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the south feels it like they can win under robert e lee and robert e. lee believes he can win with that army. now for the union options once robert e lee starts to move the commander of the army of the potomac the principal union army in the eastern theater says, hey, this is great. now that the army's out of the way, let's go on to richmond. now abraham lincoln the beginning of war would make suggestions to his generals. but he's been bowing up on his strategy over there reading at the library of congress and at this point the war he's done making suggest units he will now say. lee's army and not richmond is your true objective and roger that on to richmond like it says no, no. i need you to go after robert e lee and he goes right right onto richmond and he's no no you need to go get lee's army lincoln already started to understand if he goes and gets leaves army. you can go get richmond. whatever. and to take richmond with robert e lee in that army still out there wouldn't end the war at all. now the union army of the potomac this is the principal unio
the south feels it like they can win under robert e lee and robert e. lee believes he can win with that army. now for the union options once robert e lee starts to move the commander of the army of the potomac the principal union army in the eastern theater says, hey, this is great. now that the army's out of the way, let's go on to richmond. now abraham lincoln the beginning of war would make suggestions to his generals. but he's been bowing up on his strategy over there reading at the library...
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so robert e. leeas a halo of light around the lake the most reverential is a simple that you can find. and then to be surrounded by confederate flags. and then i took the oath of office. in the same oath. and those that defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic is an actually in anti- confederate oath written in 1862. it means confederates so here i took an anti- confederate oath surrounded by confederate flags next to them and they wrote the oath against i had no idea when i was there i thought the great american who did his duty and that's what i thought but the final answer is i was wrong. >> we will get to the follow one - - the statement so we both served at fort bragg and fort benning and there's ten another post that confederates with their names on the front gate. i have to admit while i was in uniform toward the end i seldom thought about the irony or the paradox of naming federal bases against those who lead soldiers against federal forces in the u
so robert e. leeas a halo of light around the lake the most reverential is a simple that you can find. and then to be surrounded by confederate flags. and then i took the oath of office. in the same oath. and those that defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic is an actually in anti- confederate oath written in 1862. it means confederates so here i took an anti- confederate oath surrounded by confederate flags next to them and they wrote the oath...
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subsequently i described it as a timely compelling and courageous book and and robert e. lee and me i say he takes readers on a fascinating intellectual journey describing how his assessment of robert e. lee evolved over the years from his childhood, education and service of military bases in the south to development as a historian becoming head of us military academy history department. the journey which increasingly grappled with mythologizing of lee and the lost cause that culminated with the forthright assessment of lee in a speech at his alma mater washington and lee university surrounded with a portrait in his burial crept it was a of enormous importance and tremendous insight that only a true southerner and a true history and could have written my good friend rick atkinson who participated in an earlier lecture called the book a meditation on race and history and the american narrative as provocative it is honest and utterly engaging. and more recently the associated press describes robert e. lee and me as an extraordinary and courageous book a confessional of america
subsequently i described it as a timely compelling and courageous book and and robert e. lee and me i say he takes readers on a fascinating intellectual journey describing how his assessment of robert e. lee evolved over the years from his childhood, education and service of military bases in the south to development as a historian becoming head of us military academy history department. the journey which increasingly grappled with mythologizing of lee and the lost cause that culminated with...
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you could write an entire book about the lies around robert e lee and some great books that debunk a lot of these lies. for instance, reading the man, and the making of robert e lee do an excellent job of this looking for more reading. the creating these heroes out of generals is a parallel to creating this hero of the common soldier. the common soldier monuments that are the sort of stand in for all confederates and then you have the monuments to robert e lee, stone wall jackson and they're remembered as the world's greatest generals. there is a problem with that memory, in my mind, and that is that it's uncritical. it's just not critical of the fact that, for starters, they lost, let's start with that issue that if we don't really always talk about the fact that the confederacy loses. that's one aspect of the lost cause that people forget, how much it shifts our understanding but, yeah, i think that the generals are a fundamental part of remembering confederates, the soldiers are the spartans and lee is their leader just like, i'm forgetting the spartan general now that i'm on the s
you could write an entire book about the lies around robert e lee and some great books that debunk a lot of these lies. for instance, reading the man, and the making of robert e lee do an excellent job of this looking for more reading. the creating these heroes out of generals is a parallel to creating this hero of the common soldier. the common soldier monuments that are the sort of stand in for all confederates and then you have the monuments to robert e lee, stone wall jackson and they're...
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so during the civil war when robert e lee's army of northern virginia came in to pennsylvania in the summer of 1863 she was quite concerned that her family would be the next people, could be victims of kidnapping from the army of northern virginia. as she watches in her diaries she sees refugees coming into the city of philadelphia fleeing the army. she writes in her diary how concerned she is about their freedom. they're free now pennsylvania but that freedom is a tenuous thing without a legal antislavery in the country, which seemed like a remote possibility in the summer of 1863. so certainly with davis' diary in her experience as this woman living in the free city of philadelphia remind us that freedom -- her experience of
so during the civil war when robert e lee's army of northern virginia came in to pennsylvania in the summer of 1863 she was quite concerned that her family would be the next people, could be victims of kidnapping from the army of northern virginia. as she watches in her diaries she sees refugees coming into the city of philadelphia fleeing the army. she writes in her diary how concerned she is about their freedom. they're free now pennsylvania but that freedom is a tenuous thing without a legal...
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pursue robert e lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he couldn't leave his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln's losing his patients with general. he writes, "general mcclellan,yours of yesterday received most certainly i intended no injustice to end the end if i've done any i deeply regret it. but to be told after more than four weeks total inaction of the army and during which period we have sent to that army every fresh horse we possibly could to mounting the whole too and he leaves a blank space, but the cavalry of horses were too much fatigued to move. presented a very cheerless almost hopeless prospect for the future and it may have for -- forced something of impatience into my dispatches. if not recruited and rested then, when could they ever be? mr. lincoln is writing a response to a report that mcclellan staff had sent to him saying they couldn't
pursue robert e lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he couldn't leave his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln's losing his patients with general. he writes, "general mcclellan,yours of yesterday received most certainly i intended no injustice to end the...
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pursue robert e. lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war, and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he could not lead his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter, written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln -- he is losing his patience with his general. he writes, "general mcclellan, if i have done any, i deeply regret it, but to be told after more than four weeks total inaction of the army, during which period we have sent to that army every fresh horse we possibly could, amounting in the whole, too, that the calvary horses were too much fatigued to move, presented a very cheerless, almost hopeless prospect for the future, and it may have something of impatience in my dispatches. if not then, when could they ever be?" mr. lincoln is writing in response to a dispatch that mcclellan sent to him, saying that they could not pursue robert e. lee's forces because the
pursue robert e. lee and maybe bring an end to this horrible war, and time and time again, general mcclellan would have a series of excuses for the president of the united states on why he could not lead his soldiers to deliver a knockout blow to the confederate forces. in this letter, written october 27, 1862, i think you get a sense of mr. lincoln -- he is losing his patience with his general. he writes, "general mcclellan, if i have done any, i deeply regret it, but to be told after...
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but, first, you wrote your previous book as was noted on robert e. lee. what was it that made you turn now to -- to george washington, the person that robert e. lee would not be? did it have something to do with your speech writing during the final years of a presidency? >> yes. well, first of all, thank you so much, general petraeus, for being here at the home of george washington, the american siccinattist is riding to the republic and i can think of no one better to be at this house tonight. what motivated me to write this book was a previous book that you mentioned called "the man who would not be washington" so everyone made the joke that the next book should be about the man who was george washington and i had served as a speech writer as the general mentioned at the end of a presidency and so i saw what happened when a president leaves office and becomes a former president, and one of the surprises i had was discovering that the story of america's first post-presidency had actually never really been told, and that might sound really surprising when
but, first, you wrote your previous book as was noted on robert e. lee. what was it that made you turn now to -- to george washington, the person that robert e. lee would not be? did it have something to do with your speech writing during the final years of a presidency? >> yes. well, first of all, thank you so much, general petraeus, for being here at the home of george washington, the american siccinattist is riding to the republic and i can think of no one better to be at this house...
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to protest the taking down of them a very very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name for the past year now this is a good book washington was a slave owner was george washington a slave owner so will george washington now lose his status are we going to take down his me are we going to take down are we going to take down statues to judge white how about thomas jefferson what do you think of thomas jefferson you know like i'm. good how are we going to take down the statue because he was a major slave are now we going to take down his statue so you know what it's find you're changing history you're changing culture and you had people and i'm not talking about the neo nazis and the white nationalists because they should be condemned totally but you had many people in that group other than neo nazis and white nationalists ok and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly now in the other group or cell you had some fine people but you also had troublemakers and you see them come with the with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball
to protest the taking down of them a very very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name for the past year now this is a good book washington was a slave owner was george washington a slave owner so will george washington now lose his status are we going to take down his me are we going to take down are we going to take down statues to judge white how about thomas jefferson what do you think of thomas jefferson you know like i'm. good how are we going to...
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developments took place during that period but first you wrote your previous book as was noted on robert e lee what was it that made you turn now to to george washington the person who robert e lee would not be we did have something to do with your speech writing. in the final years the presidency yes, well, first of all, thank you so much general petraeus for being here at the home of george washington the american cincinnatus and part of the american cincinnati is rotting to the rescue of the republic and i can think of no one more fitting to be at this house tonight than you. so thank you so much for being here. what motivated me to write this book was my previous book had been as you mentioned a book called the man who had not be washington. and so everyone made the joke that your next book should be about the man who was george, washington? and i had served as a speech writer as the general mentioned at the end of a presidency. and so i saw what happened when a president leaves office and becomes a former president and one of the surprises i had was discovering that the story of america's
developments took place during that period but first you wrote your previous book as was noted on robert e lee what was it that made you turn now to to george washington the person who robert e lee would not be we did have something to do with your speech writing. in the final years the presidency yes, well, first of all, thank you so much general petraeus for being here at the home of george washington the american cincinnatus and part of the american cincinnati is rotting to the rescue of the...
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they were protesting the taking down of the statue of robert e lee. i'm sure in that group there were bad was on the following day and look like they had some rough, bad people. neo nazis, white nationalists or whatever you call them but you had a lot of people in the group there were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because i don't know if you know but they had a permit. the other group did not have a permit. i only tell you this. there are two sides to the story and i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country. a horrible moment. there are two sides to the story. does anyone have a final -- does anyone have a -- >> this might be today the first time the news networks play those full remarks and their content. how many times have you heard the president trump has never denounced white supremacists? now you in america know the truth. the supreme court ruled in brandenburg that there is a very clear standard for incitement. in short, to paraphrase, whether the speech was intended to provoke imminent lawless action
they were protesting the taking down of the statue of robert e lee. i'm sure in that group there were bad was on the following day and look like they had some rough, bad people. neo nazis, white nationalists or whatever you call them but you had a lot of people in the group there were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because i don't know if you know but they had a permit. the other group did not have a permit. i only tell you this. there are two sides to the story and i...
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down to williams port, along the potomac river and by july 12th they are in a position to attack robert e. lee before the waters of the panic rivers recede, and they can attack before lee escapes. and on the 12th, meade will hold a council of war, which is a whole other fascinating topic. he holds a council of war on july the 12th. he elicits recommendations by actual votes from his subordinates on whether or not they should attack lee with his pack at the potomac river. and his plans changed significantly by july the 12th. the first, second, and third core all have new commanders, but the generals vote in the decide not to attack early. so on july the 13th, meade will push kind of a small reconnaissance, it doesn't amount to anything, but it meade will telegram halleck and say by the advice of my officers we have decided not to attack. halleck we'll telegram back and say call no counsel to war. make your generals execute your orders. then early in the morning on january the 14th, the confederate forces have slipped across the potomac river and the gettysburg campaign comes to a frustrated sig
down to williams port, along the potomac river and by july 12th they are in a position to attack robert e. lee before the waters of the panic rivers recede, and they can attack before lee escapes. and on the 12th, meade will hold a council of war, which is a whole other fascinating topic. he holds a council of war on july the 12th. he elicits recommendations by actual votes from his subordinates on whether or not they should attack lee with his pack at the potomac river. and his plans changed...
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you wrote your previous book, on robert e. lee. the person who robert lee would not be that had something to do with her speech writing during the final years of the presidency. >> yes, first of, all thank you so much general portrays for being here at the home of george washington. the american cincinnati is and part of the american cincinnati this is writing to the rest of the republic, and i can think of no one more fitting to be in this white house, then you. thank you for being here. what motivated me to write this book is my previous book was as you mentioned, the man who would not leave washington, so everyone made the joke that my next book should be about the man who was george washington. i served as the speech writer as george washington mention, at the end of the presidency, so i saw what happened when the president leaves office and becomes a former president. and one of the surprises that i had was discovering that the story of america's first post presidency had actually never really been told. and that might sound re
you wrote your previous book, on robert e. lee. the person who robert lee would not be that had something to do with her speech writing during the final years of the presidency. >> yes, first of, all thank you so much general portrays for being here at the home of george washington. the american cincinnati is and part of the american cincinnati this is writing to the rest of the republic, and i can think of no one more fitting to be in this white house, then you. thank you for being here....
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rally, if you look, there were people protesting very quietly, the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. i'm sure in that group there were some bad ones, the following day it looked like they had some rough, bad people, neo-nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because i don't know if you know, they had a permit, the other group didn't have a permit so i only tell you this, there are two sides to a story. i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country, a horrible moment. but there are two sides. does anybody have a final -- on infrastructure? >> this may be today the first time the news networks played those full remarks in their context. and how many times have you heard that president trump has never denounced white supremacist? now you and america know the truth. here's another example. one of the house managers made much of the president's supposedly ominous words of "you have to get your people to fight" but you do what the president really
rally, if you look, there were people protesting very quietly, the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. i'm sure in that group there were some bad ones, the following day it looked like they had some rough, bad people, neo-nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because i don't know if you know, they had a permit, the other group didn't have a permit so i only tell...
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we do not take robert e. lee or jefferson davis and hang them. we did not indulge in that type of public vindictiveness. it is well that we didn't because what that might have generated would have been an ongoing sea of insurgencies. that would've made the civil war look like some sort of prelude. think what might have happened if for instance after up an attucks, if lee had not been given the terms that he asked for not some death camp the parole if liu been offered anything but that, he could've easily with one returned was army and said, boys had for the hills and fight it out there. that could have dragged on reconstruction for decades. we might still be fighting insurgencies. and there were insurgencies of that sort that you can see in a destructive way, in places for instance in the 19th century and the russian caucuses. those kind of long term insurgencies could've destroyed this country. so yes, we paid a price, we paid a price for race riots in new orleans in 1966. we paid a price for the ku klux klan. at least we did not pay a worst pri
we do not take robert e. lee or jefferson davis and hang them. we did not indulge in that type of public vindictiveness. it is well that we didn't because what that might have generated would have been an ongoing sea of insurgencies. that would've made the civil war look like some sort of prelude. think what might have happened if for instance after up an attucks, if lee had not been given the terms that he asked for not some death camp the parole if liu been offered anything but that, he...
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robert e. lee's plan for july 2nd is a massive confederate attack. he's going to utilize the two divisions of james core puts on hand, the divisions of -- and lafayette. he's going to add another division under the command of richard anderson of embers. nearly created third hail. these guys are going to attack, striking the armies left flank, pushing them out of their position along cemetery ridge and the ground just south of the ridge line itself and hopefully by the end of the fighting he will have secured his victory at gettysburg. this will be the main confederate focus for the battle on july 2nd. but robert e. leads to ensure that any union reinforcements could come to assert their comrades in the positions occupied by the union army south of the ridge itself. so le is going to order his second commander, to create a diversionary attack on the union army's right. those locations cups hill and secretary. held by doing, so evils men will make his diversionary assault, he will basically pin the butterfly to the board of all of these available reinf
robert e. lee's plan for july 2nd is a massive confederate attack. he's going to utilize the two divisions of james core puts on hand, the divisions of -- and lafayette. he's going to add another division under the command of richard anderson of embers. nearly created third hail. these guys are going to attack, striking the armies left flank, pushing them out of their position along cemetery ridge and the ground just south of the ridge line itself and hopefully by the end of the fighting he...
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. >> robert e. lee was through here on three different occasions. pickett.gstreet. >> after the civil war breaks out, hundreds of texas troops are mustered into the confederacy here. but by 1867, chadbourne is reoccupied by u.s. troops, many of whom leave their marks on its walls. garland, every one of these walls, they're covered with etchings. wow. "forsythe, october 1870." amazing. garland, if these walls could talk. imagine. the u.s. cavalry uses the fort until 1873, when its buildings and surrounding lands are abandoned. four years later, garland's great-great grandmother snatches it up. >> they paid $500 gold for a section of land, which at that time was in the upper end of the land prices. >> garland's ancestors used some of the fort buildings for milking sheds, feed and saddle storage, and even houses. >> they overcame a lot of adversities to actually make it a successful ranch. and this has been handed down to us. >> so when do a handful of decaying government buildings become a historic treasure worth preserving? for fort chadbourne, it begins when
. >> robert e. lee was through here on three different occasions. pickett.gstreet. >> after the civil war breaks out, hundreds of texas troops are mustered into the confederacy here. but by 1867, chadbourne is reoccupied by u.s. troops, many of whom leave their marks on its walls. garland, every one of these walls, they're covered with etchings. wow. "forsythe, october 1870." amazing. garland, if these walls could talk. imagine. the u.s. cavalry uses the fort until 1873,...
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we did not take robert e. lee or jefferson davis and hang them.did not indulge in that kind of public vindictiveness. and it is well that we didn't because what that might have generated would have been an ongoing sea of insurgencies. that would have made the civil war look like simply a prelude. think, think what might have happened if, for instance, after appomattox if lee had not been given the terms he had been given, that of parole, not some death march to prison camps, not treason trials but parole. if lee had been offered anything by that, he could have easily with one word have turned to his army and said, boys, head for the hills and fight it out there. and that could have dragged out reconstruction for decades. we might still be fighting insurgencies, and there were insurgenies of that sort that you can see in a destructive way, in places, for instance, in the 19th century in the russian caucuses. those kinds of long-term insurgencies could have destroyed this country. so yes, we paid a price. we paid a price in race riots in new orleans
we did not take robert e. lee or jefferson davis and hang them.did not indulge in that kind of public vindictiveness. and it is well that we didn't because what that might have generated would have been an ongoing sea of insurgencies. that would have made the civil war look like simply a prelude. think, think what might have happened if, for instance, after appomattox if lee had not been given the terms he had been given, that of parole, not some death march to prison camps, not treason trials...
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congress for the 1st time in the history of the united states something that stonewall jackson robert e. lee james longstreet and jeb stuart in 4 brutal years of civil war were never able to manage the 2nd thing was the reaction of the government including the capitol police to that mob again they seem to me to be more like security guards at a rock n roll concert in some cases posing for selfies with the invaders of the temple of democracy imagine for a 2nd alex. if that crowd had been those in favor of black lives matter can you imagine if you know thousands of african-americans had stormed congress or latinos or whatever i think they would have been shot down so again you saw on display this this strange. bifurcation of the of the american reality that was a crowd that was about only one thing white supremacy and this is what we're seen in the action you know this this is an america that is divided not just politically it's divided urban rural and demographically the bottom line is america is becoming no longer a white says. side and those who are threatened by that are the ones who are r
congress for the 1st time in the history of the united states something that stonewall jackson robert e. lee james longstreet and jeb stuart in 4 brutal years of civil war were never able to manage the 2nd thing was the reaction of the government including the capitol police to that mob again they seem to me to be more like security guards at a rock n roll concert in some cases posing for selfies with the invaders of the temple of democracy imagine for a 2nd alex. if that crowd had been those...
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if you do my tweets i will do your point down statues of general robert e. lee >> they ran out of statutes one - - statues. >> their point of people who have never heard of. i will help with that. >> we are on the streets we never tore down statues with liberal arts major majors they didn't have the know-how. so we levitated the country down there. >> we're nearing the end of our time but and talk generally if you would about the issue you for your humor professionals in the time for witness careers are destroyed left and right that there are people whose careers have been destroyed and those that are afraid to make jokes or even think about making jokes and the chilling effect is real and severe. what do you think about that quick. >> it gives us more material not that i have been in any danger the past four years of things to make fun of as we point out that trump presents these difficulties and his weakness is a lot of fun and judging by my sons the school that he goes to. everybody is walking on egg shells about everything all the time. that's a good trainin
if you do my tweets i will do your point down statues of general robert e. lee >> they ran out of statutes one - - statues. >> their point of people who have never heard of. i will help with that. >> we are on the streets we never tore down statues with liberal arts major majors they didn't have the know-how. so we levitated the country down there. >> we're nearing the end of our time but and talk generally if you would about the issue you for your humor professionals in...
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and i thought more than once how glad i was there no longer that statue of robert e. lee there for people to take selfies with. i was glad to hear how quick thinking staff was and moved to protect portraits like shirley chisholm m, the first african-american congresswoman, as well as the new collections that honor representative rami. ms. elliott, i would inquiry whether you have any information about whether any specific pieces were targeted by the mob on january 6th? >> thank you. no, i don't have any information that that's the case. >> that's reassuring. were there hate symbols defacing any artifacts or property within the capitol? >> no, nothing on the house collection at all. >> i guess that's reassuring. so, thank you for all that you're doing, and i'll yield back. >> great. thank you. let me ask the committee for unanimous consent. i want to submit questions into the record. she was unable to be here today due to her own hearing but remains deeply committed and dedicated to the safety and security of the legislative branch of government. without objection, those q
and i thought more than once how glad i was there no longer that statue of robert e. lee there for people to take selfies with. i was glad to hear how quick thinking staff was and moved to protect portraits like shirley chisholm m, the first african-american congresswoman, as well as the new collections that honor representative rami. ms. elliott, i would inquiry whether you have any information about whether any specific pieces were targeted by the mob on january 6th? >> thank you. no, i...
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to protest and taking down a very important statute on - - a statue and renaming the park from robert e. lee and was george washington a slaveowner so now he lose his status? excuse me. will be take down statues of george washington? what about thomas jefferson? do you like thomas jefferson? okay good. will be take down the statue he was a major slaveowner. will we take down his statue? you are changing history and you are changing culture and i am not talking about neo-nazis and white nationalist because they should be condemned totally. you have many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalist. okay? and the press is treated them completely unfairly also they are fine people in the group if you see them come with the black outfits and the elements and baseball a bats you have a lot of bad people. >> you say that press treated white nationalist unfairly? if there are people that rally and i look the night before, if you t look people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee. i'm sure there were bad ones the following day elect like they had
to protest and taking down a very important statute on - - a statue and renaming the park from robert e. lee and was george washington a slaveowner so now he lose his status? excuse me. will be take down statues of george washington? what about thomas jefferson? do you like thomas jefferson? okay good. will be take down the statue he was a major slaveowner. will we take down his statue? you are changing history and you are changing culture and i am not talking about neo-nazis and white...
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and the renaming from robert e. lee to another name. and george washington was a slave owner. so wealthy now lose his status. are we going to take down. excuse me. are we going to take down statutes of george washington. what do you think of thomas jefferson. do you like him. oh good. he was at meijer slave owner. are we going to take down his statute. you know what, it is fine. you are changing history and culture and you have people and i'm not talking about some but they should be condemned to totally prevent have any people in and that group other than neo and white nationalist. and they were treated absolutely unfairly. and in the other group also, you had some fine people but you also had trouble makers and using them, with the black profits and with the helmets and the baseball bats. you have a lot of bad people in the other groups. >> you are saying. [inaudible]. >> there were people in that rally. if you look, there were people protesting very quietly. the taking down the statute of robert e. lee. i'm sure in that group there were some bad ones. but the following day
and the renaming from robert e. lee to another name. and george washington was a slave owner. so wealthy now lose his status. are we going to take down. excuse me. are we going to take down statutes of george washington. what do you think of thomas jefferson. do you like him. oh good. he was at meijer slave owner. are we going to take down his statute. you know what, it is fine. you are changing history and culture and you have people and i'm not talking about some but they should be condemned...
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grandchildren was her role as a "bridesmaid" in the june 30, 1831 wedding to a young army officer named robert e lee. she talked how the minister got caught in a summer rainstorm and arrived at arlington house soaking wet. he ended up having to borrow a pair of trousers, the reverend was tall and lanky and uncle custis was short and stout. this gave the minister a comical appearance in the trousers whose hem was a couple inches above his boots. another fascinating person who whom britannia interacted was elizabeth schuyler hamilton. more tumultuous memories are also described in her recollections like her decision to take on union officers as boarders during the civil war in an effort to prevent tudor place to be seized by the federal government. another instance she recalled was the hanging of her cousin and nephew after they were captured and accused of being confederate spies in tennessee in 1863. this image of their execution actually made the front page of harper's weekly on july 4 of 1863. in addition to her own memories and experiences, britannia shared anecdotes and information passed on by
grandchildren was her role as a "bridesmaid" in the june 30, 1831 wedding to a young army officer named robert e lee. she talked how the minister got caught in a summer rainstorm and arrived at arlington house soaking wet. he ended up having to borrow a pair of trousers, the reverend was tall and lanky and uncle custis was short and stout. this gave the minister a comical appearance in the trousers whose hem was a couple inches above his boots. another fascinating person who whom...
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highly organized operation, and they poured a ton of none it, quarter waks by jefferson davis and robert e. lee. do you think had that operation, as sufficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson? that he would have survived? >>. >> i don't know, it is too far off. the suggestion is that johnson may have been in on this and and i don't know. >> johnson was being impeached or convicted by one vote, they tried to convict him, as i understand it, because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. and wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >> later it was. >> but it was awhile, but did was not at the time. >> only in the sense that people thought it was a bad idea later on. >> i'm not sure that i want to say this, but -- >> oh, go ahead. >> i want to respond to the question of the united states colored troops. i'm a reenactor. i have been doing it for year. i have relatives that fought in the civil war don't ask me their names and all of that, but that's part of what happened to my family. one of the things i saw between the colored and the white r
highly organized operation, and they poured a ton of none it, quarter waks by jefferson davis and robert e. lee. do you think had that operation, as sufficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson? that he would have survived? >>. >> i don't know, it is too far off. the suggestion is that johnson may have been in on this and and i don't know. >> johnson was being impeached or convicted by one vote, they tried to convict him, as i understand it, because they passed that...
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confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence -- quarterback by jefferson davis, robert e. lee, do you think that had that operation, that's efficient as a, was intended to kill andrew johnson, he would've survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far off and i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that. because the suggestion that johnson was in on, this he was targeted but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> johnson lost being impeached or being convicted by one vote and they tried to convict him, as i understand it because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >> later it was. it was a while, -- >> but it didn't have anything to do with his loss by his acquittal by one vote? >> now. >> thank you. >> thank you. only in the sense that people thought it was a bad idea later on. >> i'm not sure that i want to say this but -- >> go ahead. >> i want to respond to the question of the united states color troops. i'm a r
confederacy poured a great deal of money through their intelligence -- quarterback by jefferson davis, robert e. lee, do you think that had that operation, that's efficient as a, was intended to kill andrew johnson, he would've survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far off and i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that. because the suggestion that johnson was in on, this he was targeted but he really wasn't...
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protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? >> yes, he was. >> will george washington now lose his status? >> do i need to -- someone should have briefed the president on who did that rally, the purpose behind it, who asked for the permits, what kind of group or groups it was, who was speaking. if you think they're very fine people who are at a racist, white nationalist, neonazi rally yelling "jews will not replace you, blood and soil," fine people mr. ex-president. the more he says, the worse it gets. >> and you had people, and i'm not talking about thekneonazis and white nationalists, they should be condemned. and you had some fine people and you also had troublemakers and you see them come with the black outfits and the helmets and the baseball bats. you got a lot of bad people in the other group. >> his lawyers even argue that there was no insurrection. >> clearly there was no insurrection. insurrection is a term of art defined in the
protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from robert e. lee to another name. george washington was a slave owner. was george washington a slave owner? >> yes, he was. >> will george washington now lose his status? >> do i need to -- someone should have briefed the president on who did that rally, the purpose behind it, who asked for the permits, what kind of group or groups it was, who was speaking. if you think they're very...
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as the confederate army and the commander of the commander of the confederate army, robert e. lee, tries to execute the plan for the second day of july 1863. robert released plans for july 2nd, is a massive confederate attack on the right of his line. he's going to utilize the two divisions of james longstreet core, that are on hand of the divisions of john bel hood and lafayette nicholas. he's going to add another division, under the command of richard h. anderson, newly created a third core. these men are going to attack, up the emits bergh road, striking to union army's left flank and rolling up the left flank of the union army, pushing them out of their position along cemetery ridge, in the ground south of the ridge line itself. hopefully, by the end of the fighting on july 2nd, we will have secured his victory at gettysburg. this will be the main confederate focus, for the battle on july 2nd. robert really needs to ensure that no union reinforcements on the right end of general -- will come to assist their comrade in arms along cemetery ridge in the positions occupied by the
as the confederate army and the commander of the commander of the confederate army, robert e. lee, tries to execute the plan for the second day of july 1863. robert released plans for july 2nd, is a massive confederate attack on the right of his line. he's going to utilize the two divisions of james longstreet core, that are on hand of the divisions of john bel hood and lafayette nicholas. he's going to add another division, under the command of richard h. anderson, newly created a third core....
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quarterbacked by jefferson davis, due to robert e. lee.do you think that had that operation, as sufficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would have survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far off, and i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that -- the suggestion is that the johnsons may have been in on this. he was targeted, but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> johnson lost being impeached or convicted by one vote, and they tried to convict him as i understand it because they passed that law saying that the senate could have a say in who his cabinet was. >> mm-hmm. >> and wasn't that considered unconstitutional? >> later, it was. >> okay. >> but it was awhile. it was the law at the time. >> but it didn't have anything to do with his loss by his acquittal by one vote? >> no. >> okay. thank you. >> only in the sense that people thought it was a bad idea later on. >> i'm not sure that i'm going to see this -- >> oh, go ahead. >> i want to
quarterbacked by jefferson davis, due to robert e. lee.do you think that had that operation, as sufficient as it was, intended to kill andrew johnson, that he would have survived? >> i talk a little bit about this in the book. i don't know. i mean, it's too far off, and i don't know enough about that to make a claim about the notion that -- the suggestion is that the johnsons may have been in on this. he was targeted, but he really wasn't targeted. i don't know. >> johnson lost...
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davis his own that her father and brother lived near harrisburg so during the civil war when robert e lee's army of northern virginia came in to pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, she was quite concerned that her family would be the next people, could be victims of kidnapping from the army of northern virginia and as she watches in her diary she sees refugees coming into the city of philadelphia fleeing the army. she writes evocatively in her diary how concerned she is about their freedom. that whether they are free now in pennsylvania but that freedom is a tenuous thing without a legal and to slavery in the country which was not, which didn't, which seemed like a remote possibility in the summer of 1863 so certainly with davis's diary and her experiences as this woman living in the free city of philadelphia remind us is that freedom, could experience of freedom certainly didn't seem final and it didn't sort of free her of the concerns for her family and it certainly didn't protect her from the humiliation, daily humiliation of racism in the city of philadelphia and segregation in the city
davis his own that her father and brother lived near harrisburg so during the civil war when robert e lee's army of northern virginia came in to pennsylvania in the summer of 1863, she was quite concerned that her family would be the next people, could be victims of kidnapping from the army of northern virginia and as she watches in her diary she sees refugees coming into the city of philadelphia fleeing the army. she writes evocatively in her diary how concerned she is about their freedom....
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you mentioned the presence of an insurgency as far as treatment of confederate soldiers and robert e. lee and what did persist after the civil war was a cultural insurgence and i'm wondering what manner reconstruction policies could have done with this lost cause that was so prevalent and persisted in many people's opinion the source of this ideology that persists today in some states? thank you. >> well, many people in reconstruction did fight that ideology, and it's extraordinary to read what union veterans have to say after the war. there's some union veterans ready to go to blue and gray reunions and shake hands. we don't often pay attention to what they say after they shake hands. after they shake hands they say, yes, and you were a bunch of traitorous rebels. and there are places after places after places in which union veterans make it very clear that while they want peace and reconciliation they are certainly never going to concede to the lost cause, to the idea that somehow the confederacy was fighting for something that was right and noble and true. no. they bitterly opposed tha
you mentioned the presence of an insurgency as far as treatment of confederate soldiers and robert e. lee and what did persist after the civil war was a cultural insurgence and i'm wondering what manner reconstruction policies could have done with this lost cause that was so prevalent and persisted in many people's opinion the source of this ideology that persists today in some states? thank you. >> well, many people in reconstruction did fight that ideology, and it's extraordinary to...
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for proof, look no further than this, a life-sized statue of confederate general robert e. lee>> that was your call exclusively. was there any debate? >> not in my mind. it was an easy decision. >> reporter: virginia house speaker eileen fillercorn is the first woman to lead the house of delegates in its 402-year history. they have passed legislation to legalize marijuana, instituted universal background checks, raised the minimum wage, and just this week they voted to abolish the death penalty. >> we are doing exactly what we told virginians we would do. >> on the other side of the aisle, more conspiracy theories pushed by former president, donald trump. >> do you agree that joe biden is the duly elected president of the united states right now? >> well, i believe he is the president, but i don't believe that the election results fully represented the will of the people. >> republican state senator amanda chase is one of half a dozen potential candidates vying for her party's nomination in the race for the governor's mansion in 2021. >> the democratic leadership i believe has
for proof, look no further than this, a life-sized statue of confederate general robert e. lee>> that was your call exclusively. was there any debate? >> not in my mind. it was an easy decision. >> reporter: virginia house speaker eileen fillercorn is the first woman to lead the house of delegates in its 402-year history. they have passed legislation to legalize marijuana, instituted universal background checks, raised the minimum wage, and just this week they voted to abolish...
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is an exact copy of the one that robert e lee wore? and then the bell buckle was actually cast from robbery lee's belt buckle at the museum the confederacy in richmond, virginia. so you try to be as accurate as you possibly can end quote. frank looks like general lee. which humanizes a historical figure? he enters a persona from the outside just as theater actors do frank engages in something. we can call some people have called method reenacting. the result of the amalgamation of the actor with the historical persona and frank orlando admitted to me quote it gets to the point where i have a different difficult time differentiating between robbery and myself, you know, it almost meshes. and so that makes it quite interesting and quote. his goal is not just persona though. he's he has a higher pedagogical he's a teacher. frank admire's robert leaves leadership skills through his impersonation. he hopes to quote impress upon people. today's people how important duty was to the people of the 1850s and 1860s. frank feels a double responsibi
is an exact copy of the one that robert e lee wore? and then the bell buckle was actually cast from robbery lee's belt buckle at the museum the confederacy in richmond, virginia. so you try to be as accurate as you possibly can end quote. frank looks like general lee. which humanizes a historical figure? he enters a persona from the outside just as theater actors do frank engages in something. we can call some people have called method reenacting. the result of the amalgamation of the actor...
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he says in this piece that donald trump is a criminal, worse than robert e. lee.ng far, far out of bounds. it is typical of certain liberals who can't stop spewing bile against the former president even though he is out of office. i don't know what usa was thinking. >> bill: why would they print it? >> that's a very good questions. newspapers have editors that have to desie.d i'm open to all points of view but this is a hate trump piece that blames him for everything on the planet. by the way, no matter who had been president last year the death toll from covid-19 would have been high. you can argue whether it would have been higher or lower and that sort of thing. certainly back to fauci for a second, he is not going on tv saying we must wear masks until 2022. he is asked about these things and says he can't rule it out and there is all this criticism. i think what he wants to avoid or the administration wants to avoid is a repeat of last november when people get complacent about social distancing and masks and travel and go to parties and there is another surge
he says in this piece that donald trump is a criminal, worse than robert e. lee.ng far, far out of bounds. it is typical of certain liberals who can't stop spewing bile against the former president even though he is out of office. i don't know what usa was thinking. >> bill: why would they print it? >> that's a very good questions. newspapers have editors that have to desie.d i'm open to all points of view but this is a hate trump piece that blames him for everything on the planet....
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and in december, a statue of confederate general robert e. lee was removed from the u.s. capitol.transformative, but notes that more than 2,100 symbols of the confederacy remain throughout the country. >> that's very interesting. >> more work to do. >> yeah. but a lot of progress. >> a lot of progress. you're right about that. let's celebrate that. >>> mine is about a good guy. one man's good deed turned into a very emotional moment for a woman in florida. so the man went to her home to return her wallet. it was caught, of course, on doorbell cam video. >> hey, how you doing? i found your wallet at walmart. ms. crosby? i found your wall stret at walm. i'm going to put it behind the welcome thing. i'm putting it by the amazon boxes. >> i love this. jennifer crosby was not at home, but the two met this week after someone saw the story on local tv and recognized the man as johnny. crosby told nbc affiliate, that's wtlv, that johnny got in touch with her by phone. >> i answered, and i hear this guy say, hello? miss crosby? this is me, the guy with your wallet. oh, my gosh. i was begin
and in december, a statue of confederate general robert e. lee was removed from the u.s. capitol.transformative, but notes that more than 2,100 symbols of the confederacy remain throughout the country. >> that's very interesting. >> more work to do. >> yeah. but a lot of progress. >> a lot of progress. you're right about that. let's celebrate that. >>> mine is about a good guy. one man's good deed turned into a very emotional moment for a woman in florida. so...
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if he had punished the south as it should have been -- as a traitor nation -- robert e. leehould have been hung. jefferson davis should have been hung. nathan bedford ford should have been hung for war crimes and treason. the south should have been watched over as far as the reconstruction and the south should never have been allowed to rise again, something they are doing again. host: i think you are the first so far that reaches back in history for fdr, for abraham lincoln, for andrew johnson. do you think that before one can bestow that title or check that box of best were worst presidents you do have to have a number of years or decades go by? caller: absolutely right. for the here and now, what we are seeing here and now, trump is the first president to get the confederate flag in our capitol. jefferson davis tried to get in. but he is the first and his followers. if they want civil war, we have plenty of -- but -- host: they are doing the same topic 50 years from now. where does donald trump rate in the best and worst? you had andrew johnson as your worst. caller: i wo
if he had punished the south as it should have been -- as a traitor nation -- robert e. leehould have been hung. jefferson davis should have been hung. nathan bedford ford should have been hung for war crimes and treason. the south should have been watched over as far as the reconstruction and the south should never have been allowed to rise again, something they are doing again. host: i think you are the first so far that reaches back in history for fdr, for abraham lincoln, for andrew...
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the taking down of to them a very, very important statue and the rena ing to another name from robert e. lee. george washington was a slave owner. was he? will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down -- excuse me. are we going to take down statues of george washington? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? you like him? okay, good. are we going to take down the statue? he was a major slave owner. we're going to take down his statue? so you know what, it's fine. you're changing history. you're changing culture, and you had people, and i'm not talking about the neonazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally, but you had other people in that group other than neonazis and white nationalists and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. now in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats. you have a lot of bad people in the other group too. >> you were saying the press has treated
the taking down of to them a very, very important statue and the rena ing to another name from robert e. lee. george washington was a slave owner. was he? will george washington now lose his status? are we going to take down -- excuse me. are we going to take down statues of george washington? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? you like him? okay, good. are we going to take down the statue? he was a major slave owner. we're going to take down his statue? so you...
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if he had punished the south as it should have been -- as a traitor nation -- robert e. leehould have been hung. jefferson davis should have been hung. nathan bedford ford should have been hung for war crimes and treason. the south should have been watched over as far as the reconstruction and the south should never have been allowed to rise again, something they are doing again. host: i think you are the first so far that reaches back in history for fdr, for abraham lincoln, for andrew johnson. do you think that before one can bestow that title or check that box of best were worst presidents you do have to have a number of years or decades go by? caller: absolutely right. for the here and now, what we are seeing here and now, trump is the first president to get the confederate flag in our capitol. jefferson davis tried to get in. but he is the first and his followers. if they want civil war, we have plenty of -- but -- host: they are doing the same topic 50 years from now. where does donald trump rate in the best and worst? you had andrew johnson as your worst. caller: i wo
if he had punished the south as it should have been -- as a traitor nation -- robert e. leehould have been hung. jefferson davis should have been hung. nathan bedford ford should have been hung for war crimes and treason. the south should have been watched over as far as the reconstruction and the south should never have been allowed to rise again, something they are doing again. host: i think you are the first so far that reaches back in history for fdr, for abraham lincoln, for andrew...
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if you looked, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee bad ones. the following day, it looked like they had some rough, bad people. neo-nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group who were there to innocently protest and very legally protest. i don't know if you know, they had a permit. the other group didn't have a permit. i only tell you this. there are two sides to a story. i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country, a horrible moment. but there are two sides to the country. does anybody have a final -- you have an infrastructure. >> this might be today the first time the news networks played those full remarks in their context. and how many times have you heard that president trump has never denounced white supremacists? now you in america know the truth. here's another example. one of the house managers made much of the president's supposedly ominous words of, you have to get your people to fight. but you knew what the president really meant. he meant that
if you looked, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. lee bad ones. the following day, it looked like they had some rough, bad people. neo-nazis, white nationalists, whatever you want to call them. but you had a lot of people in that group who were there to innocently protest and very legally protest. i don't know if you know, they had a permit. the other group didn't have a permit. i only tell you this. there are two sides to a story. i thought...