on beacon hill in boston which is the first work of american art by a major american sculptor or paynter which portrays black americans in a heroic role. it's about the 54th regiment of massachusetts that served under captain shaw and so many of whom were killed at fort wagner and if you have seen the movie glory, you know what that's about. it is a breathtaking and immortal work. there's a gilded reproduction of it that's a duplicate of it here in the national gallery, and there is another very important piece in the cemetery here which is his monument to clover adams the wife of henry adams, the mysterious figure with a shawl over the head which is also to be seen in a duplicative version of the national portrait gallery. the great statue of general sherman stands at 59th street and the entrance to central park right across the plaza hotel also i think is the greatest sequester and a statue in america. here is this boy who was a shoemaker's son and he did indeed desire to excel and he did indeed xl and he did bring it home, and i want to read you something that he rode. this is years a

host: paynter from the national archives. coming up in just a minute, "the washington post" investigation of hud and we will have one of the investigative reporters on. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> every weekend on the american history tv, the people and events that document the american story. this weekend -- collaborator, conspirator, or innocent boarding home owner. retrying mary surratt overtly and process assassination. and jeb magruder. and boston university professor on the presidency and cold war policy. look for the complete schedule last c-span.org/history. or for the schedule in your in box, click the c-span alert button. this weekend on book tv on c- span2, on "after words" and author and columnist talk about the history of conservatism. "no higher honor" -- condoleezza rice recants her time as secretary of state. and president bill clinton's thoughts on the current state of the american economy and his plan for recovery. or the

on beacon hill in boston which is the first work of american art by a major american sculptor or paynter which portrays black americans in a heroic role. it's about the 54th regiment of massachusetts that served under captain shaw and so many of whom were killed at fort wagner and if you have seen the movie glory, you know what that's about. it is a breathtaking and immortal work. there's a gilded reproduction of it that's a duplicate of it here in the national gallery, and there is another very important piece in the cemetery here which is his monument to clover adams the wife of henry adams, the mysterious figure with a shawl over the head which is also to be seen in a duplicative version of the national portrait gallery. the great statue of general sherman stands at 59th street and the entrance to central park right across the plaza hotel also i think is the greatest sequester and a statue in america. here is this boy who was a shoemaker's son and he did indeed desire to excel and he did indeed xl and he did bring it home, and i want to read you something that he rode. this is years a