took my nap and those under a cold and my great-grandmother, she sought abraham lincoln speak at gettysburg, she was from near redding, pennsylvania. to make calls for all of her grandchildren in their high-school colors so when she made from my father was supposed to be bold but came out orange. should and i giggled, speaking about 1910, to me this quilt and they all had the same pattern and i discovered in doing research that the pattern was called the wondering what two. and then q came up with research that there was a superstition in the early 20th-century if not before the two put a child, a sleeping child under a quilt with a wandering foot pattern of your going to cause the child when she or he grows up to wander off west and never be heard from again. [laughter] now some of you who are parents are thinking, what were they doing to this boy, what was the message they were sending to them? it worked because i did go wandering off westin every other direction of the compass. then i started thinking the woman who made the clothes, the great-grandmother who sought abraham lincoln at get

minutemen who gathered on a green in lexington, of the union voice from maine who repelled a charge of gettysburg, of the man who gave their last full measure of devotion. of all the young men and women whose goodness and valor still carry forward this service of sacrifice. it is a story that has never come easy, but one that always gives us hope. as we face these hardships of maritime and arrive at that hour for which we were born, we cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best among us were somehow able to swallow their fears and secure a beach head on an unforgiving short. to those men who cheat that victory 65 years ago -- to those men who achieved that victory, may god bless you and god bless the memory of all those to rest here. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, four of the normandy veterans story with us today will be awarded the legion of honor in recognition of their efforts and bravery. the legion of honor is france's highest decoration. it was created by napoleon bonaparte in 18 02. today's recipients will be awarded the order of officer of the legion of

of the minutemen who gathered on a green, of the union boys to repel the charges gettysburg, of the men who gave the last full measure of devotion. of all the young men and women whose valor and witness still carry forward this legacy of service and sacrifice. it is a story that has never come easy, and one that always gives us hope. we face the hardships and struggles of our time, and arrive at that hour for which we were born. we cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best among us were somehow able to swallow their fears and secure a beachhead on an unforgiving shore. to those men who achieve that victory 65 years ago, we thank you for your service. may god bless you and god bless the memory of all those to rest here. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, for the normandy veterans that are with us here today will be awarded the legion of honor in recognition of their efforts in bravery. the legion of honor is france's highest declaration. it was greeted by napoleon bonaparte in 18 02. today's recipients will be awarded its. -- awarded it. [speaking french]

of the minutemen who gathered on a green, of the union boys to repel the charges gettysburg, of the men who gave the last full measure of devotion. of all the young men and women whose valor and witness still carry forward this legacy of service and sacrifice. it is a story that has never come easy, and one that always gives us hope. we face the hardships and struggles of our time, and arrive at that hour for which we were born. we cannot help but draw strength from those moments in history when the best a

we took them to gettysburg. we went to the army war college. besides the business meetings, there are cultural events as well. the cultural event was to walk the battlefield. we want someone from the college that actually knew the battle. we walked through it each of the three days. we got today 3, the day of picket's charge. we were there along the ridge looking at the trees. we were standing where the army of northern virginia was. we could see were the army of the potomac was stationed. they were giving us the description of the generals objecting to each other. longstreet does not for pickett to begin the charge that he knew was doomed. we began to go up the ridge. my counterpart was named sir francis. i turned to him and told thhim that more people would die in that battle than died on the beaches at normandy. he was stunned at that realization. americans are sometimes characterized as being casually of verse. we cannot stick it out, if we have casualties, we will cut and run. someone else from another nation told me that he told others th

in the gettysburg statement -- address, lincoln said the following. the government of the people, for the people, by the people shall always prevail. this is what we say. this is what the citizen of the 21st century say. is what the citizens of all countries of the world say, what you have said. [applause] >> delegations are kindly requested to remain seated. [applause] [applause] >> we will show you today's briefing with the general rate or dionne now -- ray odierno. we will have that press conference for you at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations? i have no idea. >> government? >> it gets funding through taxes. >> a public funding thing. >> i do not know. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies greeted c-span as a public service. a private business initiatives. no government mandate. no government money. >> now an event with navy operations chief at role gary roughhead. his remarks last an hour. this is hosted by ogilvy public relations in washington. [applause] >> thanks. it is a pleasure t

abraham lincoln bearing the union at gettysburg finally change the grammar and the perception in the 18 '60s. in 1825 to see to shining sea continental nation a patriotic song will still a drink of the land was asked, access to and control of it was limited. the louisiana territory had been purchased two decades earlier that remained mostly on organized. mexico's north stretch from the sabine river on the gulf of mexico to the 42nd parallel on the pacific ocean encompassing all of what are now texas, new mexico, arizona, utah, nevada and california as well as part of colorado, oklahoma, wyoming and kansas. the pacific northwest was open country. backbeat the appalachian mountain range guarding the interior from south carolina to what only recently have become main, threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic seaboard. the allegiance of the several new trans- montaigne state was unproven, their settlers looked westbound rolling river valleys for the mighty mississippi, not over their shoulders at the mountains that separated them from their political creators.

working acted my nap and i was under a little quilts that my great-grandmother sought we can speak at gettysburg and she made quilts for all of her grandchildren in their high school colors. the one she made for my father was supposed to be gold but it came out orange know you're speaking 1910, and they were all in the same pattern and i discovered doing research that that pattern was called one during floods. ben q came up with their research there is a superstition in the early 20th century if not before that to put a child, a sleeping child under a quilt with the wondering foot powder newble cause that child to wander west and never be heard from again. [laughter] now some of you who were parents thinking what were they doing to this boy? what is the message? it worked. they did go laundering west and every other direction. the woman who made the quilt the great-grandmother raised turkeys. [inaudible] in 1940 i got off of my hands and knees and made the staggering steps that we'll do and if you have a copy of "roads to quoz" u.s. see a photograph that my father snapped. we have quilt pattern,

change the back -- at gettysburg changed the verbiage. in a sea to shining sea continental nation the paychecks are still a dream, the land was harassed and access to and control was limited. the louisiana territory had been purchased two decades earlier but remained mostly on organized. mexico's north stressed from the saban river on the gulf of mexico to the 42nd parallel on the pacific ocean encompassing all of what are now texas, new mexico, utah, nevada and california as well as parts of colorado, oklahoma, wyoming and kansas, the pacific northwest was open country and back used the appalachian mountain range guard in the interior two what had become maine threatened to confine the great american experiment to the atlantic seaboard. the allegiance of the several new transmontane states was unproven, their sellers looked west down rolling river valleys or the mighty mississippi, not over their shoulders at the mountains that separated them from their political creators. former vice president aaron burr's enigmatic conspiracy of 1805 c

i go to gettysburg college. i'm entering my senior year there. i'm just wondering like when you're in a debate with a more liberal person, what would you suggest to bring them more over to your side in the argument. >> well, it depends on what argument? do you have one in particular you'd throw out. >> one that me and my friend have all the time is about the war. >> about whether it's -- >> he's totally against all the reasons that we went into afghanistan. >> totally against going to afghanistan. well, i mean, you have to say at some point america has to stand up for itself and when there is the direct link between the government of afghanistan and the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, not to stand up for us means we just encourage others to attack us. what does he say when you've said that because i'm sure you said that. he usually goes off about how -- like we supplied stuff. >> yeah, do that. that's called a diversionary tactic. you say no, no, what about my point. what about -- 'cause they love doing that. they love just talking about peac

i was teaching at hopkins and going up two days a week to gettysburg to work with him in his office, and he used to worry about where i would eat on the way home. he would warn me against certain restaurants, because he had made that drive so many times. can you imagine? c-span: this is kind of a leap, but you write in one of the nixon books about your wife being a great help to you, but she didn't care a whole lot for richard nixon. i don't know that i got that strong of a statement out of you. what did you think of richard nixon, and what did mr. eisenhower think of choosing him years later? did you ever talk to him about richard nixon? >> guest: not very much. i was interested in the war in the years that he was still alive. remember, he died in 1969. nixon had only been president for less than a year when eisenhower died. eisenhower was ambivalent about nixon, as most people who knew nixon were. he admired certain things about nixon; he regretted quite a lot about nixon. he found it amazing that nixon could live a life without any personal friends. he used to shake his head at th

it was in his office in gettysburg. we talked for a whole afternoon about what access i would have, what papers would be available to me, what would be involved in doing this work. at the end of that conversation, he said, "i notice you're teaching in new orleans. did you ever know andrew higgins?" "no, sir," i said. i knew who he was, but he died in 1959 and i didn't move to new orleans until 1960. "well, that's too bad," eisenhower said. "he's the man who won the war for us." well, my jaw just dropped at a statement like that from a source like that. c-span: here is a picture, by the way. what are these? >> guest: that's the higgins assembly line in new orleans. that's where they turned out the landing craft, and that's what he said. he said, "if andy higgins hadn't designed and built these landing craft, we never could have gone in over an open beach. i don't know how we ever would have gotten back into europe," he said. that got me very interested in mr. higgins, and we followed that up at the eisenhower center. i'v