth book on reagan. craig: it is called "becoming reagan." he goes through a complete ideological makeover and a

this evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary the birth of dwight david eisenhower, gathering for a rare family discussion to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks deified a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. the and helped instigate montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect and see what role lawyers played in the protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa banks and demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little known aspects of the live and leadership of union general use lisiest s. grant and confederate grant robert everyone lee. 1965 progress report on nasa's projects including the nned space program and the fly-by of mars. rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv all weekend and on holidays, too. only on c-span 3. up next, first lady michelle obama we

beginning friday evening, 6:30 eastern, to mark 125th anniversary of the birth of president divi dwight david eisenhower, a rare discussion, talking about his military and political career, legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then, on saturday afternoon, 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped insta gate the montgomery busboy cot. we'll see what roles lawyers played civil rights movement. at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis, on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses s. grant and confederate general robert e. lee. at 4:00, real america, 1965 progress report on nasa's projects, including the manned space program and mariner iv flyby of mars. and rick burns how the public learns about history through film and television american history tv, on weekends and holidays, too, on c-span3. >>> up next, the israeli defense minister discusses u.s./israel relations at annual forum. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming

programming this evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters, susan, ann and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a sfe bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author and historian william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses st. grant and general robert e. lee. and a 1965 progress report on nasa's projected including the manned space program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars. just before 9:00, writer and documentary filmmaker rick burns on

eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters susan and mary gather for a mayor -- where family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago, rosa parks divided city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we will reflect on the boycott and see what roles lawyers played in that as we hear from freddie gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war author on historian william davis the little-known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses s. grant and confederate general robert e lee. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america a 1965 progress report on nasa's projects, including the manprogram and the mariner flyby of mars. just before 9:00, writer and filmmaker ric burns on how the public learns about history through film a

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career, as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a whiteus to make room for passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we will reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in the protest and the civil hear fromement, as we freddie gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. at 6:00, william davis on the little-known aspects of the lives in leadership of ulysses s. grant, and confederate general robert e lee. at 4:00, aafternoon 19 65 progress report on nasa's projects, including the mariner for flyby of mars. ont before 9:00, rick burns how the public learns about history through film and television. american history announcer: tonight on c-span, up for him on gun v

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus for white passengers. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of general egrant. and just before 9:00, writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv all weekend and on holidays too only on c-span 3. >>> next on american history tv, to mark the september release of the edward m. >> which span 10 presidential administrations. this hour, forty minut

again friday evening at 6:30 eastern to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhowerhead granddaughters susan, married, and and mary eisenhower start a gettysburg college. to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy. then, on saturday afternoon at 1:00 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave the seat on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helps instigate the bus boycott. we will reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in the protest and civil rights movement. are from fred gray, an attorney for rosa parks. author 6:00 civil war william davis on a little-known aspect of the lives and leadership of union general ulysses s grant and confederal generate robert e lee p -- robert e lee. by 1965 progress report on nasa's project including the man graham and the mariner four flyby of mars. before 9:00 writer and award-winning documentary film maker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv all weekend and on holidays only on c-span

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower, his granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordnance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus for white passengers. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. william davis on the little known aspects of the lives and leadership of general egrant. and just before 9:00, writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the public learns about history through film and television. american history tv all weekend and on holidays too only on c-span 3. >>> next on american history tv, to mark the september release of the edward m. >> which span 10 presidential administrations. this hour, forty minut

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower grand daughters susan, ann, and mary eisenhower gather to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from ted gray attorney for rosa parks and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. and then william d

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhoweris granddaughters gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college to talk about his military and political career, as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosea parks defied a city ordinance on a city bus. had he stand helped

beginning friday evening at 6:30 eastern, to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of president dwight david eisenhower his grand daughters susan, ann, and mary eisenhower gather for a rare family discussion at gettysburg college, to talk about his military and political career as well as his legacy and relevance for 21st century americans. then on saturday afternoon at 1:00, 60 years ago rosa parks defied a city ordinance for blacks to leave their seats on a city bus to make room for white passengers. her stand helped instigate the montgomery bus boycott. we'll reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and montgomery bus boycott demonstrators. then at 6:00, civil war authors and historian william davis on the little-known aspects of the lives and leadership of union general liulysse ks. grant. and then a progress report on nasa's projects including the manned space program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars and before 9:00 writer and award winning documentary filmmaker rick burns on how the pub

david eisenhower. the book is called "going home to glory." imagine this. on january 20th, 1961, a bitter cold day in which john f. kennedy was sworn in as our 35th president. dwighthopped into a 1955 chrysler, drove up route 15. one secret service agent in front of them. he came to the farm. the secret service agent honked the horn and they came into the house and their retiring began. it seems to different from 1961 to where we are today. >> it was my father who actually did the driving because ike didn't have his driver's license yet. he was expected to go get his driver's license. which he did, having had, obviously, a driver since the beginning of the war. i would add that ike was really a country boy and he loved the outdoors. and my grandmother, our grandmother, came from denver, colorado and was a bit of debutante. she didn't like the outdoors very much, so she thought there was some romance to this two up, two down farmhouse they bought. she used to say she had one massage a week and that's all the exercise she needed. in any case, they had some great friends named george and mary allen on emmitsburg road. this was a huge plus because not only could i com