the little car in the distance in the middle is his coffee saloon.nd this red car is one of the first cottages rented by a bunch of lady bicyclists. you like the lady bicyclists, huh? lice cling was a raging fad in the 1890's. all of united states, newspapers, magazines were agast about it. they were just talking about it back and forth. was it healthy? was it unhealthy? are they taking over the roads, hazards to health and traffic? and most importantly everybody was very excited about the idea that women were bicycling. they were worried that women might perspire and that was an unhealthy and unfeminine thing. and a lot of women were wearing bloomers, these sort of blousey trousers to help them bicycle. that was thought to be scandalous. but the lady falcons, they didn't care. they were a group of seven married women who went bicycling. they would finish their ride, rest in the long seats there in the clubhouse. they started having dinner parties there. they became quite fashionable. and they sort of tricked it out with all the victorian fill debris

he first wanted to go after a saloons and he wanted to shut them down. but he had lots of resistance from the sheriff who wanted nothing to do with this. so he had to put together his own supporters without much help from the ship. trying to get people interested. so the elected prosecutor is a really interesting piece in history. it is and has been passed down over the years and it is the property of the arlington national historical society. it was displayed here in the sheriff's office. that story has their own museum and you can learn the history of arlington. they thought it might be a liability to have a weapon and so they loaned it to the sheriff in arlington county. it has been in possession ever since. the modern-day prosecutor was a little upset about this. one of his chief enemies was the sheriff and the modern-day prosecutor thought that the shotgun should be part of the prosecutor not to share. today, the name of crandal mackey has been largely forgotten. one of them is here. also there is the crandal mackey park. the area that it isn't is w

when he first got elected in 1903, he wanted to go out after the scandaling houses and the saloon and a sunday bars. he wanted to shut them down the the at lot of resistance from the small-town sheriff because he was aligned with the political machine. so he had to move together his own policy of supporters and conduct his own raids without much help from the sheriff. so he sent out letters to all of his political supporters saying what he was about to do is to the grade he was about to conduct and get people interested to find out if they wanted to be a part of the party. he got a good response and some of the elected prosecutor took this shotgun house his totem to all of these places. so the shotgun is interesting because some say that with mackie it's been passed down through various hands. the property of the arlington historical society. but then at some point it was displayed here in the arlington county sheriff's

the area that he is in is where all of the saloons and brothels and sunday bars used to be. he was definitely wanting to be remembered as someone to play a critical role in creating the modern move in virginia. get on the metric system today and get out, there's a huge escalator. you go up into metropolitan area. big buildings, lots of people. it is not like the ramshackle sort of muddy streets were you can get shot in an alley and people were afraid to go at night. and so today you can walk around the streets. it's a nice prosperous place. your not going to fear for your life. i think he would find that his greatest legacy. >> for more information on book tv recent visit to alexandria, virginia and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles to my go to c-span.org / local content. >> we have allowed a human rights nightmare to occur on our watch. in the years since dr. king's death, of vast new system of racial and social control has emerged from the ashes of slavery and jim crow. a system of mass incarceration that no doubt has dr. king turning in his grave

when crandal mackey first elected he wanted to go after these gambling houses and the saloons and thesunday porsche anyone to shut them down but he had lots of resistance from the sheriff who wanted nothing to do with any of his because he was aligned with the political machines. so crandal mackey as a prosecutor had to put together his own poss policy of support d conduct his own rates without much help from the sheriff. so he sent out letters to all af his political supporters saying what he was about to do, what raid is about to conduct and try to get people interested to find out if they want to be part of the raiding party. he got a good response, and so the elected prosecutor took the shot in a sort of his totem to all these places. so the shotgun is a really interesting piece of history because it's associated with crandal mackey, but it's been passed on over the years through various hands. it's actually the property of the arlington historical society. but then at some point it was displayed here in the arlington county sheriff's office. now, the back story on that is the arl

that's where all of these saloons and sunday bars used to be. crandall mackey would definitely like to be remembered as someone who played a critical role l in creating the modern northern virginia. if you were to get on the metro system today, there's a huge escalator, and you go up into a metropolitan area. big buildings, lots of people. it's not like the ramshackle sort of muddy streets where you could get shot in an alley, and people were afraid to go out at night. and so today you can walk around the streets of rossland, and it's a nice, prosperous place. you're not going to fear for your life. and i think crandall mackey would find that his greatest legacy. >> next, bob matteson, author of walking with washington, takes us on a tour of several alexandria, virginia, locations that were important to george washington. >> i retired about 15 years ago. i was looking for things to do, and the alexandria city archaeologist was looking for somebody to do, to develop a walking tour of alexandria's sites associated with george washington. so i ayie

he wanted to go after gambling houses in saloons and sunday buyers to shut them down. your thoughts of resistance from the shares because he was aligned with the political machine. so crandal mackey had to put together his own posse of supporters and conduct raids without much help from the sheriff. he sent out letters to political supporters say in what he was about to do and get people interested to find out if they want to be part of the raiding party. elected prosecutor to a shotgun as his children these places. so the shotgun is an interesting piece of history because it's associated with crandal mackey, but passed down through various hands. it's the property of the arlington historical society. but at some point it is displayed in the arlington county sheriff's office. the back story is the historical society has their own museum, that they were concerned because it's an actual weapon and they thought it might be a liability to have a weapon in their museum dedicated to the sheraton arlington county and has been in possession of the arlington county sheriff ever

when it was announced it was closing, coincidentally the sweetwater saloon, they both ended up closingme day. and ville many music after 30 years. all of a sudden the heart and soul of our music company was going away, so we had to document it. all the artists rolled out for it. we have all the big names. sammy hagar, b.b. king, and many more. >> let's take a look at village music... >> it is john goddard with us tonight from village music which is sadly coming to an end. >> i think i view myself first at a music freak, second as a music collector and third as a businessman. and with vast gaps between the first two and the third. i am not -- i am not the world's greatest businessman. you know, the music industry is not a place to get rich, and it is not a place to be a businessman. that is the trouble with the music business. there are too many businessmen in it and not enough business freaks. i would say that my music is more influenced by music from john stork than any other thing. >> pursuiters -- american musical heritage, history -- >> i remember going in there, there were tons an

when he was elected in 1903, he wanted to go after gambling houses and the saloons and the sunday bars, and he wanted to shut them down. he had resistance from the sheriff who wanted nothing to do with this aligned with the political machine. he, as a prosecutor, put together hides own posse of supporters to conduct raids without much help from the sheriff. he sent out letters to the political supporters saying what he was about to do, the raid to conduct, training to get people interests if they wanted to be part of the raiding party, got a good response, and so the elected prosecutor took this shotgun as short of his totem to the placings. the shotgun is, really, an interesting piece in history because it's associated, but it's been passed down over the years through various hands. it's the property of the arlington historical society, but then at some point, it was displayed here in the arlington county sheriff's office; and the story is the society has their own museum, and you can go there, but they were concern about the gun because it's an actual weapon thinking it's a liability

people in texas watching tonight believe you can walk into any saloon, the law branch, local pub you go to, chinese restaurant. anybody who wants to walk in carrying, as much firepower as they want to and sit down next to you at the restaurant and drink all night with their guns there. anybody who's comfortable in a situation like that is an idiot. thank you, sam stein. thank you -- maybe there are some idiots down there, but why they voted for this guy, cruz, beyond me. he gets worth every night. >>> coming up, cpac, conservative political action conference, rolled into washington, d.c., today. birthers like donald trump and louie gohmert will be there. so will sarah palin. not governor chris christie. he might just actually win the white house next time. can't have him at cpac. what does it say about a party that has room for the characters on the extreme right fringe, the birthers, but shuns practical conservatives like chris christie? >>> in rome, pope francis started the first full day of his papacy by visiting a shrine to the virgin mary. devotion we know for latin-american cat

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the east coast but los angeles fit too, the big cities were full of foreigners who hung out in many saloons and had to be controlled. they were ruining america. the people in the heartland who always voted for prohibition were particularly worried about in this threat of others. race. the final wave of prohibition, for prohibition starts in the south at exactly the time jim crow goes into place between 1905 and 1915. and the idea of trying to control african-americans, needing to control african-americans led to the idea that we had to control drink throughout the south. is so prohibition becomes very important, all wraps up with trying to keep african-americans in their place after 50 years of struggle following the civil war. it was crucial for prohe can that the democracy -- prohibition that the democrats retook congress, by the way, in the wilson administration. third and very differently, it was a women's issue. it was a moral issue that was part of the effort to stop violence against women in the 19th and early 20th century. wherever women's suffrage as in at western stages, prohibiti