let me say, stones river is the perverse gettysburg. gettysburg. gettysburg has become more important to us than it was at the time, i would argue if you read the sources and the political leaders in the newspapers, this was a very big deal at the time. it was a very hard point in the war for the union. it was a much needed victory, even if it was not as big as the ones as general grant. he also captured the important railway hub of chattanooga. he even got general james long treat to agree to this, as well. so, whatever he could do to furnish reputation. he was a billion -- an engineer, devout christian. but he was not without his flaws. as i am the first to admit as his future biographer, he was very easy to hate. he had a bad temper, smoked incessantly, slept too little, mistakes,ers for his arrogant, and unforgiving. worst of all, his self-righteousness made him temperamentally incapable of getting along with many of his superiors. these traits and the personal enemies he racked up over the course of the war undermined his once promising career

in the gettysburg address, incoln didn't only honor the people who lost their lives at gettysburg, he had a message for the living. he said, it is for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that a government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. [applause] hat was the challenge from lincoln to those present that day in gettysburg. it was a challenge he handed down to every generation that ollowed. that challenge has been handed to us. it is a test above all others -- will we be the ones to let the government of, by, and for the people perish from the face of the earth? will we let that happen? absolutely not. we will not, i will not, you will not. [applause] it will not be extinguished on my watch, or yours. [applause] on one hand, we are facing the biggest threat any of us has faced. we have never had a future that is more promising. [applause] i am more optimistic about america's future today than when i got elected not old enough to be sworn in as a united states senator at age 29. here's why. we are better positioned than any nation in the

and all they want to talk about is gettysburg. if you look at the monumentation going on, that first real push of monumentation is at gettysburg, and all those army of the potomac veterans talking about what great work they do. it is not surprising and not ironic. there is a very clear reason that the war department says the chattanooga will be the first know terry park in part because that -- the first military part. they consciously organize groups to come together. they also have a union victory and a confederate victory. >> and also about yourtogether r territory. as part of that. so the reconciliation goes both within union veterans and between union and confederate veterans there. and all amplify that. i'll amplifyd that, your question, by saying there is a very distinct western memory. not among all veterans, but among some veterans. i had the great pleasure to direct a dissertation that turned into a book that one out wiley silver prize for the first s but on the civil war by mathew stanley. the royal west is his book. is

in his gettysburg address, lincoln didn't honor only the bravery of those who lost their lives in gettysburg, he had a message for the living. he said, it is for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that a government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. folks, that wasn't just a challenge from lincoln to those present that day in gettysburg. it is a challenge he handed down to every generation of americans that follow. now, that challenge has been handed to us, and it is a test above all others, that future generations of america will measure us by. will we be the ones to let the government of, by, and for the people perish from the face of the earth? we let that happen, dare we let that happen? absolutely not! we will not. i will not. you will not. the promise to our nation, standing as a beacon of hope to the world, will not be extinguished on my watch or yours. here's the amazing thing about this moment in history, on the one hand, we're facing the biggest threat any of us gathered in this field, in this beautiful place, any of us have faced in o

yes, long after gettysburg. confederates reasonably hoped a republican incumbent abraham lincoln lost the 1864 presidential election, the peace wing of the party might advance or any negotiations which could result in confederate independence. additionally, a republican loss would have spelled the doom of emancipation in the united states which was a mere military measure and not yet law in 1864. the 1864 presidential election provides us with an example of how battlefield events profoundly shaped politics. lincoln himself was convinced by the bloody stalemates in virginia and or java -- georgia in the summer of 64 that he would not be reelected and wrote a memorandum to that effect in august of 1864. stating "this morning, as for seven days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this administration will not be reelected. the president then sealed the memo and had his cabinet sign it. yet, just as the summer campaigns brought lincoln despair, so did william sherman's win in atlanta and sheridan's victory in oc

the eisenhower institute at gettysburg college and the dwight eisenhower society, cohosted the event in commemoration of the 75th anniversary. >> dr. mcmanus is the first-ever faculty member in the humanities to be named a distinguished professor. >> is one of the leading historians, and the author of 12 well-known books on the topic, he is equally in demand to speak as an expert commentator. he has appeared on cnn.com, foxnews, c- span, the military channel, the discovery channel, the national geographic channel, netflix, -- network, the history channel and pbs. dr. mcmanus also served as the historical advisor for the best- selling book and documentary, founder. the latter of which appeared nationwide in theaters and on pbs in the american masters series. is in residence at naval academy as the chair of naval and military history. a distinguished professorship. the forthcoming book, fire and fortitude, 1941- 1943 will be out on july 30. today the talk will be based on the recent book, the dead and those about to die. the day, the big red one on omaha beach. he will speak about the

a course, i said i'm reenactor. 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg there. said, the first time since 1863 we have had a hospital here. we are going to stop now and take questions. [applause] >> i understand many requests have been made to analyze the dna, but nobody has ever. can you agree with that and can you ask blaine why or why not? dr. willen: i guess it would be possible. the question has come up which i think is what you are hinting at thatd he have a condition caused him to have a particular body type? this has been looked at pretty extensively by medical experts. it is one of the things we in civil war medicine use -- this and the death of stonewall jackson are kind of parlor games. the with harold holzer, conventional wisdom is he did not have the syndrome. multiple inhad type two.-- syndrome people with this have the same type of body type president lincoln had. one of the diseases of that condition is thyroid cancer. if you remember the last photograph of president lincoln, people said it is because of the stress of the war. there is one theory

in the gettysburg address lincoln don't only honor the bravery of those who lost their lives at gettysburg, he a message for the living. he said, it is for us to be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that a government of, by and for the people shall not perish from the earth. folks, that wasn't just a challenge from lincoln to those present that day at gettysburg. it is a challenge he handed down to every generations of american to follow. now that challenge has been handed to us. and it is the test above all others. that future generations of america will measure us by. will we be the ones to let the government of, by and for the people perish from the face of the earth? will we let that happen? dare we let that happen? absolutely not. we will not. i will not. you will not. the promise of this nation, our standing beacon hope of the world will not be extinguished on my watch or yours. here is the amazing thing about this moment in history. on the one hand we're facing the biggest threat any of us have -- gathered in this field in this beautiful place any of us have faced in o

gettysburg,e to from midway to mosul.oday the unbreakable resolve of those heroes lives on in every american who wears our great uniform. each day you serve on these rolling but beautiful seas, you honor their sacrifice, you carry on their righteous duty, and you continue their noble legacy. yours --lic and republic endures because of brave men and women who are willing to lay down their lives to defend us all. our freedom is earned through the blood and sweat and toil and sacrifice of great american patriots just like you. as we honor america's fallen warriors, we pledge our unwavering devotion to all of those who serve our nation in uniform. from your this region cash to guam to singapore to okinawa, the seventh fleet is holding the line and defending the peace. among these sailors and marines, the uss wasp, you serve as warfare officers, naval aviators, aircrew men, machinist mates, avionics -- go ahead, you can do it. [laughter] pres. trump: ordinance technicians. [cheers] pres. trump: ok. where are the avionics guys?

symbol of nation's history and in gettysburg address lincoln not only honored but had message for the living, it is for us to be dedicated, government of, by and for the people shall not perish from the earth. [cheers and applause] >> folks, that set the challenge from lincoln to those, it was a challenge he handed down to every generation of americans that follow. now, that challenge has been handed to us and it's a test above all others that future generations of america will measure us by, will we be the ones to let the government of, by and for the people perish from the face of the earth? we are going to let that happen? dare we let that happen? absolutely not. we will not. i will not. you will not. [cheers and applause] >> beacon will not and the a amazing thing about this moment in history, on the one hand we're facing the big threat any of us gathered in this field in this beautiful place, any of us have faced in our entire lifetimes. but on the other hand, on the other hand, we've never had a future that's more promising. i've said it many times, i'm more hospital mystic abou

the eisenhower institute at gettysburg college and the dwight eisenhower society, cohosted the event in commemoration of the 75th anniversary. >> dr. mcmanus is the first-ever faculty member in the humanities to be named a distinguished professor. >> is one of the leading historians, and the author of 12 well-known books on the topic, he is equally in demand to speak as an ex

[applause] we are only 140 miles from gettysburg. for the living. said this will be dedicated to the great men. and bygovernment of, the people. [applause] this has gone down to every generation of americans. it is the best above all others, that generations of americans -- we will not let the government of, by, and for the people perish. will you let that happen? i will not, you will not. [applause] it will not be finished on my watch, or yours. [applause] we are facing the biggest threat any of us has faced. we have never had a future that is more promising. [applause] are better than he is. we need to be in the 21st century. other world leaders know it. but not -- but not us. our workforce is three times as productive. we have the biggest economy in the world. we have the strongest military in the world. we have more great resources in this study, in this state -- this city and this state they and all of the world combined. [applause] no other nation can match us. example, lead by our the only thing that can tear america apart is

a place like arlington national cemetery or gettysburg battlefield, they are sacred because of sacrifices spoke with gold-star wife, i had the opportunity -- >> wonderful. heather: world war ii veteran who is still out there every day doing his thing. it's amazing to me, we are taking a look at images at arlington cemetery that somehow patriotism has become a bad word. >> this is hard for me to understand because patriotism is a natural thing, it's natural to have affection, a biding affection for what is your own and it's natural to want to remember and preserve your associations with others. this is natural to love your parents, it's natural to love your spouse, your -- your kin, naturalness of patriotism ought to be obvious. that doesn't mean ta patriotism is a strictly a visceral thing. we need to rise above visceral patriotism, we need to be critical of our country. that's the way that we improve, that's the way that we live up to our ideals. heather: right. that's part of what it means to live in america, be an american, you can't disagree with each other when it comes to issues, yo

. >> with the civil war, i first think of great armies clashing at gettysburg, shiloh, and antietam,ot naval battles. but that's the story these miniature vessels tell. when war between the states breaks out in 1861, union general winfield scott creates the anaconda plan. the idea -- blockade southern ports, take control of the mississippi, and, like a huge snake, squeeze the south into submission. the union builds a navy of more than 600 ships. >> they would commandeer boats from people -- ferry boats, paddle-wheelers, anything that floated and they could put a gun on it. >> larry's father, william, made models of many of them. there's the c.s.s. gaines, a wooden side-wheel confederate gunboat built in mobile, alabama. there's the u.s.s. vicksburg and the c.s.s. alabama -- a massive propeller-driven ship built in secrecy in england for the confederacy. all are made precisely to scale. 1 inch here translates to 8 feet on the real vessel. where did this all begin? did dad buy a book on ship building? >> i don't remember anybody ever teaching him how to do this. it's just something you

from concorde to gettysburg, from midway to mosey.esolve lives on in every american who wears our great uniform. each day that you serve on these rolling but beautiful seas, you honor their sacrifice, you carry on their righteous duty, and you continued their noble legacy. our republic indoors because of brave men and women who are willing to lay down their lives to defend us all. our freedom is earned through the blood and sweat and toil and sacrifice of great american patriots just like you. as we honor america's fallen warriors we pledge our unwavering devotion to all of those who serve our nation in uniform. throughout this region, from yokosuka, guam, singapore, okinawa, to busan, the seventh line is holding the line and defending the appeasement among the sailors and marines, the uss wasp, you service warfare officers memorial stomach marine rifleman, machine estimates, av- go ahead, you can do it. organist technicians ordinance technicians. where are the avionics guys? and gals. right there? good. that's complicated business, w

i would like to thank all the folks that made this possible, our hosts at gettysburg college, the eisenhower society, eisenhower institute. thank you all of you for making time today to listen to me and these brilliant scholars that preceded me. tough act to follow. what struck me when dr. simons was talking so movingly about eisenhower's weather-related decision, what always struck me about that moment, before he made that decision, you could argue he is the most powerful man on the planet, or one of them. he has all this airpower at his disposal, naval power, technological power, the ground power of the soldiers, this prodigious military might, this coiled spring. he makes that decision, and then it is out of his hands. it is out of his hands and in the hands of not just the generals who rank below him or the admirals or the lieutenant colonels or the majors or even the captains, but it is in the hands of the average soldier, sailor, airman, and a few marines, too. what i want to give you a sense of today is the d-day/combat experience for the average allied soldier by looking at the first

>> during world war ii, friday night we are showing programs from a recent symposium hosted by gettysburg college, and the dwight eisenhower college, with historian john mcmanus the dead and those about to die, on the first combat soldier, the storm that beat us that day, watch friday night, starting at eight eastern on cspan 3. >> this is a special edition of american history tv. a simple sample of the compelling history programs that air every weekend on american history tv, like lectures in history, american artifacts, real america. the civil war. history, the presidency, and special events coverage about our nations history. enjoy american history tv. now, and every weekend, on cspan 3. >> next, historian elizabeth griffith examines the legacy of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, and ponders the question, does suffrage matter? with women today making up only 20% of the office the biographer of elizabeth 80 stanton discusses the effects of women's rights, un-american politics. >> our speaker tonight is elizabeth griffith, you might have read her biography of on stanton

called "pickett's charge," and it's a re-imagining of a pivotal union victory at the battle of gettysburg. it was commissioned by the smithsonian's hirschhorn museum in washington, d.c. bradford used as his starting point blown-up photos of a 19th- century panoramic painting of pickett's charge, a painting which offers a romanticized view of the confederacy. he then added layers of paper and cords over it, then carefully gouged, shredded and ripped it apart. >> bradford: they almost feel like lacerations. >> cooper: uh-huh. >> bradford: almost scarring. >> cooper: uh-huh. >> bradford: that's what those feel like. and a little bit like bullet wounds. like you're really.. >> cooper: uh-huh. yeah. >> bradford: ...punctured. >> cooper: it's a 360-degree painting that raises many questions in bradford's mind, particularly about how we look at history. it's looking at it through a different lens. >> bradford: yes. that's the feeling that i wanted you to have, that history was laying on top of it, that... that... gouging into it, erasing it, bits of it showing. it's kind of me kind of revising i

. >> well, it's really about the people who gave in lincoln's phrase at gettysburg the last full measure of devotion. the people who because of the exo againsies of history, found themselves on the front lines fighting and either for ideas or defending ideas. they gave their lives. generally younger people, which is an ancient reality. if you read, it's about the flower of youth being killed and the great dramas of war. these are the people we were supposed to pause and ponder, who stood on the wall, who stood on the point, and made it possible for all of us to have these endless debates and these endless disputes that we have all the time, which is actually as depleting as it may feel, as disspiriting as the current political moment is, my god, think about the alternative. the people we commemorate are the people who made argument and democracy possible and we owe them everything. >> mike barnacle, before you take it to a next panelist, i want to ask you what your reflections are during this time in terms of our attitudes in america, our knowledge and our understanding of people who ser

gettysburg address. who is standing up at the platform? benjamin brown french.ut for someone that no one has heard of and in and of himself did not do anything of great significance that would be remembered today, he is the most amazing, emotive, sensitive, and intelligent eyewitness that a writer could hope for. so he really is at the heart of the book. brian: so, where is the diary? joanne: at the library of congress. brian: were you allowed to put your hands on it? joanne: i was. i was. and since he was a wonderful source, not only did he have the 11 volume diary, and i have a picture in the book because i wanted people to see what it looked like. he had a newspaper column and he pasted some of the columns he wrote in the diary, which is sort of wonderful. he had an extensive correspondence. and he wrote poetry about politics. so, he was beyond wonderful. there was the point when i was writing it towards the end, his diary is not quite as juicy in the last few years before the civil war. so i'm getting to the end of the book, and i'm like, french, what are yo

i've been watching the show all morning the way you've been teasing this thing if it's not the gettysburgcoln only needed like two so it should be great. >> you've got two minutes to play with, right? ed: you had one job. jedediah: you can do a lot in four minutes but you got to step up to the plate. all right i've got to ask you, dan about these new tweets from president trump. just moments ago hot off the twitter press, and trump says for all of the fake news sunday political shows, whose bias and dishonesty is greater than ever seen in our country before, please inform your viewers that our economy is setting records with more people employed today than at any time in u.s. history our military which was a disaster will soon be stronger than ever before. our vets are finally being taken care of and now, have choice. our courts will have 145 great new judges, and two supreme court justices got rid of the disastrous individual mandate and will protect preexisting conditions, drug prices down for first time in 51 years and soon will drop much further, and protecting your second amendment ,

gary wills, lincoln at gettysburg. alice walker, the color purple. james joyce the dead.i will you comment on that. >> i think that is a brilliant story. that is highly evocative and tells us something very important about human memory and regret.it's also beautifully written. if i had to pick just one thing that i would want to read and reread in moments where i have doubts about the human condition, i would actually read it. one of the reasons i think we read is for function, particularly academics. the answer is, i'm reading in the areas that i'm writing. there has to be areas of our lives that isn't that and i use james joyce, that piece in particular. as a reminder not to get too immense in which i'm reading things that are only highly functional for me. >> kathleen hall jamieson is currently reading eliza griswold's book, amity and prosperity. she's being suggested to run for office because of that boo . i'm sorry, i got the wrong candidate. strike that, yes. dan egan, the life and death of the great lakes. richard powers, the over story. you mentioned david blight

make sure you get to see this list pitches provided us, favorite books, gary wills, lincoln and gettysburg, alice walker, "the color purple", james joyce cadet. guest: all that you.. guest: that is a story that is highly evocative until there is something very important about human memory human regret. it's also beautifully written, and if i had to pick one thing that i would want to read and. reporter: and moments would have doubt about the human condition i would actually readd it. the reasons that i think we read is for function and particularly academics, usually say, what are you reading in the answers, and reading in the areas and writing. but there has to be part of her life that is not that and i used james joyce in general, that piece in particular of a sw inder not to get too enmeshed in the world that i'm only reading things that are highly functional for me because they contain information that i need in order tot be able to write n intelligent one. host: kathleen hall jamieson is currently reading elijah griswold's book, amity and prosperity, one family and the fraction of ame

but the more i think about it in the way it is perceived by allies, just as surely as lincoln at gettysburg, or fdr making far side chats on the radio or us declaratory policy, so are the presidents tweets. so i think that the litany of issues that have come out of those has caused uncertainty with allies. and besides that, those very unexpected sometimes tweets or statements at rallies. are more media worthy, you get a lot more press than the one time very careful, very nuanced read dolan boring documents that come out of every administration. they reverberate around the world a lot more. >> john, would you like to add on this? >> i think that was beautifully stated, and so i always marvel at how polite we are. so, politely stated. i would just add to further elaine's points that she has already made, we have a tendency particularly in washington to think capital to capital. that we can reassure leader to leader, secretary to cabinet secretary, working level to limit working level. that surely goes on for all the reasons that elaine has said because there are documents that officials in th

years they fought in all our major conflicts the mexican-american war and civil war and bull run at gettysburgngton national cemeteries and the tomb of the unknown soldier. my book, sacred duty, tells their story. by looking at young soldiers who honor them and pay tribute to their families t tell as story who we are as a nation, what we hold most dear. stuart: do you have a connection to the old guard? >> i served there for 16 months, stuart, between my time iraq and afghanistan. i probably performed four to 500 military honor funerals. unfortunately another task of the old guard is perform the dignified transfer of remains at dover air force base where fallen heroes from iraq or afghanistan in those days were being repatriated. i tell the stories and more of arlington national cemetery and how the young soldiers at the old guard strife for perfection as everything they do to pave the way for our fallen heroes and their family. stuart: sacred duty, i shall read the book, thank you, mr. senator, for being on the show. "sacred duty quod. senator tom cotton. >> sure thing. stuart: democrats cand

person to think on this memorial day we are honoring those who made the sacrifice literally from gettysburgthank you for answering the call to carry freedom on your back and face the fiercest army, the fiercest battle. the harshest conditions. thank you for your sacrifice. jedediah: honoring those who made the greatest sacrifice and celebrating the freedoms that they fought so hard for. that celebration as they would want us to do today. amazing amazing having these individuals here today to share this with us. it is really overwhelming, everybody, on sight. i can promise you that. pete: let them finish. ♪ ♪. jedediah: you feel bad interrupting because it's so stunningly beautiful you just want to listen. pete: thank you for joining us on this monday morning. hope you are with your family and remembering someone today. and passing it onto the next generation. don't just barbecue. make sure your kids know why this day is special. jedediah: if you are celebrating at home. send us photos how you are celebrating. if you are celebrating in someone's honor send us photos. honor those who have giv

two weeks before the election in 2016 i was with the president backstage, then candidate trump in gettysburgng in pennsylvania. i don't think we can put too much credence in those polls because as we've learned in the last election, they are not so meaningful because here in pennsylvania a lot of democrats who will support donald trump aren't going to tell a polster nor will the independents. >> sandra: interesting to watch. you had the president targeting some of these candidates by name. he went after joe biden, pete buttigieg and bernie sanders in the rally. when it came to joe biden and him quoting that he wants to, quote, save the world, the president said he will just save every country but ours. he went after joe biden on foreign policy because joe biden is making the case that he has world leaders calling him up saying run for president. you need to win. >> yeah, sure. let's face it. joe biden is trying to image himself as being from pennsylvania. he put his headquarters down in philadelphia. look how many people showed up for his announcement running for president. 150, 200 people.

terminal tribute to those brave souls who gave their last breath for our nation, from concord to gettysburgfrom midway to mosul. today, the unbreakable resolve of these heroes lives on in every american who wears our great uniform. , on day that you serve these rolling but beautiful seas, you honor their sacrifice, you carry on their righteous duty, and you continue their noble legacy. it is because of brave men and women who are willing to lay down their lives to defend us all. our freedom is earned through the blood and sweat and toil and sacrifice of great american patriots just like you. as we honor america's fallen warriors, we pledge our unwavering devotion to all of those who serve our nation in arm. host: "washington journal" continues. host: coming off the memorial holiday, a senior fellow at the independent institute and the author of the book that came out this month, "war and the rogue presidency." the was the last time united states actually declared war on someone? guest: it was in world war ii, with multiple countries. and during the korean war we asrted to dispense with that

i know that when i listen to the farmers, when i listen to people in gettysburg, chambersburg, huntington, when i go home they say support the president, stay the course this is who we sent to washington. we've seen the success. we've seen the success of the tax cuts. we've seen the great appointment he made to the supreme court. south-central pennsylvania is behind the president, continues to behind the president even in the face of these tariffs. stuart: a vital state in the 2020 election. as i understand it the president is going to pennsylvania next week, for a big rally? >> yes he is. stuart: is it monday? >> it is early next week, yes. stuart: will you be with him? >> no. i'm going to be here in washington. i'm in the shadow of the capitol right now and i will be here doing what i've been sent to washington do, and that is voting. stuart: congressman, thanks for joining us, sir, we appreciate you being here. >> thank you very much. stuart: back to the big board, unlikely rally. ashley: gained a little bit of momentum this morning. stuart: seems to have. we went in at 9:30. the marke