but once ronald reagan began praising franklin d. roosevelt as a kind of predecessor, and as i say, newt gingrich does exactly the same thing now--the republican party has changed. not everyone in the republican party has changed, but it is an important fact that these two leaders of--who helped define the modern republican party spoke so well of franklin d. roosevelt. c-span: any idea of why you wouldn't write much about john f. kennedy or jimmy carter? >> guest: well, jimmy carter didn't exist for me. it's as simple as that. john f. kennedy i admired; as i say, i voted for him. i thought he had the potential to be a great president, and then, of course, he was assassinated. i was somewhat disillusioned by the time he was assassinated. but why didn't i write about john f. kennedy? maybe i did at some point. i don't know. i think what happened is that he was out of the picture, as he had been gone, before i started writing steadily on current affairs, which really began in the late '60s, early '70s. c-span: today do you still have a relationsh

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when president franklin d roosevelt spoke with holmes four days after his inauguration, roosevelt asked him if he had any advice for dealing with the crisis facing the country. war, mr.in a president, holmes replied. i was in a war too. in a war, there is only one rule -- form your battalions and fight. [applause] >> it is nice for me to be here as well. hahink james mcpherson an excellent summary of his civil war experiences and i will not repeat that. the want to suggest that cumulative experience of the war for holmes with considerable ambivalence. outt of all, he mustered when his initial term of enlistment expired and he did that after a considerable soul-searching. months before he made the decision, he had written a nortonto charles eliot talking about how he had been asked -- inspired by an account norton had given out to the crusaders. he likened the participation in the war to a crusade on the poor hapless holes of allies world and then ended the letter i saying he planne -- by saying he planned to re-up. letter,ime he wrote the he was to face the last of a series of harrowing

harvey kaye because president franklin d. roosevelt a public acknowledgment on january 6 of 1941 of 4 freedoms, but all people should be entrusted with. which included freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. the author argues a reminder of the four freedoms because today's political and social issues. this is about 45 minutes. >> first of all i want to thank national archives staff are invited me to speak. i've always had a special affection for washington, d.c. ever since i was 10 and they came down with the boy scouts and walked the monuments and every time since, every time since i always come down in the city has changed since 1960. but i just cannot resist a walk from george washington to world war ii to the lincoln, roosevelt, jefferson. so this is particularly thrilling to me to be speaking. this is the closest is above into the monuments. there'there something else i wao tell you about my talk today. which would only be fair. i wrote the fight -- "the fight for the four fr

his family receiving a message from president franklin d roosevelt reading:. >> but he had survived. enduring 47 days in a barrel raft, living on water and fish. he was caught by the japanese and severely weighten and mistreated in a br k -- beaten and mistreated in a prison of war camp. >> it was heart breaking. i never had a thought in my mind about giving up. >> at home he struggled with alcohol until a sermon by billy graham turned his life around. he later returned to japan, where he met and publicly forgave some of his captors. decades later, following a best-selling book, his life is being brought to hollywood by angelina jolie, saying bringing his heing as si to the -- his legacy to the screen is a responsibility. >> such a huge responsibility. angelina jolie released a statement about his death:. >> an american honoured for a near century of life, filled with so many remarkable event. and the spirit with which he faced them. >> our picture of the day is coming up next. plus, watching the fireworks is one thing. larning how they work is four. how jake ward brings us the amazi

when president franklin d roosevelt spoke with holmes four days after his inauguration, roosevelt asked him if he had any advice for dealing with the crisis facing the country. you were in a war, mr. president, holmes replied. i was in a war, too. in a war, there is only one rule -- form your battalions and fight. [applause] >> it is nice for me to be here as well. i think james mcpherson had an excellent summary of his civil war experiences and i will not repeat that. i do want to suggest that the cumulative experience of the war for holmes with considerable ambivalence. first of all, he mustered out when his initial term of enlistment expired and he did that after a considerable soul-searching. months before he made the decision, he had written a letter to charles eliot norton talking about how he had been asked -- inspired by an account norton had given out to the crusaders. he likened the participation in the war to a crusade on the poor hapless holes of allies world and then ended the letter by saying he planned to re-up. at the time he wrote the letter, he was to face the last of

liz family even receiving a message from franklin d. roosevelt, that wrote in grateful memory. he is stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live and grow. but he had sur is vived. he was eventually caught by the japanese, and severely beat and mistreaten in a p.o.w. catch. >> from one with 55, down to 65 pounds it was heartbreaking. but i have never had a thought in my mind, ever, about giving up. >> back at home, he struggled with alcohol, until he said a sermon by billy graham turned his life around. he later returned to japan where he met and forgave his captors. his life is being brought to hollywood. she says bringing his legacy to the big screen, is quite a responsibility. >> such a huge responsibility. to get it right. >> and angelina jolie has issue add statement about his death, in which she is says it is a loss impossible to describe, we are all so grateful for how enriched our lives are for having known him, we will miss him terribly. >> hughey an american honored for a near century of life, filled with so many remarkable eve

he was the secretary of griculture for franklin d. roosevelt. known for the agricultural adjustment act, which was the first time that farmers were .sked not to produce at first, people could not believe the kinds of things he was proposing regarding that, though when, as prices went up, they started to listen to him. people still refer to him today as the genius secretary of agriculture. andxplore the history literary life of des moines, iowa, throughout the weekend on tv and american history tv on c-span3. up, author and professor lyle dorsett talks about the role of military chaplains room world war ii. about 12,000 traveled into battle. professor dorsett explores the difficulties the chaplains faced and shares stories from many of their autobiographies. the event was part of national world war ii museum commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day in june. >> thank you for attending this session. i will try to lead time at the end for questions and answers if you like.

franklin roosevelt went on the air the night before, now this was the 5th. this was supposed to have been the original d-day. he knew, very few others knew. apparently the vice president did not know. it's not clear the secretary of state knew, although roosevelt routinely kept the secretary of state often out of the loop. secretary of the navy, secretary of war did know. but it was a very small group, and roosevelt went on the road because he was announcing the fall of rome which had taken place the day before in the italian campaign. here is a reason to celebrate and, of course, while he's giving that speech he know that is even as he's speaking troops are going ashore in normandy but says nothing about it until the next night when he says when i spoke to you yesterday about the fall of rome, i knew our boys were heading ashore but could not tell but it until now. so that was kept very close. it is surprising that the vice president didn't know given in particular the president's health, but it was a deliberate effort to keep that very close hold to as few people as possible. >> from facebook, mr. sym

this library are the recorded voices as such well-known americans as theodore roosevelt and franklin d roosevelt. >> the principles for which we stand are the principles of fair everynd a square deal for man and every woman in the united states. all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. in this theater, stork films are shown on request to those who need to study them. these scenes are from the inaugurations of presidents mckinley and wilson. national archives is a custodian of the living past and a link to the unborn future. there is significance in the phrases "study the past" and "what is past is prologue." these are beneath the statues at one interests of this beautiful building which preserve the drama and romance of america's history. ♪ >> on the communicators monday night, two members of congress talk about their technology legislation. 702 oft said this, under the act, you can collect data, and we now know from the snowden disclosures that it is a lot of data, and that may also include the information of americans, even though that cannot be the