she battle of the ironclad ship is the birth of the modern navy.when you go out and look at any , use either wisconsin or the misery, they have a gun tank on them. the one on this is the first one ever on a ship. that's why it's so important. history, its world history. its culture history. it is the story of the crew and the struggles. slaves. a whole bunch of different angles of not only civil war history but world history as well. >> next friday night, c-span examines the history of the civil rights movement with a tour of the met gregor's house -- of metzger evers

civil war, although the battle was itsidered a tactical draw, is the burke in a lot of ways of the modern navythe wisconsin, the missouri, they have a gun turre the on them. the one in this tank is the first one ever on a ship. that's probably why it's so isortant, because it american naval mystery, it's world history, it's the stories crew, the civil war, the struggles. there were slaves on the monitor. it really ties in a whole bunch different angles of not only civil war history, but world history as well. >> n >> next friday night, c-span examines the history of the civil rights movement, with a of the evers house in jackson, mississippi. race riots in st. louis. martin luther king's letter from birmingham jail. the 16th street baptist church, and more, all next friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. in 1864 the confederate submarine h.l. hunley became the to sink an en my warship, it then disappeared. it wasn't found until 1995 and removed from the water five years later. c-span spoke with an archeologist about the recovery of thetoration submarine. >> the submarine is the first to sink a

who are active in politics, not just in britain but an american navy can mean an, be presented themselves. the nature of the media, modernommunication, life is the have to be card specialized and decide to do that and relatively young age courses and three books? cards and armco written a couple of others. >> and don't have kids. even so, how'd he managed to write something as thoughtful and wide-ranging. i think the best of vice, but two things about writing a book, the smartest thing that anyone sitting writing a book was winston churchill it's like building a house. after work out how many floors, with the external structures to work out how many rooms and bedrooms and while you worry

modernizing management with an enterprise focus. we established the defense health agency, which is responsible now for the common business and clinical practices 10 shared services at least across services. historically, it each ran their navy,dical service, army, air force. this i going to produce efficiency and save dollars. >> there is going to have to be reformed. you're somebody that has to play in it. what are some of the tenants you think folks should keep in mind as they go through this process? again, is on making us stronger, better, more relevant. so that it iscare fair, robust, , a sustainable health benefit. looking at defining our requirements for global health engagement and defining our ststrategic partners. >> thankso much. we appreciate it. coming up, michelle obama named her a champion of change in 2013. she joins us next. >> between 2006-2010 the number vets, men and women, more than doubled. joining us now is the ceo of women veterans interactive, an organization aimedt helping women veterans and their families. ginger, thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure to be here. >> you are once in this position. what inspired you to create this initiative? >> from being in that position. my husband and i

almost every advantage, modern, professional army that had been battle tested they had a small continental army reinforced by militias that could not be counted on. the greatest navy in world. we had terrorist we gave the ability to as steel and pillage for paying. most of america's did not actually support independence. less than half of, and americans supported independence. thousands of for the british. many of the others just wanted to be left alone. not to mention the thousands of german soldiers in the thousands of native americans that sided with the british cause. not to mention the fact the british have the world's greatest economy. the united states did not really have one of the time. no central bank and our time raising money. so how do we win? it is not just that we wanted more than they did. have a lot to do with the factor we used intelligence better than the british did. george washington, among others, was really get a u.s. in the information that came in from a network of spies and intelligence apparatus that he had set up during this time. about masters in history from the school at syracuse university. after he got his master's he served the un

modern people, people in the post-9/11 era. even that in the middle is filled full of symbolism, five stars that represent the five branches of the military, army, navy, air force, marines and coast guard. active duty and retired and reserve members. this is all about observing the ac sacrifices made by folks in the post-9/11 world. we hear about the importance of doing that observance from one of the members of this organization. >> we found that the 99% want to help, they don't know how to help. and they haven't been asked to help. through both democratic and republican administration, the call for shared sacrifice has never been made. we are making that with the code of support foundation. >> now, as you can see, the flowers will go there. that's the living part of the memorial. donated by home depot. once this is completed the volunteers are signing up military families, active military, retired, everyone is involved. this is going to be moved over to the entrance of arlington cemetery at the women in service memorial where it is expected to stay until september 11th. there will be a ceremony, some of the folks who will be speaking, the person wh

modern age. i don't know whether that is true or not. >> [indiscernible] >> thank you for your presentation, anthony. i was wondering if you could give us some details about the burning of the washington navy yard. >> the naval yard, yes. about theon was burning of the navy yard. this was a terrible story. none of us would want to go through what commandant, stingy -- thomas tingey went through that night. britisheen told it the succeeded at the battle of play this and seem to be within the boundaries of washington, he was to take preemptive action and burn the supplies and everything else at the navy yard. this was a terrible decision to make. and so he waited until the last minute to read he sent his scout out. they came back with the news that the british had succeeded and were pouring into washington. he had no alternative. laid gunpowder into the buildings. i set it alight. alight.set it people couldn't believe what they were doing but they had to hurry out reporters. preemptive action. that is what they did. beenwatched -- they had billed with the finest labor and had taken so long. everything was like a burning, there was a woman on pennsylvania avenue in her home. her husband had l