this weekend on history book shelf, nelson lankford discusses his book richmond burning, the last days of the confederate capital. contending the fire sd

this weekend on history bookshelf, nelson lankford, "richmond burning." the author contends the fire spread throughout richmond, virginia at the end of the civil war was intentionally set before the union soldiers arrived, and that it was allowed to burn freely. this half hour talk was given at the fountain book store in richmond, virginia. >>> the nixon foundation posted a gathering of former white house speechwriters who reflected on how the 37th president's messages were crafted and communicated. over the next 90 minutes they discussed richard nixon's public language from minor statements to major speeches. >>> and i'm here 0 to welcome you on behalf of the nixon foundation to our tenth nixon legacy panel. we began these panels last year and have every expectation of continuing them through the centennial of richard nixon's birth in january of 2013. we sponsor these in conjunction with the national archives, and my counterpart the assistant archivist in charge of all presidential libraries will be here at the end to help us conclude today's panel. toda

. >>> next week on history bookshelf, nelson lankford discusses his book, "richmond burning," the last days of the confederate capital. he says the fire was intentionally ignited before the union soldiers arrived and allowed to burn freely. history bookshelf airs on american history tv every saturday at noon eastern. >>> there's a new website for american history t, where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs, watch featured video from our regular weekly series, as well as access history tweets. history in the news, and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and foursquare. follow american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. >>> last year, the mcconnell center at the university of louisville held a conference on henry clay and leadership in the u.s. senate. at the conference, u.s. senate historian donald richie, spoke about clay and the foundation of the senate. this is 40 minutes. >>> thank you. and good morning. i'm glad to be here. and i'm glad that there are so many secondary school teachers in the audien