very significant activist for justice and freedom, and she should be restored as a hero of the american pantheon. that was my goal. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org /history. can preview upcoming programs, and more. american history tv at c-span.org/history. >> we are standing on the grounds of four anderson. up next, we speak with author ford bonneville about the and its role during the civil war. >> we're actually standing on the crest of fort emerson. this was the largest confederate fort in the lower cape fear interior that guarded the western land approaches in the

very significant activist for justice and freedom, and she should be restored as a hero of the american pantheon. so that was my goal. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: you are watching american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. >> this week's sunshine week. the campaign for greater public access to government. it's also c-span's anniversary week. in 1979, the house of representatives opened its debate to tv cameras for the first time. and the cable television industry launched c-span, to bring the congress into america's homes. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day, the house of representatives opened his proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. i wish to congratulate you for your courage in making this possible and the committee who has worked so hard under the leadership of cosmic charles rolls, to make this a reality. television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the

the guggenheim foundation. tonight mr. ekirch will be talking about his new book american sanctuary: mutiny, martyrdom, and national identity in the age of revolution. it's just out from pantheon and it is a main selection of history book club. have the honor of reviewing this book in the wall street journal so i will take the liberty of putting myself as i wrote, the author sets his timely book in the previous era when questions of refugees and citizenship have dramatically consequences in a presidential election and for the future of the country. as i said it's a timely book it has to do with refugees, politics and the future of the united states. i won't steal any more of a thunder but it's an excellent book, i loved every every page and i'm looking forward to hearing some of it from the author himself. please welcome mr. ekirch. >> thank you very much, kathleen. in preparing this afternoon's remarks i was reminded of a political rally during last year's campaign in which a senate candidate spoke. the host of the rally and form the crowd that the speaker needs no introduction but he has insisted on one. [laughter] please let the record show that while i deeply appreciate pr

hero of the american pantheon. so that was my goal. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 now, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, shepherd university professor benjamin ofkhurst about stereotypes appalachia. >> the mountaineer had an easy, unaffected bearing and the unconscious manners of the well bred. artifacts,n american a tour of the national world war i memorial. famous units most were the harlem hellfighters, or the harlem rattlesnakes. they established their litigation as incredible fighters. >> at 6:30, the national constitution center's president jeffrey rosen. >> they had a year to reorient. of the waybecause the amendment was written, you could practice -- purchase as the alcohol as he wanted in year before and store it. so they did very good sales leading up to prohibition. and a lot of basemen