so douglas kept alive this memory of lincoln which in some ways that was a very different memory than the memory profounded by even robert lincoln who often said my father was a very conservative man and emphasized the conservatism of the lincoln legacy. so this represents one example of the kind of ways lincoln's memory was contested after his death. and of course the memory was very different wherever where you went if you were in the north versus the south very very different memories of who abraham lincoln had been and as scholars like david herbert donald have point taught us all there was very difference between the east coast and the western memories of lincoln as well on the east coast. he was always more revered for his statesmanship the western memory emphasized that kind of paul bunyan-like character that he was as well that self-made man of the woods who told stories and and made friends and the human lincoln and somehow our memory of him is a merger emerging between different memories of different groups. so that i don't go on too long. let me just tell you i'm gonna now

in those days, the area where the lincoln memorial and the thomas jefferson memorial stand today, wereanaged by the u.s. army superintendent of the office of public buildings, a very important position, and i wish i could have found -- i have a picture of the superintendent of the office public buildings. i can say this out of respect as being former superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks, frequently considered in the national park service of very important job but one of , the most difficult jobs in the park service, due to public exposure and a great deal of political interest. i have seen a picture of the superintendent down at the site of what is now the thomas jefferson memorial, which was a beach. he had the important job of measuring the swimsuit length of the women that were in the tidal basin. i thought, how interesting that must have been that he had time to do that and that was that important. [laughter] for 24 years, eliza scidmore, 24 years, she asked each successive superintendent to plant cherry trees on the waterfront. and for 24 years, her requests were

running east to west from the capital through the washington monument, the lincoln memorial and south from the white house. franklin delano or most of it was very interested in creating a monument to thomas jefferson and inquired early in his presidency about using the title basin for that memorial. shepherding the process through design and construction, the memorial was dedicated in 1943 with construction continuing through world war ii. the jefferson memorial was not without controversy as far as location. the construction would require the removal of a number of cherry trees which sparked a famous protest known as the cherry tree rebellion. a number of women went down to the title basin one day and chained themselves to a number of cherry trees, blocking construction vehicles from being able to come in and remove the trees. they received a concession that any trees removed would be planted elsewhere along the basin. for more than 100 years, the cherry trees have been a beloved institution in washington dc, symbolizing the friendship between the people of u.s. and japan. in the wak

one hundred days ago, just after president biden and i were sworn in, i stood in front of the lincoln memorialtalked about american aspiration. i talked about how in america we not only dream, we do. we not only see what has been, we see what can be. we shoot for the moon and then we plant our flag on it. so for a minute, let's go back to where our nation was 100 days ago. about two out of 300 million americans at that time were fully vaccinated. more than 10 million americans were out of work. schools were closed. businesses were closed. and beyond the pandemic, the capital had just been attacked by insurgents. all of that was going on when the president and i took her oath of office but as daunting as the challenges were, we were not. we had a plan to get america back on track. we had faith the american people, when given the opportunity to come together, would rise to meet the moment. and you have. you have. and because you have, american aspiration has defined these first 100 days. american aspiration is how we got to 200 million shots in arms are less than 100 days just this morning we go

running east to west from the capitol through the washington monument, to the lincoln memorial, and south from the white house to the shore of entitlements. franklin roosevelt was interested in creating a monument to thomas jefferson and acquired early in his presidency about using the tidal basin for that memorial. shepherding the process through design and construction, the memorial was dedicated in 1943. the construction having continued through world war ii. jefferson memorial was not without controversy as far as its location. the construction of the memorial would require the removal of the number of cherry trees, which sparked one of d.c.'s more famous protests known as the cherry treat rebellion. a number of women led by eleanor patterson, editor of the washington times herald went down to the tidal basin when they and chain them selves to a number of cherry trees blocking construction vehicles from being able to come in and remove the trees. they ultimately received a concession that any trees removed would be replanted elsewhere along the tidal basin. for more than 100 years, th

the lincoln memorial. the actual dome but this is one of the major engines is feeding into independence avenue and where presidents walk along this avenue all the way back to the white house because they are a few blocks apart. it's a very heavy traffic area. ., ~' apart. it's a very heavy traffic area. . ~ ,, apart. it's a very heavy traffic area. . ~ ., ., �* , area. thank you for that. i'm sure ou'll be area. thank you for that. i'm sure you'll be back— area. thank you for that. i'm sure you'll be back to _ area. thank you for that. i'm sure you'll be back to update - area. thank you for that. i'm sure you'll be back to update us - area. thank you for that. i'm sure you'll be back to update us with i you'll be back to update us with this situation continuing. thank you. let's talk to steve benyon who joins us on the phone. i believe you witnessed this attack? i believe you witnessed this attack? i did not witnessed the attack itself but i was pretty close by keeping up with it. i'm at a block where the

lincoln's memory was formidable, as i am sure you are well aware. he said once anything was scratched on the metal of his mind, it was there forever. what strikes me about lincoln's use of stories in every setting was his extraordinary capacity to recall an appropriate recall. he did use some of the stories several times over in different settings, but they often made the same point. he did not make them up. he said he was a retail dealer. he was telling other people stories but he adapted the stories that he had read. one of his stories was joe miller's just a book, first compiled in the 1730's in london by a british jester joe miller. it went through many additions and was circulating in the american west and early 19th century. new jests -- another joke book was one lincoln used. lincoln remembered all of the stories that he was told by others. his father -- it is often said lincoln had a poor relationship with his father. it was a difficult relationship that was one of the most important thinks he got from his father was the capacity to tell stor

lincoln's memory was formidable, and as i'm sure you are well aware, he said that once he was scratched on the medal of his mind, it was that forever. what strikes me about lincoln's use of stories and every setting was his extraordinary capacity to recall, and appropriate recall. he would re-tell stories, but often making the same point. he did not make them up himself. he said he was a retail dealer. he was telling other peoples stories, but he adapted the stories that he had read, and one of his sources was joe miller's jest. this was first composed and compiled in the 17 thirties in london by the british gesture and joker, choe miller. subsequently it went through many many additions and was circulating in the american west, across america, in the american west, in the early 19th century, updated and interpolating by others, but not show miller another joke book was probably one lincoln knew. and then lincoln remembered all the stories that he was told by others. it is often said that lincoln had a poor relationship with his father, but that's one of the most important things lincol

lincoln's memory was formidable. as i'm sure you're well aware. he said that once a thing was scratched on the metal of his mind, it was ineradicable. it was there forever. what strikes me about lincoln's use of stories in every setting, where they were pertinent, was his extraordinary capacity for recall and appropriate recall. he did use -- it had to be said, he did use some of the stories several times over in different settings, often making the same sort of point. he didn't make them up himself. i mean, he said he was a -- he said he was a retail dealer. he was telling other people's stories. but he adapted the stories that he had read in, well, one of his sources was joe miller's jest. joe miller's jest book first composed and compiled in 1730s in london, by the british jester and joker, joe miller, went through subsequently many, many editions and was circulating in the american west, across america, certainly in the american west, in the early 19th century. updated, new jests interpolated, by others, not joe miller. and then lincoln remembe

lincoln's memory was formidable. as i'm surehe said you're well heit said that once a thing was scratched on the metal of his mind, it was irrevocable. it was there forever. and what strikes me about lincoln's use of stories in rel every setting, where they were pertinent was his extraordinary capacity for recall, and an appropriate recall.l.sein diffe he did use, it has to be said he did use.ings so, stories several times over. in different settings but they often were making the same sort of point. he didn't make them up himself. i mean he said he was a, he said he was a retail dealer. he was telling other people's . stories. but he adapted the stories that he had read, and one of his lle' sources was jo' miller's jests. joe miller's jest book first composed and compiled in 1730s, in london, by the british jester and joker joe miller, went t througham subsequently many, mat edition, and was circulating in the american west, and across american, certainly in the american west early in the 19th century. updated. new

my name is stuart harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today we have a real treat for you. we are going back to the time when the constitution was ratified and we're going to talk

constitutional debate right here at colonial williamsburg harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today we have a real treat for you. we're going back to the time when the constitutional was ratified and we're going to talk about some of the great debates that occurred during that ratification process, but first, let me set some historical context. in 1776, you'll recall we had our declaration of independence, but don't mix that document up with the constitution. there are two very different things and both important. but today we're focused on the constitution. indeed these two documents were separated by 11 years from 1776 to 1787. we had no rl

constitutional debate right here at colonial williamsburg harris and i teach constitutional law at lincoln memorial university in knoxville, tennessee. today we have a real treat for you. we're going back to the time when the constitutional was ratified and we're going to talk about some of the great debates that occurred during that ratification process, but first, let me set some historical context. in 1776, you'll recall we had our declaration of independence, but don't mix that document up with the constitution. there are two very different things and both important. but today we're focused on the constitution. indeed these two documents were separated by 11 years from 1776 to 1787. we had no real constitution. we had a treaty between 13 independent nations that we called the articles of confederation. now the articles of confederation didn't work too. well and therefore people like madison and washington and george mason decided to come together in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia and debate what form of government our new nation should have this is a big question alexander hamilton suggeste

going down the hill, you would hit the washington monument, you would eventually get to the lincoln memorial. it's one of these large ceremony boulevards that are a hallmark of the city itself. so to have it closed was very dramatic for all of those people who live here and for anyone who would be coming here to experience the city, and as a tourist, obviously much more limited by covid-19, but still a very iconic place in washington and to have it shut was a very serious thing. so opening this up returned it basically to a security posture that was closer to before january 6th. there is no situation under which that barricade would have ever been down. that barricade has always been up all the time. there's actually two sets of barricades. so even if that person had somehow breached that first barricade, there would have been a second barricade. you know, it's half a football field or so to the entrance of the capitol on that side. just to people understand that this incident, and it's important to make sure we're focused on the fact that we don't know the motive for this attack at this poi

the washington monument is in the middle, the lincoln memorial at the far west side, the national mall in the middle. it is the heart of washington. these boulevards run on either side of the capitol as they head down into the national mall area where you would find the world war ii memorial and anything you might come to see in d.c. basically is there. those roads were shut. there was no traffic that was allowed along them. they are also commuting thoroughfares. it's a working city. there's a livable neighborhood behind capitol hill. so there were significant road closures. and i think there was a sense from everyone, republicans, democrats, certainly many of the rest of us who are part of the broader capitol hill community that keeping those roads closed, keeping the fences so far out that when he got off the highway you couldn't even drive toward the national mall, you had to go all the way around, really made it feel like a fortress in a way that underscored -- it just give it a sense of foreboding that i think people were ready to be done with. they wanted it to feel a bit more op

from out of town people coming to the capitol to experience capitol hill the white house the lincoln memorial there were groups from schools in that area so that is a plus as well that the pandemic kept the numbers on capitol hill don't quite considerably what we're hearing is that of the 2 officers that were injured only one was taken to hospital that was the officer with the more severe injuries of course there was deep concern for him and he succumbed to his injuries in fact you can and the pittman who is the acting head of the u.s. capitol police said with a very very heavy heart she to announce that he had passed and remember 2 police officers died in the aftermath of what happened on january the 6th 2 others took their own life and here we have a 5th officer as i've said before for the 2nd time in 3 months capitol hill is a crime scene joe biden has been briefed on what has happened we're expecting a statement from him shortly he left the white house about 4 hours ago heading to camp david for the easter weekend here arrived there just after 1 o'clock just as this was unfolding jen psak

you could see it from the lincoln memorial. i first thought -- my first thought was i was pretty upset about that. it was sort of like, okay, you can have your damn monument but nobody is going to be able to see it, okay? we are going to hide it in the ground. and we are going to make it black. couldn't be red or anything. it is going to be black. so at first, i didn't like it. and then, there was a movement to have the monument of the three men and one woman. but the park service wouldn't approve the monument with the woman. they wanted the woman removed. so us women said, all right, get the men, for the living, their monument, the black, the latino, and the white american. and then us women decided that we were going get that monument. and thanks to linda carlson-evans and several others, we -- we got that done. and i went back for dedication of the women's memorial. i think it was 1993. and i think that's the last time i have seen the wall. but it was a very moving experience for me to finally to commit, have peace with the

couldn't see it from constitution avenue or 23rd street, you could see it from the lincoln mario -- lincoln memorialfirst thought was, i was pretty upset about it. it was like, you can have your damn monument, but no one is going to be able to see it. you are going to hide it in the ground and make it black. it couldn't be granted or anything, it has to be black. at first, i didn't like it. and then, there was a movement to have the monument of the three men and one woman, but the park service wouldn't approve the monument with the woman. they wanted the woman removed. so as women said, all right, get the men, the living, there monument, the black, the latino and white american. and then, us women decided that we were going to get that monument. and thanks to linda carlsen evans and several others, we got that done. and i went back to the dedication of the women's memorial, i think it was 1993, and i think that is the last time i have seen the wall. but it was a very moving experience for me to finally commit, have peace with the wall being the way it is. i finally realized that it had a meaning. bu

roosters in the lincoln memorial right now. with that, john -- >> can i go? can i go now? >> you've got to stay. we want to hear the rooster again. john heilemann, you have a question for our farmer mike. >> yes, please, mike, if you could keep the rooster quiet while you try -- >> there it went! >> -- i was intrigued while you were talking about garland the last time, just a couple of minutes ago. and you know, it's obviously true that it's been quiet over there. and he's been able to stick to his knitting and try to begin the process, the large daunting task of rebuilding credibility and internal moral at the department. but you raised the prospect and i think a lot of people were interested in, because there is a lot of political -- there was, especially at the tail end of the trump term, there was a lot of political pressure, a lot of discussion about what the justice department should do about donald trump. what role it should take. were there investigations that it should undertake in the post-presidency. were there thing

you could see it from the lincoln memorial.i first thought, my first thought was i was pretty upset by that. it was sort of like ok, you can have your monument but nobody will be able to see it okay. we're hiding it in the ground and is going to be dark. could make it red or anything like this. no it's black. so at first i did not like it. then, there was a movement, the movement was to have a monument of the three men and one woman. but the park service would not approve the monument with the woman. they wanted the woman removed. i'm so us women said all right, get the men for the living, their monument, the black and the latino, and the white. the three americans. then asked women, we decided that we were going to get that monument. and thanks to linda carlson evidence, and several others we got that done. i went back for the dedication of the woman's memorial. i think it was 1993. i think that is the last time i've seen the wall. but it was a moving experience for me to finally to commit, to have peace with the wall being th

quite frankly, the capitol grounds here, all the way back to the lincoln memorial, essentially the land i think what you are now seeing is this effort here over the course of the next minutes to try to push these individuals out of this area here. >> that was our friend nbc's vaughn hillyard on january 6th as a deadly mob laid siege to the people's house right in front of him. all in the name of the big lie by donald trump that the election was stolen from him. today marks 100 days since that happened. since that report from vaughn. and questions still remain about how best to secure the nation's center of government which was just, again, attacked two weeks ago, taking the life of capitol police officer billy evans. an internal report by the capitol police showed a series of missteps that led to that day and the danger that those on the hill still face. let's bring into our conversation, nbc news political reporter vaughn hillyard, live from the very spot from which he reported for us 100 days ago. vaughn, i was just trying to remember how many hours we were on the air together. i thin

memorial in the heart of south dakìáhp &% black hills. there it is, the 60-foot head of george washington. three other units. jefferson, lincolnore roosevelt will be honored in an unveiling ceremony. >> there was some controversy right from the start in the black hills. that controversy came from tribal people as well as that people today we would call people who were ecologists. the tribes, they were looking at a place that they would come in, and honor, and have honor, ceremonies, spend some time, and that, at that time period, we're talking 1925, that wasn't looked at the same way we look at it today. >> well, most of our people, especially more traditionalists, are not so in favor of, you know, really anything with the rocks, because the rocks are believed to be part of, you know, our system, and living, so you know, not to blast those, and carve them, and make a mountain and that sort of thing, but those were things that were decided by nonindian, you know, a long time ago. but what we did was we studied the history of say mount rushmore, of the four presidents there, and then my part was to explain some of the american i

lincoln's presence when i'm in this house and when i'm in this room. american history tv is on social media follow us at c-span history. up next the us holocaust memorial museum hosts an online panel discussion titled. how did young americans respond to the nazi threat two museum historians are joined by a university of michigan doctoral candidate to explore the mindset and actions of american youth in the 1930s and 40s the us holocaust memorial museum provided the video for the program in 40 minutes irish historian, christine. kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. every two weeks we discuss holocaust history and its relevance to our lives today. during today's show. we're going to examine the actions and impact that young people in america had in responding to

lincoln were the last of the four faces. his hand carving tools are laid away, tools of an unfinished masterpiece. even though unfinished, the mount rushmore national memorial stands as an eternal shrine of democracy and the four great americans who helped carve this enduring nation. >> there are 83 national monuments in the national park system, most of any designation. next we visit petro griff national monument, one of the largest sites of this type in north america. >> today we're add petroglyph national monument. still located within albuquerque, new mexico. the volcanoes area provides trails to five volcanoes and it looks out over the city of albuquerque out towards the san diego outages. are reported to petroglyph virtual monument because begin to tell the story, the geologic story about 200,000 years ago, a fisher farm. a crack in the earth's crust and hot, molten lava poured out in a series of six volcanic eruptions. some spreading a couple of miles to the east. as these eruptions took place, they float out over layers of the soil that we're here in the real -- rio grande valley. and as these layers harden, they hardened into the salt, so what we g