noonen in lynchburg. he was essentially an oppertive for the brazilian government to help round up people in the central virginia area who might be interested in going to brazil, identify them and then get them organized to travel to norfolk and charter a ship to send them on their way to brazil. so there were people like that in different cities in the south who basically championed the brazilian alternative. and then of course there were southerners -- in some cases usually the male of the family if he wasn't deceased who would go ahead to kind of scout out the area, check out where the land grants were going to be, make arrangements with the brazilian government. then if they didn't like what they saw, then they might come back and consider staying in the south. more often than not they went. >> i was thinking about that because of this example you gave of the farmer who had been there for some time. it sounded like the area he had settled in wasn't as promising as probably some of these other areas we

folks would stay at the clover hill tavern as they traveled along the richman-lynchburg stage road. the courthouse building was built in 1846 and finished in 1847. there was a jail that burned during the war. when people come to appomattox courthouse, they'll learn in the schoolbooks that the surrender took place at appomattox courthouse. it did, in the town of appomattox courthouse. the actual surrender took place at the home of wilmer mclean. the difference if you are saying the town of appomattox courthouse, it would be appomattox courthouse as two words. talking about the building courthouse would be one word. this is where the most significant events with the military took place in the spring of 1865, april 1865 with lee's surrender. we are going to walk down the stage road and discuss the battles of appomattox station and the battle of appomattox courthouse. that effectively ended lee's retreat. we are standing on the richman --- richmond-lynchburg stage road part of the retreat on april 8 and nine 1860 five. people wonder why it lee was heading towards appomattox courthouse a

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we are once again standing on the richmond lynchburg stage road.n front of me is confederate artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9th. also in front of me is the home of george pierce. he was the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11 1865, he had a special guest for dinner general joshua chamberlain, who had set up his headquarters tent in his yard. at this dinner, chamberlain brought with him coffee, real coffee that pierce hadn't had in well over a year. and over the course of their dinner conversation, pierce undoubtedly learned that chamberlain was in charge of the actual surrender ceremony for the confederate infantry on the morning of april 12th. chamberlain has his men lining this road from the lee grant meeting site all the way up to the mclean house on the morning of april 12th at about 5:00. his men are out here for several hours before the confederates approach, and they start leaning on their rifles talking amongst themselves. but as the confederate troops approach, gene

and then through appomattox on to lynchburg.hat we are talking about over here is the fighting to the west of petersburg. all the fighting is around here and the south side railroad is running along here. the battle that took place where the railroad was physically cut was on april 2 at sutherland station. that was on april 2 and that means lee's army would withdraw. the fighting that led up to it lewis farm on march 29, and on april 1 the straw that broke the camel's back. when i began working at petersburg it was private property. the national park have spent six efforts to bring that into the petersburg national battlefield area all were unsuccessful. one day i got a phone call from the carnegie mellon foundation. just so happened that the fellow who owned the 2800 acres was my accountant. i asked him if he was interested. the petersburg national feel acquired forks battlefield. that is where tracy works. the most interesting thing is i found out that two new stamps are coming out in the next couple of weeks. one on appomatto

casey is a professor at lynchburg college and editor of the james dickey review and is english graduate director. a richmond native who grew up and appomattox county, he has editor of the multivolume "best creative nonfiction of the south," "texas review press" and a variety of other things. one of the editors of the encyclopedia of virginia, which is online. he's had a number of fellowships and received a number of awards. he has published over 100 works in anthologies and periodicals such as the sewanee review, the virginia quarterly review and so on. author of " confederados: a novel of the americas." the confederates that left the u.s. at the end of the war and went to brazil. i remember from 30 or 40 years ago reading an article about that. bill maybe wrote that and i have never heard of it and i got interested. i'm looking for to hearing his top. -- his talk. his talk today is entitled " confederados. casey clabough. [applause] professor clabough: thank you dr. coles. thank you all for being here and for inviting me. to extend the last speaker's eloquent comment about the end of t

supplies had been brought over from lynchburg to feed the army. hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms and equipment, and that's where they're heading for on april 8 after leaving cumberland church on the night of april 7. general lee's advance is led by reuben lindsey walker. they go into camp about a mile from appomattox station about 2 miles from us on the afternoon of april 8. and general custer's cavalry advances upon that station and captures the supplies. then encounters general reuben lindsey walker's reserve artillery and fight for about four hours the battle of appomattox station. a very unique battle in in the civil war, because its mounted cavalry attacking unsupported artillery. no infantry involved other than cannon ooers had picked up weapons >>> the battle lasted for about four hours from the afternoon until after dark. and in the end, general custer overruns the remaining guns of walker. captures about 25 canon 1,000 prisoners and it 00200 wagons. they continue into the village here where they are repulsed at the eastern e

it was in lynchburg. nightmare scenario if you sat at a railroad crossing in your town and have seen the oil cars rumble by. a bunch of the tanker cars full of oil just dumped their contents right into the james river. it caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. incredibly, nobody was killed. this keeping happens. and one after another, we have watched as the oil trains roll with increasing frequency, we have seen the trains one reason or the other derail and we wait for local first responders to tend. and really, they burn for days. but in that equation n the burn, derail, erupt equation, the erupting part is not necessarily a given. trains carry hazardous material but they don't always have fire balls they can't put out. trains carrying hazardous material is not a new phenomenon. but what is a phenomenon is where they are coming from and what exactly they are carrying. is how many cars of crude oil was travels in the end of the bush administration in 2008. this is now, and the oil fields of north da

and then through appomattox on to lynchburg. it terminated there. and so the battles of lewis farm -- ok, what we are talking about over here is the fighting to the west of petersburg. lewis farm is right in here, the client road. -- the plank road. all the fighting is around here and the south side railroad is running along here. this was the final objective when the south side railroad was caught. -- was cut. the battle that took place where the railroad was physically cut was on april 2 at sutherland station. that was on april 2 and that means lee's army would withdraw. the fighting that led up to it lewis farm on march 29, and on april 1 the straw that broke the camel's back. five forks. just a sidelight on five forks when i began working at petersburg it was private property. even though a well-known battle. the national park have spent six efforts to try to bring that into the petersburg national battlefield. all were unsuccessful. one day i got a phone call from the carnegie mellon foundation. they wanted to know if there was any battlefield

in lynchburg, in addition to the fires and explosions a bunch of tanker cars full of oil also dumpedames river. it caused the evacuation of hundreds of people. incredibly, nobody was killed. this keeps happening. the trains seem fine on the tracks but one after the other we've watched as these oil trains rolling with increasing frequency through towns large and small all across the country one after another we have watched these trains full of oil jump the tracks for whatever reason they derail they erupt then we just hope they aren't too close to any major population centers and wait for days while local first responders try to contain the fires because local fire departments don't have the power to put these things out. so really they burn for days. but in that equation in that derail, erupt, burn for days equation, the erupting part is not necessarily a given. trains carry all sorts of hazardous materials, even flammable hazardous materials aderail all the time across america but don't result in armageddon-like fireballs nobody can put out. trains carrying hazardous phenomenon in

former florida governor jeb bush will speak at liberty university in lynchburg. it was found by pastor jerry falwell who touted bush's education work. bush had faced criticism for his support of common core education standards. liberty is where republican candidate ted cruz announced his bid for president. >>> you want to give yourself extra time if you're headed into downtown d.c. as the district celebrates emancipation day. there will be road closures. today honors the day slavery became illegal in d.c. thousands of people are expected to celebrate with a parade down pennsylvania avenue. that parade kicks off at 4th street at 11:00 this morning. the festivities continue with a concert at freedom plaza. you can head to the nbc washington app for a list of complete closures and a fireworks display will cap it off at 8:45 tonight. >>> we hope the caps can bounce back tomorrow after a rough start to the quest for the cup. the islanders big star tavares won a face-off. that led to the goal right there. that means the caps lose home ice advantage with the islanders.

supplies have been brought over from lynchburg to feed general lee's army. everything they needed, rations, in the equipment. that is where they are headed after leaving cumberland chart on the night of april 7. his advance is led by general walker. they go into camp about two miles from here on the afternoon of april 8. general custer's calvary advances and captures the supplies and then encounters the reserve artillery and fights for about .2 hours the battle of appomattox station. a very unique battle in the civil war because it is mounted cavalry attacking unsupported artillery. no infantry involved other than canada nears -- cannoneers that picked up weapons. the battle lasted from afternoon until after dark. general custer overruns the remaining guns of walker, captures 25 cannons 1000 prisoners, and 200 wagons. the advance of custer's men continued over that bridge into the village where they will halt at the eastern edge of the village and bill camp on the west of town. during the night, general lee has a council of war with general warden, james lon

he could use this for commercial purposes which had connections in petersburg and lynchburg and points south as well as north. general lee, when he arrived ascended the nine stars, entered the central hall and then into the parlor to the left of the central hall. he may have noticed above the fireplace a lithograph drawing. it was the interview between george washington and martha. why do we think that general lee would have an interest in that drawing? simply because his wife mary anna randolph was the great granddaughter of martha washington. lee would be related to the washingtons. he would find he was related to the carters, the fitzhugh's and the randolph's, many of the first families of virginia. report robert's father was henry lighthouse robert lee. unfortunately, his father has a propensity to gamble on speculation and land which did not materialize. when robert was 6 his father left for barbados and robert would not see him again. he had two relatives that were signers of the declaration of independence. richard henry lee and francis lightlee. from his mother, the family move

to hell ♪ ♪ and we're sure going to miss it a lot ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ all the whiskey in lynchburgyour braids. these were sold at a charity auction. do you know how much he got for these braids? >> i don't know. what did i get? >> jimmy: $37,000. >> who got it? >> jimmy: i don't know. i can't imagine how much thc is in these -- >> plant them and they'll grow. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: your own willie nelson. when you go on tour to a place like japan where pot is very illegal, what do you do? how do you get it? do you get it? >> well -- first of all, i know what the situation is now. so i wouldn't worry about it. but last time i went over there, that's the last thing they told me, you can't have no pot. i heard somewhere that canary bird seed, bird seed was made out of marijuana seeds. >> jimmy: in japan? >> yeah. so i thought, maybe if i get enough of it and i filter it down. and i can get enough for a small joint, you know. but after about eight pounds of bird seed, it did not work. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: in addition to your place in austin, you have a place i

live coverage on american history tv, as we see soldiers beginning to walk by on the richmond-lynchburg road. what was the long-term physical and mental and societal a fact of the injuries, mental and physical, by soldiers? what was the impact will be on the civil war? david: the impact on soldiers was absolutely profound and on a scale of almost no other war we experienced. there were hundreds of thousands of civil war veterans on both sides. thousands came out of this war with what today we would call posttraumatic stress, combat fatigue. there are recent books out on that. what a my former students brian jordan has a book called "marching home," which is a withering story of union veterans and what they experienced in terms of sickness and disease and alcoholism and the inability to get jobs. the estimate is, in the union army alone, among union veterans alone, there were 30,000 amputees that lived out their lives in one way or another. these men could not get jobs. this was in the 19 century. the united states had nothing resembling social security veterans associations. there was n

he is also past president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable, historical society and his talk today sont fall ofis on the fall of petersburg. so please welcome tracy chenault. >> good evening. as most of you know me realize i'm a big baseball guy. and so when pat asked me to come speak on friday evening at 6:00 as the leadoff man, that was the first for me. as most of you can tell by my size which i've always been large, i never did hit leadoff. i require someone's speedy and i've never been known for that. so to be the leadoff man is something quite new for me. but i was surprised when pat would point out that the new magazine which they have for free in the lobby contains his article because to get to his article you have to read through my article. that should have been the end of the magazine. it could have stopped right there and we could have avoided a lot of that history that would have gone on from it. please pick up one of those and read my article. mike gorman will be here later and then you get to pat's stuff down the line. most you have probably heard stories of petersbu

supplies had been brought over from lynchburg to feed the army. hundreds of thousands of rations, new uniforms and equipment, and that's where they're heading for on april 8 after leaving cumberland church on the night of april 7. general lee's advance is led by reuben lindsey walker. they go into camp about a mile from appomattox station about 2 miles from us on the afternoon of april 8. and general custer's cavalry advances upon that station and captures the supplies. then encounters general reuben lindsey walker's reserve artillery and fight for about four hours the battle of appomattox station. a very unique battle in in the civil war, because its mounted cavalry attacking unsupported artillery. no infantry involved other than cannon ooers had picked up weapons >>> the battle lasted for about four hours from the afternoon until after dark. and in the end, general custer overruns the remaining guns of walker. captures about 25 canon 1,000 prisoners and it 00200 wagons. they continue into the village here where they are repulsed at the eastern e

he's past president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable. and the appomattox county historical society. his talk today will be on the fall of petersburg. please welcome tracy chernault. [applause] tracy chernault: good evening.

he will come back and settle in lynchburg and be a supporter of the loss caused narrative. four 19th-century america. after the civil war, southerners have deserted the war. so the historical society is important. three other proactive organizations that similarly promote the lost cause ideology. the ucv, formed in 1889. comparable to the gar. the confederate veteran is a journal or a magazine and it is published out of nashville and it has veterans that will write voluminous amounts of postwar memories and they are published in the "confederate veteran," fantastic primary source journal. and then you see a component of southern women redirecting civil war narratives and civil war memories. the udc is the united daughters of the confederacy. it is formed in 1894. they would have many chapters in the south. in six years, up to 70,000. by world war i, they have over 100,000 members in the united daughters of the confederacy. so these organizations are proactive in responding to northern allegations of treason. they are very proactive in casting this discussion of overwhelming

one of the last confederate generals to die in the war, general james dearing of lynchburg would be mortally wounded and would die on april 23rd. he holds the honor, if it can be said that, of the last confederate officer to die in the war. and so with that fight being over with that evening, like i said, near the crossing of sailor's creek the would reach the area of a small farmhouse known as the hillsman house which would later serve as the field hospital. that is part of the park. and their confederate forces the regulars along with the heavy artillery men and all would form up on high ground overlooking sailor's creek and union army corps would cross the creek. at that time the creek was up because of the spring rain and generally speaking as the troops crossed over it was up to their waist. as you will see today when you go by it it is usually ankle deep. once union forces boarded the creek they formed up at the top of the hill was forces. the union army will form up, march forward going up the hill and the men at that time realize that the end was coming near and so a lot of the union

carrying bakken crude, a highly flammable oil that also caused a massive fire and derailment in lynchburg last year. scott mcfarlane. >>> the fraternity at the center of a now-retracted gang-rape article in "rolling stone" magazine is planning to sue the magazine. phi kappa psi announced today it would pursue any available legal action after a scathing report was released on the article this morning. columbia university's school of journalism found the sources and subject matter were not to blame. it was rather a complete journalistic breakdown for "rolling stone." >> it was the collective fault of the reporter the editor, the editor's supervisor and the fact-checking department. >> we pointed out systemic and institutional problems. we leave it up to "rolling stone" to decide how best to deal with it problems. >> no one involved in the reporting is expected to lose their job. you can read the report for yourself by searching uva on the nbc washington app. >>> turning to storm team 4, spring is in full bloom now. meteorologist chuck bell joins us. chuck, are these temperatures in the mid-

we're once again standing on the richmond lynchburg stage road. before me is an artillery piece that signifies where the last artillery shots were fired on the morning of april 9. also in front of me is the home of george pierce, the county clerk. and on the evening of april 11, 1865 he had general joshua chamberlain who had set up his tent in his yard. and at this dinner, chamberlain brought coffee, something pierce hadn't had in well over a year. and over the course of the dinner conversation, pierce undoubtedly learned that chamber land was in charge of the surrender ceremony for the confederate infantry on the morning of april 12. chamberlain has his men lining this road from the lee/grant meeting site all the way to the mcclain house on april 12 at about 5:00. his men are out here for several hours before the confederates approach. and they start leaning on their rifles talking amongst themselves but as the troops approach, they have their attention. they straighten up. and he calls out shoulder arms lift the rifles from the ground to this po

it's the southern end of this line really where most of the severe weather has been, lynchburg and roanokeen a tornado watch down across areas of extreme southern west virginia. for us again, generally wet weather around with mainly rain, an embedded thunderstorm or two that could lead to brief high winds and brief heavy rain. 44 your temperature early tomorrow, roads wet. then just damp roads for the afternoon, the high temperature 55. so much like today. we get the drizzle during the afternoon with our highs in the low 50s to around 60 degrees from north around frederick maryland, to down south around fredericksburg fredericksburg, temperature around 60 degrees. here is a look at friday. we start with cloud cover. during the afternoon we have a threat of not just rain but also thunderstorms. here we are at 3:00 p.m. that line tries to form along the weather front. 4:00, it's right over us. by 5:00 6:00, it starts to make its way eastward. i think we'll have anywhere from scattered to more numerous showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours, winds and hail possible a

former florida governor jeb bush is giving the commencement address at liberty university in lynchburg founded by pastor falwell who touted bush's education work. bush has faced criticism for his support of common core. ted cruz announced his bid there just a few weeks ago. >>>. he's not in 2016 race yet, but he has a lot to say about the current field. new jersey governor chris christie spoke exclusively with matt lauer. he says hillary clinton isn't a quote forgone conclusion for her party's nomination. christie speaks very candidly about his weight loss surgery. >> it's the best thing that i have ever done for my health. and i look back on it now and wish i had done it years ago. >>> well you may have the day off work today as the district is celebrating emancipation day. today honors the day slavery became illegal in d.c. thousands of people expected to celebrate with a parade down pennsylvania avenue. the parade kicks off at fourth street at 11:00 this morning. and there's a fireworks display that will cap off the events at 8:45 tonight. lots of traffic and parking changes today.

former florida governor jeb bush is giving the commencement address at liberty university in lynchburgschool was founded by pastor jerry falwell. bush has faced criticism for his common core education standards and that's a frequent stop for republicans running for president. ted cruz announce his candidacy weeks ago. >>> it's a lot of hard work and a lot of commitment because it isn't magic. it helps but it's not magic. so i feel a lot better. >> that's new jersey governor chris christie speaking about his weight loss surgery exclusively with matt lauer from the "today" show. christie hasn't announced he's running for president but he has a lot to say about the 2016 field. he's not mincing words. you don't want to miss this interview. >>> all right. time to look at the forecast. 5:51. we are hoping to see more sunshine. yesterday was overcast pretty much all day. i saw the sun briefly. oh look there it is but it's gone. >> and the temperatures are nice. >> you saw the movie groundhog day. >> i did. >> i feel like i'm living my life all over again today. because it's almost identical t

we all know the story of lee's meeting that afternoon at mclean's brick house along the lynchburg stage road in the tiny village. grant receives generous and well-deserved praise for offering magnanimous terms and obtaining a dignified atmosphere with his 90 minutes with lee in the parlor. what of lee that day did he possess any agency in the conduct of affairs? of course, the answer goes well beyond the cliches of the formally dressed general quietly accepting the inevitable. lee faced several difficult challenges on april 9th, and the days that followed under which a lesser man might have cracked. of course, the first involved his decision to surrender. after all, the army was still viable. and willing to undertake anything lee demanded of it. his staff officer, charles venable, asked lee quote oh general, what will history say of the surrender of the army in the field? lee replied, i know they will say hard things of us. they will not understand that we were overwhelmed by numbers. but that is not the question, colonel. the question is, is it right to surrender this army. if it is ri

he will come back and settle in lynchburg and be a supporter of the loss caused narrative. after the civil war seven hours -- southerners by into the loss cause. so the historical society is important, and other proactive organizations that summarily attach similarly promote this lost cause idea. the ucb -- ucv, formed in 1889. the confederate veteran is a magazine published in nashville and it contains writings by confederate veterans who publish memories. fantastic source, a journal space. and then you see a component of southern women redirecting civil war narratives and memories. the united daughters of the confederacy, udc formed in 1894. they would have many chapters in the south. by world war i, they have over 100,000 members. so these organizations are proactive in responding to northern allegations of treason. they are proactive in having the discussion of the lost cause and actively disassociating slavery as a contributor factor to secession in the american civil war. so looking specifically at some of these activities and the language that southerners put forth i

he's past president of the lynchburg civil war roundtable. and the appomattox county historical society. his talk today will be on the fall of petersburg. please welcome tracy chernault. [applause] tracy chernault: good evening. i'm a big baseball guy. when he asked me to speak as the leadoff man, that was a first for me. most of you can tell by my size, i have always been rather large i never hit leadoff because i -- that requires somebody speedy. being the leadoff man is something new for me. i was surprised when pat pointed out that the magazine contains his article, because you get to this article, you have to read through my article. which i think should have been the end of the magazine. [laughter] we could have avoided a lot of history that would have droned on. please pick up one of those and read my article. mike gorman has an article as well. it is always a pleasure to speak about petersburg, because most of you in this room having heard stories of petersburg, probably never delved into it. when i was at appomattox courthouse a numb

we all know the story of lee's meeting that afternoon at mclean's brick house along the lynchburg stage road in the tiny village. grant receives generous and well-deserved praise for offering magnanimous terms and obtaining a dignified atmosphere with his 90 minutes with lee in the parlor. what of lee that day did he possess any agency in the conduct of affairs? of course, the answer goes well beyond the cliches of the formally dressed general quietly accepting the inevitable. lee faced several difficult challenges on april 9th, and the days that followed under which a lesser man might have cracked. of course, the first involved his decision to surrender. after all, the army was still viable. and willing to undertake anything lee demanded of it. his staff officer, charles venable, asked lee quote oh general, what will history say of the surrender of the army in the field? lee replied, i know they will say hard things of us. they will not understand that we were overwhelmed by numbers. but that is not the question, colonel. the question is, is it right to surrender this army. if it is ri

trains come through, will your town be the next one like in illinois or west virginia or here in lynchburgeen awaiting for close to a year now is a set of new rules from the obama administration on oil trains to make the tank cars stronger and less likely to explode when they come off the tracks. we're told to expect those new rules next month. but they come with a caveat. one of the biggest issues around these oil train disasters is how the question of combustible the oil is that's being packed into these trains. these new rules coming out next month, the obama administration is not going to take on that issue at all. the transportation department wanted that to be in the new rules, but the white house decided instead that they would leave that whole issue up to the states. specifically, they would be leaving it up to the state of north dakota, which is where most of this oil originates from. so that's neat for north dakota to be so trusted. it's sort of terrifying for the rest of us. north dakota, by their actions, have shown themselves to be uninterested in safety when it comes to these

they met me at a rest stop in lynchburg, virginia. >> keteyian: you're at a rest stop... >> pressler:. >> keteyian: ...like you're a fugitive from justice or something. >> pressler: was not allowed to interview on campus. >> keteyian: did you get to the point where you thought, "i'm never going to coach again. i'm going to have to think of doing something else with my life"? >> pressler: i did for a little bit during that time. but then, this hits me like a lightning bolt today. if i don't coach again, they've won, and they were not going to win. >> keteyian: some 700 miles away in smithfield, rhode island, bryant university president ron machtley was in the midst of rebuilding his athletic department. he did something no one else had done-- he listened and started searching for the truth. >> ron machtley: we read a number of documents in the papers, and we followed up and talked to former coaches at various places. and what i heard consistently was that mike was a standup coach. he was a great coach. and he had gotten himself into a firestorm in which duke treated him very badly. >>

he is the former head of liberty law school in lynchburg, virginia. he's argued two cases before the supreme court and presented briefs in more than 35. >> thank you, rick. just for those that will come after me, i will ask you to spell your name for the media that they will be able to get back. my name is matt. i am founder and chairman of liberty counsel, an international nonprofit litigation education and policy organization. offices in florida, washington d.c., virginia and california and hundreds of affiliates around the country and we also have a major presence in israel. we are here because of the impending supreme court decision. this week i released an article that i wrote and you can read it at stream.org. stream was recently founded by james robinson that has an international ministry and is the founder of the stream which is an online media publication and in that article i began talking about 2009 manhattan declaration was signed instituted by an inspired by the late chuck colson and co-drafted by professor robbie and timothy george. in t

he was born december 27, 1920, in lynchburg virginia, and a child of the great depression which affected his economic and personal outlook. his philosophy was simple as he would tell his children, time marches on. so must we. dr. johnson was extremely proud of his military service. however, as a humble man, he only displayed one picture of himself and that was on his patrol craft 1191 in the pacific escorting aircraft carriers. after the war, he remained u.s. navy, traveling by train, bringing soldiers and sailors home. some to their families, some to hospital, some to their final resting places. very proud of his service, he rarely every spoke of his time there. simply moved on to the next phase of his life. in post-world war ii america. after concluding active duty he completed studies in economics and was a member of the thomas jefferson society. he moved to washington in 1949 and began his professional career at the department of agriculture specializing in sugar weight industry. -- sugar weight industry. following the agriculture department the chamber of commerce. in the mid 1950's