>> okay, our next speaker should be familiar to everybody here, that's patrick schroeder. patrick, is as you know his story, in the courthouse in national historic park. and he's worked with me one of our other speakers, the third speaker today ron wilson, is the person who helped get this seminar together for the first time in 1999, the e 20 0. and then when ron retired patrick took over with working with longwood on this seminar. patrick has history degrees from shepherd college and from virginia tech. he's worked as a seasonal employee and probably, as many of you know patrick has written numerous books related to that campaign and other aspects of the war. several pamphlets. the 30 millionths about lee's surrender, cemetery at aplamatics. probably his most important work is we came to fight, a history of the fifth new york volunteer infantry. he helped finish the vortex of hell. that's a great book to have. both of those. patrick's book and the one he helped brian finish. he's very heavily involved in battlefield preservation, set up the fund with the preservation trust

and at 6:00 patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse the site of the of confederate surrender. >>> each year time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the prior 12 months. if the same question were posed in the year 1865 who would "time "time" have selected for their

the gray fox says ranger patrick schroeder, had finally been run to ground. >> he said he would ratheran have to go meet with general grant. >> reporter: what did he think would happen to him? >> he expected to be general grant's prisoner. >> reporter: at 1:30 in the afternoon, lee and grant met. what's at stake when these two men sit down here? >> what's at stake is the future of this country. will we be one country again? >> reporter: after four years of war and 700,000 dead, the man known as unconditional surrender grant wrote out the terms he thought president lincoln with his promise of malice toward none and charity toward all would want. >> grant offers very generous terms. he's not going to punish the south. he's going to parole these soldiers and allow them to go home. >> reporter: it was over in 90 minutes. lee called for his horse. >> general grant takes off his hat to general lee as he riding by, and the rest of his star follows in that salute, as you will, and general lee doffs his hat to general grant as he rides away. >> reporter: and what does he tell the troops? >> he

talking about ulysses s grant afternoon at 6:00 on american artifacts, historian patrick schroeder takes on a tour of appomattox courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. . >> each week, real america bring to archival films that help to tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago on april 7, 1955 -- 1965, president lyndon johnson delivered his first major policy speech on the vietnam war. carried live from baltimore to an estimated television audience of 60 million, the president sought to answer concerns of americans opposed to the excellent -- escalation of the conflict and those who thought the united states is not doing enough to help south vietnam. titled " peace without conquest," explained why southeast asia was of vital interest to the united states and laid out plans for economic development in vietnam. u.s. military personnel went from about 23,000 in january of 1965 to over 180,000 by the end of the year. johnson: vietnam is far away from this quad campus. we have no territory there or do we seek any. the war is dirty and brutal and d

and at 6:00 patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse the site of the of confederate>>> each year time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the prior 12 months. if the same question were posed in the year 1865 who would "time "time" have selected for their recipient. next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest

[applause] patrick schroeder: thank you john. think of all of you for being in attendance today to her this important date in our history. the union officer carrying grants letter was lieutenant cap -- lieutenant -- they found lee resting under the apple tree by the appomattox river. grants message directed lee to find a suitable place for the meeting to occur. lee only had one lieutenant with him. and one orderly named joshua johns. lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person grant offered to save leave a humiliation by stating that he would meet with anybody that lee designated. lee's father had been with washington at yorktown, and witnessed what he deemed to be the shameful behavior of colonel wallace, by sending a subordinate to formally surrender the british army. lee would not shame the family name by transferring the responsibility to a subordinate. as the party left the apple tree and reached the appomattox river, lee's forces stopped to drink. marshall continued into the village behin

. >> okay, our next speaker should be familiar to everybody here, that's patrick schroeder. patrick, is as you know his story, in the courthouse in national historic park. and he's worked with me one of our other speakers, the third speaker today ron wilson, is

grant, and on sunday on american artifacts, patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the appomattox courthouse in virginia, the sight of surrender in 1865. ... [inaudible conversations] >> welcome everybody. >> should i wait for you? welcome everybody to -- it's really great to have an opportunity to host regular botox by authors that write about topics that concern and culture and politics. it's especially good when the topic is the founder of the magazine and it's a pleasure tonight to introduce the biographer of the biography of john neuhaus randy boyagoda. randy is an accomplished novelist and his most recent novel beggars faced which is best described as great gatsby. it's a very good read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. tonight sam taman house has agreed to interview randy and call out aspects of the biography so it's my pleasure to welcome them both. [applause] >> am i good? i shouts i probably don't need one of those. randy boyagoda you are novelist writing about john neuhaus. how did you get to this topic? and when did you choose and why? >> i started working on this book in some ways wi

i'm grateful to patrick schroeder to having included me. so you have the surrender scene and i would like to turn to the surrender aftermath and the political debates spawned by appomattox and i'll

and at 6:00 patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse the site of the of confederate surrender. >>> each year time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the prior 12 months. if the same question were posed in the year 1865 who would "time "time" have selected for their recipient. next robert kenzer nominates abraham lincoln, citing lincoln's influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu.s. this is about 45 minutes. >>> you'd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. i had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. our next speaker is robert c. kenzer. bob is the william benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. for most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. bob

i'm grateful to patrick schroeder to having included me. so you have the surrender scene and i would like to turn to the surrender aftermath and the political debates spawned by appomattox and i'll argue that lee and grant had distinct visions of what an honorable possess would look like and -- peace would look like and the two of the myths of the gentlemen's meeting of the minds and they had fundamental visions of what an honorable peace would look like and why the war turned out the way it did. but i will try to take us beyond lee and grant as the appomattox drama unfolded the countrymen and women would crowd the scene and vest the surrender with their oesh as pir -- own aspirations and agendas and dreams and the dream in the eyes of african-americans and soldiers and former slaves and lee's surrender was a freedom day, the day that the moment -- the moment that the promise of emancipation was finally fulfilled. lee' vision of an honorable peace emphasized confederate precisiveness and the vindication, african-american would associate it

grant, and on sunday on american artifacts, patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the appomattox courthouse in virginia, the sight of surrender in 1865. ...

patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse girl virginia, the site of the confederate surrender in april 1965. >> each week, " reel america" brings you archival films. 50 years ago on april 7, 1955, president lyndon johnson delivered his first major policy speech regarding the vietnam war. carried live to an estimated television audience of 60 million, the president sought to answer concerns to the escalation of the conflict as well as those who thought the united states was not doing enough to help south vietnam. the address attempted to explain why southeast asia was of a vital interest to the united states and worthy of sacrifice and laid out plans for economic development in vietnam. u.s. military personal one from 23,000 in january of 1955 to over 180,000 by the end of the year. president johnson: vietnam is far away from this campus. we have no territory there, nor do we seek any. the war is dirty and brutal and difficult and some 400 young men born into an america that is bursting with opportunity and promise have ended their lives on vietnam's steaming soil. wh

sunday afternoon at 6:00, historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse inginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 10 a.m. eastern, a discussion on rowing violence in yemen and the future of that country. at 12:15 p.m., nsa director speaks about cyber security. at 3 p.m., a debate between seven candidates in the upcoming may 7 election in the u.k. in one hour in a local washington journal" we are joined by writers from the daily beast to discuss the key policy debates in washington. a conversation with editor in chief. at a: 40 5 a.m., national security correspondent nancy youssef will discuss the fight against isis, the orion nuclear negotiations -- the iran nuclear negotiations. at 9:30, jackie kucinich talks about the religious freedom debate and what it means to the republican party. ♪ host: stepping down as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, senator menendez says he will fight corruption charges. and the justice department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a la

historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the court house in virginia. site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back at the d.c. bureau of "the daily beast" with jackie kucinich. guest: good morning. host: can you take a look at events in indiana and arkansas and tell us your take on the political nature of what has been going on in those two states? guest: i think in indiana just a couple minutes ago, they started to release draft information about that law which makes it clear that they cannot use the law to discriminate against the lg bt community. that is one of the fixes they have made. they did that under pressure from business groups, mostly from business groups, and this huge national backlash that came from mike pence signing this into law. in arkansas, you have the governor there come out and say he was not going to sign this into law the difference between the two, if he does not sign it, that does not mean it cannot become law. it will become law in five days anyways. he did not say c

it is now my pleasure to call forth patrick schroeder who for 20 years has explored the lanes the fieldsthe home places of appomattox courthouse as an historian for the national park service. today, he will carry our story from the apple tree into mclean's parlor, 150 years ago to this minute. >> thank you, john thank you for all of you being in attendance today to remember this important date in our country's history. the union officer carrying grant's letter was lieutenant colonel orville babcock. named william mckee dunn. they found lee resting under that apple tree by the appomattox river. lee had with him only lieutenant colonel charles marshall, his aid to camp of his staff and an orderly named joshua johns. his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attending the surrender meeting. marshall did not. in fact, lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person. the previous correspondence, grant offered to save lee the humiliation anymore that he would meet with anyone that lee designated. lee's father, l

it is now my pleasure to call forth patrick schroeder who for 20 years has explored the lanes the fieldsthe home places of appomattox courthouse as an historian for the national park service. today, he will carry our story from the apple tree into mclean's parlor, 150 years ago to this minute. >> thank you, john thank you for all of you being in attendance today to remember this important date in our country's history. the union officer carrying grant's letter was lieutenant colonel orville babcock. named william mckee dunn. they found lee resting under that apple tree by the appomattox river. lee had with him only lieutenant colonel charles marshall, his aid to camp of his staff and an orderly named joshua johns. his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attending the surrender meeting. marshall did not. in fact, lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person. the previous correspondence, grant offered to save lee the humiliation anymore that he would meet with anyone that lee designated.

sunday afternoon at 6:00 on american artifacts historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender in 1865. >> thursday, the peace corps director outlines changes to the organization. since she took the helm last june. she will discuss new policies aimed at reducing health and violence risks faced by volunteers. we will have a remarks from the center for strategic and international studies, live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span two. later we will be with president obama in louisville, kentucky, for speech on technology and the economy, live at 2:40 p.m. eastern, also on c-span2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in this year's documentary competition. student cam encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create the documentaries based on the themes of three branches and you , to demonstrate how a policy, law, or action by one of the three branches >> nature diversifies itself constantly. if it did not, the wh

sunday afternoon, patrick shoulder takes us on a -- patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the appomattox courthouse. >> the most memorable was hearing senator cory gardner at our lunch yesterday say you need to be firm in your principles, but flexible in the details, because it reflects the solution, like a harsh polarization we are seeing, and the methodology that if all the senators, all the country's men and women, you can come together as a country and solve many of our pertinent issues. >> my favorite quotation came from julie adams. she said that remember to be humble and have a strong work ethic. because of the people you meet on the way up, you will meet them on the way back down. >> congress itself, we oftentimes have a lack of two statements. -- statesmen. john mccain committed to the veterans affair reform bill, and reading the senate culture report and maintaining that staying away from torture is essential to the character of our democracy. to the point we are willing to have people cross the aisle, we are willing to make these decisions with people with whom they may not of

it is now my pleasure to call forth patrick schroeder who for 20 years has explored the lanes the fieldsaces of appomattox courthouse as an historian for the national park service. today, he will carry our story from the apple tree into mclean's parlor, 150 years ago to this minute. >> thank you, john thank you for all of you being in attendance today to remember this important date in our country's history. the union officer carrying grant's letter was lieutenant colonel orville babcock. named william mckee dunn. they found lee resting under that apple tree by the appomattox river. lee had with him only lieutenant colonel charles marshall, his aid to camp of his staff and an orderly named joshua johns. his other aid to camp, walter taylor had begged off from having to suffer the humiliation of attending the surrender meeting. marshall did not. in fact, lee refused to duck the responsibility himself. attending the meeting in person. the previous correspondence, grant offered to save lee the humiliation anymore that he would meet with anyone that lee designated. lee's father, light horse

sunday afternoon historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of -- appomattox courthouse in virginia. >> you need to be firm in your principles of flexible in the details, because it really reflects like solutions like the harsh polarization we have seen across the country, and a methodology that it is all senators if all the congressmen and congresswoman, and all state legislators cap.com the we can come together as a country and solve issues. quite my favorite quote came from julie adams. she said her member to be humble and have a strong work ethic, be kind to the people you meet on the way up, you will meet him again on the way back down. >> we have a lack of true statesman, as much as i made disagree with him, john mccain is something impressive. he committed to the veterans affairs reform bill and reading the senate torch report, maintaining how staying away from torture is essential to the character of our democracy. at the point where we have people who are willing to cross the aisle, are willing to make these decisions, that is essentially what we need to maintain security,

sunday afternoon at 6:00 historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the courthouse in virginia, a site of the confederate surrender on april 9. >> during this month c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in the student documentary competition. student cam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically. students were asked to create a documentary based on the theme the three branches and you to demonstrate how a policy law or action has affected them or the community one of our second prize winners is from nevada. her entry focused on animal conservation. if our land is in healthy how can we as a people be healthy. it impacts us all. the actual health of our wildlife -- wildlife population. >> to many the endangered species act is excellent when it works to help species recovery but will it be what is best? that is what we set out to discover. >> the greater sage grause is another declining species. a century goat there were over 60 million and today there are fewer than 600,000 and the number continues to drop. >> the cur

and patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of a courthouse in virginia, the sign of confederate surrendern 1865. tomorrow night, former president bill clinton, moderating a discussion of young entrepreneurs in the health industry, including a venture capitalist who started a hotel company. it is part of the annual clinton foundation health summit. in this portion, health insurance company founder joshua kushner talks about how the industry needs to be more like the tech industry. president clinton: what do you need to happen that is beyond your control for your business model to have a good chance to succeed? panelist: great question. so i think it is mostly about incentives. there is a lot of things that we are doing that are very differentiated. to go back to the question you asked before, how does technology impact our businesses , or the industry, i am of the believe that if you are not a technology company in the next decade, you will not be a company. i think this is an unprecedented change in the world where everyone either needs to adapt or just move on. but there is so much that

sunday afternoon at 6:00 on american artifacts patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of the courthouse in virginia. there are labor department has announced that employers added 126,000 jobs in march. the lowest number since 2013. analysts say they are worried about the economy. home sales have sputtered and cheaper gasoline has failed to bring more consumer spending. in his first presidential visit to utah, president obama announced a new initiative to help job-seeking military veterans. they are launching a program to teach outgoing service members how the install solar panels. hill air force base where the president made the announcement is one of 10 bases that will have the program. president obama: good morning, everybody. it is wonderful to be in the beautiful state of utah. and i want to thank the general and the kernel and everyone here at hill air force base. one of the most outstanding facilities that we have. every single day, your work keeps our air force base ready to meet the many threats that are out there. threats like isil, the work we are doing in iraq. you support ou

and historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse courthouse. >>> nationalently hosted a series of panel discussions at the museum to talk about immigration and ongoing effect on the demographics of cities and communities around the country. next the mayors of los angeles, aurora, colorado salt lake city, and anaheim, california, discuss how their cities are addressing issues of immigration. >>> good afternoon. i'm vice president at national journal. i would like to welcome all of you, this is a new setup for us as well as those watching our live stream video at national journal.com to today's town hall. next america population 2043. this event is presented with support from emmerson collective. just a couple of notes of housekeeping before we get started. one, we would love for you to silenceure cell phones but please don't put them away. we would love you to tweet your comments and questions on this event at #nj next america. if you would like to use the wi-fi network, the access code is museum guest. and there is no password. we will also have q&a after e

grant on american history, historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of a courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 16, 1865. >>> medical researchers update the senate aging committee on progress in developing a cure for alzheimer's. the effect of this on current treatments and the need for more funding to study the disease. witnesses include former model, actress and restauranteur bee smith who's diagnosed with early onset alzheimer's. >>> this hearing will come to order. good afternoon. it is my pleasure to convene this afternoon's hearing to assess our nation's progress in combating alzheimer's disease since the enactment of the national alzheimer's project act which i co-authored with then-senator evan bayh in 2011. i don't need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimer's is. it exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual, the family, and our society. in addition to the human suffering it causes alzheimer's costs the united states

sunday afternoon at 6:00 on american artifacts historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of a courthouse in virginia the site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. >> next a forum on transportation and infrastructure funding with discussions on surface transportation legislation. the em pact of transit systems on local economies and an update from transportation department officials on rail and transit initiatives. speakers urge congress to pass a long-term transportation bill. the american public transportation association hosted the event in march. >> good morning. how's everybody doing? had a great, great session already this morning. 7:30 this morning. who was all in there eating breakfast? all right. all right. listen, welcome to act i've 40th annual legislative conference and to our nation's capital. yesterday was some great sessions. weren't they? with the mayor of washington, d.c. and various speakers. it was just wonderful. thanks everyone for being only people they think can lead here. the conference comes at a momentum time in the industry. this week we are gearing up

and sunday afternoon at 6:00 on "american artifacts" historian patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomatox courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 9, 1865. >> now discussions on common core education programs and intellectual property rights. it's from february's conservative political action conference. conference. >> good morning. so glad to be here. what a full room. thank you all so much for coming to this exceptionally important panel that we're going to talk about what's next for common core, the political future. and i just wanted to say a quick thank you to dan schneider and map schlapp and carly fiorina. it's great to be down closer with everybody. it's a great setup and we're so excited to have a wonderful conference with you. and what a testament to cpac that they're starting off with such an important topic education and the common core. because i think when we consider some of our most critical problems facing the country