did george visit his mother in fredericksburg? is there a possibility that may be his motherth destroyed the letters that may have been exchanged during the controversial revolutionary war? >> that's a? good point. it is very possible we know martha destroyed all the letterse george wrote her which of course is invaluable history and she burn the matches passing. it is very possible she destroyed letters there is no evidence so who's to say. >> a social media followers says what would mary ball view on slavery? >> she was a person innry her time she was in her culture. and never expressed any opposition or regret she it.ly accepted she had house slaves there were slaves on theer farm and it was just a part of the culture in virginia of colonial .merica >> did that come through a marriage. >> that's a great point when her parents died she inherited several slaves when her husband died she inherited more. >> did she go out andou actively purchase. >> i believe they are all inherited there is no evidence but it meant something that a

we researched everything fairly well, at mount vernon, the society, fredericksburg, fredericksburg newspapers, at mary ball washington's home at the mary ball washington library in virj, compiled everything we could to complete the story of mary ball washington. >> why is it necessary for americans to know the complete story of mary ball washington? what do we learn about george washington and about the beginnings of america from her? >> clearly -- he had an older step brother named lawrence who was the product of augustine's marriage to jane. jane died and augustine married mary. and young george looked up to lawrence as a role model. and lawrence by all accounts was a very good man. but lawrence also died in his late 20s or early 30s. so, clearly, all of his attributes, his patriotism, his loyalty, his intelligence, his integrity, his fidelity, all of these things had to come from somewhere and clearly they came from his mother. she was the one who taught him the life lessons that made him the standard by which all succeeding presidents had been measured. one other thing too i wanted people

admiral nemitz is a hometown hero from fredericksburg. fantastic in down fredericksburg. tickets are good for 48 hours. you can experience some, walk over and have lunch at one of the great restaurants downtown, do some shopping at all the boutiques and then go back for more. cheryl: its is a really great place to visit. i'm very r partial to fredericksburg. i hope our viewers check it out. thank you for he getting up so early, texas timein time, and tg us about fredericksburg. >> thank you so much. cheryl: if anyone wants to be a part of your town on fox business, you can e-mail us, tweet lauren or i. we love to hear about these small towns. lauren: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. dows is up 9 points, s&p up 2, nasdaq up 8. the fed kept rates where they are. we have a big meeting at the white house, negotiating the deal china. tempers flaired at a -- flared at a meeting at the capitol hill yet. ihop hoping into a new market, the pivot into a new concept. we'll have the he detail detail. ♪ don't p go breaking m

we searched everything at mount vernon, cincinnati society, fredericksburg, and fredericksburg newspapers ball washington's home, mary but washington library in virginia, everything we could -- combed everything we could to assemble the first story of mary ball washington. host: why is it necessary for americans to know the complete story of mary ball washington? what do we learn about george washington and about the beginnings of america from her? ? guest: he had an old step brother named lawrence who was part of augustine's married to jane, and jane died and augustine married mary. george looked up to lawrence as a role model, and lawrence was a very good man, but he also died in his late 20's, early 30's. attributes, of his his patriotism, his loyalties, intelligence, integrity, fidelity, all of these things had to come from somewhere. clearly, they came from his mother. she was the one who taught him life lessons that made him the president, the standard by which all other presidents are measured. i wanted to people to understand the 1700s was not a very hospitable century for a lot o

all of those wounded here will gather back at fredericksburg at the hospitals. here you have one set hospital. you see some of the wounded soldiers. if you zoom in, you can see what clearly must be members of a company of the first michigan sharp shooters. these are native americans fighting for the union. we should not read into this that it is just happening for the union. you have native americans famously on eli parker on grant's staff or stan whaley fighting on both sides. it is a fascinating story to read about what is going on missouri and kansas throughout the times, about the union and confederate troops trying to align with the native american tribes. i suggest i look into it if you can. in the meantime great advancements are made in medicine. women are performing a lot of roles back at home, working in factories, helping keep the farms, doing all sorts of things, but nursing was one of the most visible things they did and they were lucky to be doing it, north and south, because there were incredible advances made. the biggest myth of the civil war --

as we learned at lunch in fredericksburg, virginia, at the mason-dixon cafe. >> people know fredericksburgkfast all day, tracy and dan fisher recall voting in 2016. >> at the voting station, in person looks at me and said i'm rather largely pregnant and said do you want one ballot or two and quicker than i could stop it coming out of my mouth i said well i guess it depends on who i'm voting for on whether or not this person deserves a ballot. >> reporter: that remark focused her mind and what she calls her passion for the unborn. tracy and dan both voted for donald trump. >> somebody watching this is going to understand what you're saying about -- standing up for people who don't have a voice but then what about immigrant children and children separated from our parents. >> that is one of the greatet disappointment to watch people taken at the border and split up. i'm proud to be an american but america is not the only country and our job should be to be a beacon of hope and light to the people around us. >> reporter: the fishers say they still cannot vote for a democrat who favors abortio

innovation let's go back to the biggest admiral in american history fleet admiral who comes out of fredericksburg texas landlocked wants to go to west point and going to annapolis becomes a steady growing within the navy to command the bureau of personnel with a good steady career. what happens? december 71941 the pacific fleet is destroyed. the navy and the nation turned to chester go to pearl harbor and take command of the pacific fleet the problem is it is sunk. it is at the bottom of pearl harbor luckily the carriers were out there is a few submarines. he takes command not on one of those gorgeous battleships in his service white uniform but in a set of khakis watching bodies being pulled out of the smoking hole. that is resiliency squares his shoulder with people like macarthur and methodically and slowly he takes apart the japanese empire. that is the arizona folks. if you have not been to pearl harbor and gone to the temple of the navy, go. see the arizona. that is the start of world war ii. that is missouri. that is the ship upon which the surrender document was signed. this is the beginn

i'm here today because he ducked at the right moment at fredericksburg. when i was little kid my grandmother entertain me with his war stories. it was a while before i realized the civil war occurred in the 1860's and had not just happened. say with thisg to is how close history was in the environment i grew up in. wen we went on vacations stop for every roadside marker on a historical subject. gettysburg at the age of nine and riveted by the experience. to little bighorn in montana and places like that. i grew up with the sense that the present is meaningless unless you understand the path .t came out of when -- i came also to understand -- my mother did human rights work with american history, i'm talking primarily about the civil war, can't be divorced from the politics that produced it. i like walking across the gettysburg battlefield or manhattan today. you are seeing history, the war in a vacuum without understanding the politics behind it and that is primarily the politics of slavery going back to the beginning of the republic. and the book i am pr

the 88th new york, a famous regiment, i'm here today because he ducked at the right moment in fredericksburg. at any rate, when i was a little kid, my grandmother entertain me with his war stories. it was a while before i realized the civil war had not just happened. is howam trying to say close history was in the environment i grew up in. we went on vacation, we stopped for every roadside marker on a historical subject. taken to gettysburg at the age of nine and riveted to the experience. it was 1957. bighorn ine little montana, places like that. i grew up then with the sense that the present is meaningless unless we understand the past it came out of. came also to- i understand because what my mother did, i said she did human work, that history and in particular war, and i am talking about the civil war, can't be divorced from the policy that produced it. i like walking across manhattan today. warare seeing history, the in a vacuum without understanding the politics behind it and that is primarily the politics of slavery going back to the beginning of the republic. primarily heream to talk

i'm going to be in fredericksburg tonight.'m in raleigh, north carolina and nobody is talking about what is going on in washington was there rolling the rising impeachment, even democrats because it has nothing to do with their lives. the prescription drugs, us mca, things that will affect them on a daily basis, the job numbers, security is up there, used to be higher. this is something in new york, los angeles and washington dc. when you talk about people feeling better, nancy pelosi on the record saying if you want to end polarization, she said this yesterday, why don't we believe something we can find common ground in, enjoy music together, go see a play or movie, laugh and cry, be inspired. go enjoy the arts. that will bring the country together. if we get together with a democrat and republican and go see mister rogers or cats we will be a better nation. this is the speaker of the house, the woman setting the agenda for the country, scary. >> besting trump at every turn. >> how do you figure? >> look at the economy, look

i'm going to be in fredericksburg and mclean, i'm in raleigh, north carolina, nobody is talking aboutoing on in washington. they are rolling their eyes at impeachment, even democrats because it has nothing to do with their lives. the prescription drugs, usmca, the things that are going to affect them on a daily basis. job numbers, security is up there, new york, los angeles, and most of our washington, d.c. when you talk about people feeling better, nancy pelosi also on the record saying if you want to end polarization, she said this yesterday. "why don't we truly believe something we can find common ground in, enjoy music together, go see a play or a movie, laugh and cry, be inspired. "go enjoy the arts, that will bring the country together. if we can just get a democrat and republican to go see mr. rogers or katz we will be a better nation. this is the speaker of the house, scary. >> she is besting trump at every turn. >> how do you figure? look at the economy, look at this country. >> i'm happy to answer. >> mike: i hate to wrap this up >> i'd like to respond. let's talk about the

multiple men died defending the flag where lincoln gave the gettysburg address the battle of fredericksburgand then handed the flag over to another sergeant who was wounded who took it to another officer so he could wrap it around himself as he died so these go very deep so to be truthful about our history yes we have national sins but we should not be teaching history of repression and woe but the glorious story of the three people living in a blessed land. i will leave you with one last quote that captures how deep these cultural attacks are and even if we don't realize it we all feel this of john thorton kirkland that said we have learned to love our country because it is our country to have the opportunity to be useful to it because the sweat of our fathers brow and the dust is in the bosom because of our brothers and sisters because patriotism and the social affection that sacrilege upon his nature. thank you very much. >> thank you very much we appreciate that and this book which steps into one alive controversy trying to organize a little bit to lay out the idea of nationalism and th

comes out of fredericksburg, texas, landlocked, wants to go to west point, ends up going to annapolis, becomes a steady growing force within the navy, commands the bureau of personnel. he's got a good steady career going on. what happens? 7 december 1941 happens. the pacific threat is destroyed. -- the pacific fleet is destroyed. the navy and the nation turn to chester nimitz. he's told pack a bag, go to pearl harbor and take command of the pacific fleet. the problem is the pacific fleet is sunk. it's in the bottom of pearl harbor. luckily the carriers were out. there's a few submarines there. he takes commands of the pacific fleet, not on one of those gorgeous battleships and beautiful white service dress uniform. he takes command in a set of khakis with a smell in the air, watching bodies being pulled out of the smoking hull of the arizona. that's resilience. he squares his shoulder. he builds a team, with people like nimitz and macarthur and others and methodically slowly he takes apart the japanese empire. two ships, upper left, that's the arizona, folks. if you have not been to p

host: we will hear from louise and fredericksburg, virginia. thatfavorite was not on the front pages was the end of the two and a half year nightmare called the mueller probe. that to me should be the top puty of this -- what they america through for 2.5 years, and the accusations of lying against president trump. all you have to do is watch the news and you see a lie every minute. the lady that was talking about the deficit and debt, i hope you remember that president obama added $11 trillion to the national debt. a wonderfulo have a year. i had a wonderful year this past year and i hope you do, too. host: robert mueller appeared in front of the house intelligence committee back in july to talk about his report and here are some of the exchange. [video clip] >> apart from the russians wanting to help trump win, several individuals associated with the trump campaign manager trying to make money in transition, is that correct? >> that is true. f: michael flynn trying to make money from turkey. >> true. schiff: donald trump trying to make money f

let's go to vivian who's calling from fredericksburg, virginia. vivian, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. well, the 2%, i wish he wouldn't tell the people, especially trump supporters. the 2% is supposed to be spent on the -- their military, not ours. and they say that he's doing a good job, the economy is doing so well. none of them. you look at those people at the rallies, none of them got a 40 1 k. if you are doing three jobs, you are on disability or you're getting something out of our dime. people that are working or retired and paying taxes. the economy is not doing good at all. i've talked to so many people that's working two or three jobs that they never had to do before. so those people that think he's doing good, they're getting free stuff. and the media needs to investigate them. if they can stay in line for two days straight in a raleigh, they can work. they should not be in disability nd this needs to stop now. host: let's go to deborah from jamaica, new york. caller: good morning. i just wanted to reiterate what she said