on the shore of plymouth where wilderness greeted the pilgrims now stands the monument on plymouth rocka cheering throng reached the second mayflower. captain vineyards and his men receive a hero's ovation at plymouth. close by plymouth rock where the pilgrims first set foot in the new world, the mayflower ii will be docked permanently, living memorial to a great voyage. ♪ >>> you're watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span 3. explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, create created by america's cable television companies and today brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> weeknight this is month, we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, we look at the cold war. historian william hitchcock discusses presidential leadership during the cold war and the era's lasting impact on politics. author of "the age of eisenhower:america and the world in the 1950s." watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and enjoy american

close by plymouth rock where the pilgrims first set foot in the new world, the mayflower ii will be dockedmanently, living memorial to a great voyage. ♪ >>> now that the president has signed the coronavirus relief and government funding bill, congress still has work to do this week. they begin in the house today with a vote on whether to override the veto of the $700 billion authorization bill. in his veto message, president trump said he objected to the bill's failure to repeal section 230 which protects companies and the removal of military names on installations. if the veto is successful in the house, it goes to the senate. the senate may also try to raise the relief covid checks from $600 to $2,000. the first votes of the senate are expected tuesday on c-span 2. >>> week nights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we look at the cold war. historian hitchcock talks about the lasting impact on politics. he's in the age of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950s. enjoy american history tv every w

it is glamorously portrayed when you see the pilgrims kneeling and praying next to plymouth rock, but they must have been so glad to get off that ship. really, they must have been glad. the mayflower project is not your first foray into recreating historic ships. how did you get started into that? >> >> >> the first project, six years ago, was undertaken, again, as a labor of love, for the shipwreck museum in hastings, on the south coast of england. we put together a project to build a 3-d version. the fact that we were able to fly a drone and see the ship from the air, on its final resting place. when you fly the drone you can see the 3d and you can map that onto the ship itself, a world first. as a result we were invited to a lot of maritime conferences and meetings including the mayflower 400 trail, towns across england that were homes of the pilgrims before they made their way to london to set up for plymouth to board the ship. we were invited to consider whether we could do something similar for the mayflower, with the 400 anniversary close on the horizon. >> what did that look l

and then they put the shallop on the land at provincetown and ultimately took it to the famed plymouth rock. and then in the actual virtual reality demonstration, you can see the fish house there, you can see the chain. so, again, even though it may not have been there in the 1620s, it was definitely the most important part of the fortification. the observers could look down, and if they thought it was a threat, the chain could come down. on the virtual demonstration itself, you're automatically taken out to the mayflower in this rickety little boat, and you can see the view of plymouth that the mayflower pilgrims were seeing. the system would take you up onto the ship itself, and we've got various pilgrims and crew. the guy sat directly in front of you with a hat on in the demo iflt itself, as you'll see in the video later on, is not at all well. that's bad news because the ship hasn't even left the harbor yet, so he's not going to fare very well going to the americas in the coming weeks, the coming 66 days that these guys and gals were at sea. so, again, we can look back into plymou plymo

and thank you rudy giuliani's thanksgiving for being held at plymouth rock total landscaping. [applause ♪ thank you, patti labelle's sweet potato pie, for letting me know it's okay to eat you the way i eat most pie ♪ on my own [ laughter and applause ♪ thank you, the parades, or as i like to call you, the happy traffic. [ applause ] ♪ thank you, candied yams, for making children everywhere lose faith in candy [ laughter and applause ♪ thank you, pilgrims, for being goth leprechauns [ laughter and applause ♪ thank you, deep frying a a turkey, for being the most delicious way to accidentally light your entire house on fire there you have it, everybody those are our thank you notes. happy thanksgiving we'll be right back, with jerry seinfeld [ cheers and applause ♪ your petitions worked. because a sandwich so tangy and delicious, it has inspired songs, opinion pieces, even memes, is back. but you don't need to be told that. because a calendar reminder already did. this is a sandwich known to all by reputation. a sandwich you simply cannot eat before documenting. the mcrib is back.

then they took it to the land on plymouth rock. and in the demonstration, you can see the chain, so again, even though they were not aware of it in the 1620s, it was definitely an important part. you can then also automatically see the view of plymouth, that the mayflower shows in this scene, and we've got the children and a guy with a hat on, and the ship hasn't even left the harbor yet. so these people are going to bid their fell well to the americas in the coming week. when you look back into plymouth , that is what they say before sailing out. if you look at the map, it is a little beaten up there, we don't know, and onto the americas. the guy that you see here is a representation, so we decided to put him in a timely hat, obviously because of his relationship. >> and this was a servant of the governor that was aboard the ship, he fell overboard going across the atlantic, but managed miraculously to grab a rope and pull himself back on board. absolutely incredible some of these guys, if we could get these avatars to tell their

they landed, there is a traditional story that they landed on plymouth rock and they began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. this essentially becomes the place where the colonists live until the housing is built for everyone. when they return home in april, that charter, think of mayflower as a bus, it has been hired to bring these people over, the charter is getting more and more expensive the longer that the ship stays. she leaves 1861, and nobody from plymouth returns to board her, she arrives in the middle of may. much to the stress of the merchants, she returned utterly empty with nothing to compensate for the investment they made. i can't even imagine what the first winter was like, 102 passengers arrived in november and by the end of february, half of them are gone. and we know from the writings of william bradford and edward winslow that there were times in february when two or three per day were dying, so imagine houses that are collapsing on the outside, and as for insulation, there's two or three inches of clay that people are just watching wash away. imagine the ho

there was a traditional story they landed on plymouth rock and began to build their houses on christmas day, 1620. and eventually the mayflower becomes a place where the colonists live until there's sufficient housing assured for everyone. the ships staying in new england drives up the cost of the venture. so when it returns home in april, that charter -- think of mayflower as a bus that's been hired to bring people over. the charter is getting more and more expensive the longer that the ship stays. she leaves april 5, 1621. and no one from plymouth returns aboard her. she arrives in england in the middle of may. much to the distress of the merchants, she returns utterly empty with nothing to compensate them for the investment they've made. i can't even imagine what the first winter was like. 102 passengers arrived in november, and by the end of february, half of them are gone. and we know from the writings of william bradford and edward winslow that there were times in february when two and three a day were dying. their houses were incomplete, so imagine simple little houses that are c

we've got these two touchstone points that they land on plymouth rock and we jettison to king phillip's war. do you have to discern between the passengers on the mayflower and the second generation? >> sure. well, to some extent. although, you know, in terms of the issue of slavery, edward winslow and his wife susannah owned at least one native slave in the 1640s. there was a boy named hope who was probably a prequat captive whom they sold to the caribbean. so, you know, i wouldn't totally make a strict distinction between the pilgrims and their descendants. the pilgrims were very critical of the fact that some english ship captains kidnapped and enslaved wampanogs, in part because it created a lot of trouble for them, or at least some trouble for them when they first reached cape cod. and so, you know, they were critical of that sort of kidnapping and slave trading. it certainly doesn't seem to have occurred to the early settlers of the colony that in any way it would be just to enslave natives, even if they were captured in a just war. that idea really doesn't develop strongly in new

it was written literally in the galley of the mayflower before they set foot perhaps on plymouth rock. is there plurality among them? is there is. there is a great deal of urology in pennsylvania as well. i think we can learn something about them about how to get along with holding our deepest differences religiously. i believe to this day 90% of us still believe in some kind of supreme being or higher power. among the industrialized nations in rural america it is still uniquely religious and can we learn something from this experiment in plymouth? i think we can. i think it has a legacy of constitutionalism that is passed down in the subsequent documents. even hundreds of years later. again, i think it is a remarkable production for this time and its circumstances. >> could you also comment on how signing of the mayflower compact and creation of the social contract influenced the community itself? its behaviors, its conduct, the treatment of the members of the community and others? >> i will attend that to dr. patterson first. >> i think that is -- that this sets the groundwork for a

to be a plymouth rock, but when you're talking about subjects that need the details, and instead they are worried about what kind of tie they were wearing, maybe you could just elaborate more about some of the trends or tendencies you are seeing in that kind of writing, love fiction writing amongst your peers? >> i'm just appallingly ignorant when it comes to business writing. i can only guess. i think essentially, memoir has eaten biography and now it's in its weight eating history. i'm all for that. i am a big fan of memoir, and so i think what is happening is, there is more and more intimacy in all of our writing. let me just go on about memoirs for two minutes. memoir has a tremendous political dimension. it has given a voice to people who have never had a voice before. women, servants. people who did not write books before, people whose stories weren't heard before. because of that, we've developed something i have developed -- i've called memoir shame. i think, we are at the beginning of the golden age of memoir, we've only begun to see what can be done with more. i think at the

it was written i think literally in the galley of the mayflower before they set foot perhaps at plymouth rock. is there religious plurality among them? there is. there is religious plurality in england as well. so they get along holding our deepest differences religiously and i believe to this day polls indicate american, 90% of us believe in some kind of supreme being or higher power. america is still uniquely religious and can we learn something from this experiment in plymouth? i think we can. i think it has a legacy of constitutional. >> ism that is passed down even hundreds of years later. but again, it's a remarkable production for its time and circumstances. >> could you also comment on how signing of the mayflower compact is a creation of this social contract influenced the community itself, its behaviors, its conduct and treatment of the members of that community and others? >> i will turn that to dr. patterson first. >> i think that's what this sets the groundwork for a level of cooperation that just has to happen. this is only about 100 people. they are facing winter off of cape co

read this email that i just got from larry gatlin who said you look like you are trying to find plymouth rock hats. we are celebrating christmas, greg, not thanksgiving. anyway. [laughter] hysterical. animals are great, animals are great, animals are great! ♪ >> greg: very quickly, taking your time. pacing when you eat. look at this little fella here. i guess it is an iguana although i'm not sure because i didn't read the package. he's taking his time and that is very good because you don't end up having lots and lots of gaps. so eat your grub slowly. look at that. fantastic. >> dana: that is disgusting and i will have nightmares. jesse. >> jesse: we have flamethrower news. there we go. it looked like rambo right there. whoever made that will get an award. we had a wasp inpatient in a chinese town. the chinese knew how to handle it though. they strapped the flame thrower to a drone and took it out, the wasp nest like that. not so great with the coronavirus, but great with wasp nest disposal. so congratulations, you guys. i could use that. >> dana: wow, we need to use that one murder hornets i

it was written i think literally in the galley of the mayflower before they set foot perhaps at plymouth rock. and so -- but is there religious plurality among them? there is. there's a great deal of religious plurality in pennsylvania, as well. so i think we can learn something from them about how to get along with our -- holding our deepest differences religiously. and i believe to this day, polls indicate that americans, upwards 90% of us, still believe in some kind of supreme being or higher power. so among the industrialized nations of the world, america is -- is still uniquely religious. and can we learn something from this experiment in plymouth? i think we can. i think it has a legacy of constitutionalism that is passed down in the subsequent documents, even hundreds of years later. but again, i think it's a remarkable production for its time and for its circumstances. >> could you also comment on how signing of the mayflower compact, this creation of this social contract, influenced that community itself, its behaviors, its conduct, its treatment of the members of the community and o

plymouth plantation. bradford was the true rock upon which plymouth colony would be built. without his leadership the settlement would have never been a success and the pilgrims never referred to themselves as the pilgrims. this comes from a phrase bradford uses of plymouth plantation and it's as good a term as any to refer to them give continue complexity of what was beneath that label. for 65 days the mayflower had blundered her way through storms and headwinds. her bottom a shaggy pelt of sea seaweed and barn cools. there are 102 of them, 104 if you counted the two dogs. a spaniel and slobbery mastiff. i was contacted by a reader who has a mastiff who felt a vital connection with the pilgrims. most of their provisions and equipment were beneath them in the hold, the primary storage area. the passengers were in the between decks, a dank, airless space about 75 feet long and not even five feet high that separated the hold from the upper deck. the between decks was more of a crawl space than a place to live, made even more claustrophobic. cabins will been built and overflow

plymouth harbor. came to the famous rock. they were greeted by the native americans and then a year later celebrated the first thanksgiving. that was pretty much all i would learn about the pilgrims throughout my education not only in high school but in college. about 20 years ago i moved to nantucket island and i became fascinated with the place. having grown up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania i was a little overwhelmed by having all of this water around. i was also overwhelmed because one of my most favorite books in the world was moby . this was if i had stepped into the pages of my favorite. the more i learned about it the more i began to realize if i was ever going to write a book i was going to have to begin with the pilgrims. that story i assumed i already knew. i began to look into 17th century new england. the more i looked into the story the almost indignant i became. what i learned in third grade didn't do justice to the complexity and the real relevance of what happened in 17th century new england. the story of the pi

and this is a quote from william bradford from plymouth plantation, one of the great books of american history and literature. bradford was a true rock upon which plymouth colony would be built. without his leadership, the settlement was never a success. the pilgrims never referred to themselves of the pilgrims. this comes from a phrase bradford uses in plymouth plantation of plymouth plantation, and it is as good a term as any to refer to them, i omplexity of the c what was beneath that label. for 65 days, the mayflower has wandered through storms and headwinds. her bottom shaggy with seaweed and particles, her leaky decks spewing saltwater underwear passengers' devoted heads. 104 if you counted the two dogs. i was richly contacted by an owner who is a mastiff ownwer, she said she had to bring eight towel wherever she took her dog. most of their provisions and equipment were beneath them in the hold. the primary storage area of the vessel. the passengers were in the between deck, a dank, airless space about 75 feet long and not even five feet high that separates the hold from the upper deck. between decks is more of a crawlspace tha

and this is a quote from william bradford of plymouth plantation, which is one of the great books of american history and literature. bradford was the true rock upon which plymouth colony would be built. without his leadership, the settlement would have never been a success. the pilgrims never referred to themselves out the pilgrims. this comes from a phrase bradford uses in plymouth plantation -- of plymouth plantation. it's as good as a term of any to refer to them, i think, given the complexity of what was beneath that label. one for 65 days, the mayflower had blundered her way through storms and headwinds. her bottom shaggy pelted seaweed and barnacles. her leaky duck sloughing salt water under her pastures devoted heads. there are hundred and two of them, 104 if you counted the two dogs, a spaniel and giant slobbering mastiff. i was recently continent by a reader who was a mastiff owner who said they have to bring a towel over they take the dog and when she read that opening of mayflower, she felt a vital connection with the pilgrims in plymouth colony when. most of their provisions and equipment were beneath them in the whole, the prima

american women who have written more than half of the american story going all the way back to plymouth rock. their stories are our stories and their stories emphatically should be told by the smithsonian institution at the museum of american history, period. no hyphen. now, the senator from new jersey is well aware of my stingy views on spending. but if american latino or women's history are being underappropriated at the museum of american history, that is a problem and that's a problem we should address here. i'll happily work with him or anyone else to correct those problems, even if it means more money, more exhibits, new floors or wings. i understand what my colleagues are trying to do and why. i respect what they're trying to do. i even share their interests in ensuring that these stories are told. but the last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation within an array of separate but equal museums if hyphenated identity groups. at this moment in the history of our diverse nation, we need our federal government and the smithsonian institution itself to pull us closer