thomas jefferson: oh, my. i gave instructions to them about the waterways into great missouri, not only to be attended and make friends with the many natives, but also to about thengs composition of the soil, the degree of climate, and the flora and fauna that they encountered. they encountered over 150 varieties, over 175 varieties of animal life, as well. they sent me some wonders. delighted in receiving the e flower, which i sent to a horticulturalist in germantown, pennsylvania, nearby the city of philadelphia. he almost immediately put it to sale. i enjoy the sweet and scented cranberries that were sent and also, as well, the prairie flower. i sent out to a man who quickly as clarksia, on behalf of my good friend and co-commander of that expedition, lieutenant william clark, so these are but a few of the many, many plants. now, mind you, lewis and clark also sent me many, many dried plants that they had sewn into pages of books, and i immediately sent those plants and seeds to a professor of horticulture

so my vocation in interpreting thomas jefferson, and that is what i have done for nearly 40 years, is to put on the vestments, but also the theater of mr. jefferson, to help us think and help us better understand our past, particularly who we are as americans, and to engage that conversation, certainly as he would want. >> you made reference that you have done this for a number of years. our topic about interpreting slavery, talking about slavery, is so relevant, but it has been an ongoing part of conversations at monticello for quite some time, a historic site throughout the world tells us about how it has changed over the years, this interpretation of slavery? >> yes, we are talking about it now. we have been, but not for the 40 years in which i have been involved. and imagine, i'm a child of the 1960's. so i grew up talking about this. and we go in and out of it and in and out of it, but since i began this at independence hall in philadelphia, yes, there was mention of slavery, but it was not engaged thoroughly. and i'm going back 40 years. when i went to colonial williamsburg in 1

so my vocation in interpreting thomas jefferson and that has been and what i have done for nearly 40 years is to put on the vestments and also the theater of mr. jefferson to help us think and to help us better understand our past and particularly who we are as americans and to engage that conversation certainly as he would want. >> so you've made reference that you've done this for a number of years and our topic today about interpreting slavery, talking about slavery, it is so relevant, but it is an ongoing part of conversations at monticello for a long time at historic sites throughout the world. can you tell us a little bit about how it's changed from your perspective over the years, this interpretation of slavery? >> yes. we're talking about it now. we have been talking about it for a few years but not for the 40 years of which i've been involved. imagine, i'm a child of the '60s so i grew up talking about this. we would go in and out of it and in and out of it but at historic sites since i began this in independence hall in philadelphia, yes, was there mention of slavery, but it

week, one of the things that you and i discussed is a great example, juneteenth is manage that thomas jefferson, during his life, would know nothing about. can you talk about the challenges of staying in character when talking about slavery in particular? for mr. jefferson to say, what is juneteenth? and this allows the guest to speak with him. this is to come to an united states that mr. jefferson learns from the future, with the hope that the future may learn, well, if you are refer to a time in which we have finally ended slavery, what does it take then for that to come about? would he want to know what it took to come about? we know and what i can tack about are his predictions. it's my job to interpret those letters and the conversations we know he had, and the interactions with those of his period, but it becomes even more a struggle for him as it does for us to ponder what it took and then for mr. jefferson to understand what it continues to take you answered this a about i with that question. gives the limitations of staying in character, there are strategies, of course, that you all im

susan: getting back to thomas jefferson, you referenced thomas calendar, his greatest enemy. so left damage to jefferson's reputation. what do we know about calendar? harold: he was a jefferson ally, he had been writing for a paper in philadelphia and really destroyed washington, practically criminalizing him, haunting him all the way back to mount vernon. then he established a newspaper in richmond aligned with thomas jefferson and he went to jefferson or communicated with jefferson and asked if he could become the postmaster of richmond. in return for his in print. -- his support in print. it was not an outrageous request, editors were given federal jobs all the time and they were rewarded. jefferson did not like the insistence with which calendar asked him for this reward and he said no. that was not a smart move by jefferson. jefferson would always write beautifully about freedom but did not always practice what he preached, as we know about slavery and freedom of the press. calendar immediately switched to a federalist newspaper, and this is after he had done prison time

the white house's new occupant at this point was thomas jefferson. he had been inaugurated in march 1801. and we all know from jefferson's famous first inaugural where he says we are all federalists, we are all republicans. he's trying to conciliate all parties. what he really meant was we're all republicans. the federalists just don't know it yet. so, he decides -- i mean, he's not naive. he realizes the federalists need special treatment. so, one way he does this is to use one of the greatest informal resources at his disposal which is the white house's social life. right away it sets up a contrast with his predecessors with the federalist republican court. this is a highly exaggerated mid-19th century view of the artist's imagination of what one of martha washington's levies looked like. jefferson's were more democratic. ranks cutler to his son-in-law just a couple of days into the session. he writes, under the new order of things, there are no levies, nothing like this. but the members are invited to dine with the president. i include this also fo

the white house is new occupant was thomas jefferson at this point. he had been inaugurated in march of 1801. we all know from jefferson's first inaugural, where he says we are all federalists. we are all republicans. he is trying to conciliate all parties. what he really meant was, we are all republicans. the federalists just don't know it yet. he's not naive. he realizes the federalists need special treatment. one way he does this is to use one of the greatest informal resources at his disposal. that's the white house social life. right away, it sets up a contrast with his predecessors one of the federalist republican court. this is a highly exaggerated in the 19th century view of what martha washington's levies looked like. jefferson is more democratic. he writes color to his son-in-law, on the 4th of january 1802, just a few days in the deception. he writes, under the new order of things, there are no levies. nothing like this. but the members who are invited to dine with the president and rotation. the dining room on the upper left that you can se

discusses tumultuous interactions between democratic-republican presidential candidate thomas jefferson and federalist members of the seventh congress, the first to have a full session in the new capitol, washington, d.c. he explains how political differences between the two parties led them to politicize many aspects of daily life, including food, socializing, and science. the u.s. capitol historical society provided video of this event. jane: today is the inaugural scholars series. we thought we would start with our very own chuck. chuck is one of the nation's finest scholars on the first congress and that early period in the development of our country. we have been fortunate to have as part of our society team for five years there are prior to that, he was 27 years working on the first congress program. he has put together a very imaginative presentation using primary sources, letters of the time, where people wrote to one another about science, food, culture, and the back and forth that made early days in washington. we invite you to stay with us for questions and answers. chuck wil

it was out of the work of thomas jefferson. and in my opinion declaration, thomas paine is the subject of my next book. the crucial thing is, popular sovereignty. for the first time the idea that rights are innate in humans. not in monarchs. not in bishops. and not to derived from the heavens though a creator is mentioned is not specified that they are common proxy. this idea which i believe is still the most revolutionary idea was at that time extraordinarily so. when mr. jefferson finally becomes president, the very first thing he does is to declare war. he does it without consulting congress. and he sends the american fleet with the marine corps way out, too far from land. too far gone in time for them to be recalled when he finally does tell congress he sent them. this is because he wanted to make absolutely sure this war was a success. the word declared is known to us as the barbary war. likely forgot now i think in our history extremely important. not just america's first work, but as a war of liberation. the war was agai

my deare meeting with friend, your thomas jefferson, in hopes that he shall arrive sometime soon, so t us hope we can all have a conversation together. where is mr. jefferson? mon cher, lafayette. cher, jefferson. what a pleasure it is to see you again over so many years. years, than 30 absolutely. and with great reverence to bastille day. >> just as we celebrate the fourth of july, in france it is the 14th of july. we shall celebrate together, my friend. >> general, we have not forgotten your assistance in our nation either, and the american revolution would have never been successful without the aid of france. >> it is a grand alliance between our two nations, my ,riends general rochambeau others coming to the assistance of our newfound friend and ally, the united states. marquis, we are not alone. us today,e world with welcoming us all back to monticello, as i hope you have discovered. entired not realize the world. this must be one of your mr. benjamin franklin's inventions, isn't it? >> it brings us together this afternoon with the opportunity for a chance to ask some questions.

fast forward from thomas jefferson in the 18 hundreds to today. on average how many items does the library received each day? >> every working day, 20,000 items so the production of process and looking it is quite an operation. >> we are going to ask if you have a question we've all tried to get some of those in just a moment. when you look at those and what has been done because we were getting duplicates, tell us about the surplus the program. >> i'm glad you mentioned that because we were able to donate and you were instrumental of that. each congressperson is able to do that work with the library of congress to get donations of surplus books and when we say surplus we are not talking about used, we are talking about a brand-new books that are coming that can be part of recovery efforts for instance when you have the damage here in mississippi we were able to help in terms of providing materials for community centers and anything. >> we have a question. >> thank you for your time. one of the things that i'm wondering about is if there's any dir

thomas jefferson was a wine connoisseur. [laughter] we work it.ughter] to get these young people engaged in things that because they want to still learn, a lot of them are coming from these colleges and right out of college and still at georgetown and doing all this stuff. they will sit and listen to someone talk about something or an author or someone. they want to meet people. one young congressional staffer said, you know, this is like date night to go do something like a film in the summer, free popcorn how about that? [laughter] >> free popcorn. >> free, on the lawn, with the machine, not just à >> oh my god with the machine too. [laughter] >> then they get to see, i think we might have you a little bit on that. >> i don't think so. [laughter] not fundraising. >> this is an idea i talk from your public library of the young lions of similar kind of group really interested in the library, been in existence for like 25 years or so. some funding and award, fiction award for young author. i took that idea to the national archives and we have a gro

yes, "hamilton," the show that caused your aunt to say "look at the legs on thomas jefferson." now, "hamilton" did receive some criticism this week from critics who say the show ignores the fact that hamilton and thomas jefferson were slaveholders, which is fair. but if you want to talk about a lack of historical accuracy in streaming films, you should know there is not a single mention of the gay rights movement in "scoob." but i highly recommend watching "hamilton" on disney plus. i saw "hamilton" on broadway years ago and watching it on tv had all the magic of the broadway show with none of the discomfort i experienced realizing i somehow ended up in the same row but with really nothing to say to tobey maguire. and in some other big disney news, beyonce announced that on july 31st she's releasing the vaccine. oh, no i'm sorry, she's releasing a visual album on disney plus inspired by "the lion king." i played timon in "the lion king" with beyonce last year. and i'm excited to announce that disney is now doing a spinoff of "the lion king" about timon and, i'm telling you, if

thomas jefferson famously said i have sworn phenomenon altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. now left, they are trying to cancel all of those founders this they don't seem to understand this important principle. in order to improve in the future, we must learn from our past, not erase it. so we're not going to tear down monuments and forget the people who built our great nation. instead, we will learn from our past so we don't preet any mistakes and we will work tirelessly to improve the lives of all americans. joe biden and the radical left are now coming for our freedom of speech. they want to bully us into submission. if they get their way, it will no longer be the silent majority. it will be the silenced majority. this has to stop. freedom of expression used to be a liberal value, at least before the radical left took over. now the republican party is the home of free speech, the place where anyone from any background can speak their mind, and may the best ideas win. people of faith are under attack. you're not allowed to go to church, but

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's model cello it. focuses on depictions of slavery and jefferson life have changed over recent decades. watch friday beginning at eight eastern and enjoy american history tv this weekend every weekend on c-span three. up next on the civil war, a story and harold holder and valerie perry of the new york historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication the civil war and 50 objects. in this program they discuss objects at the end of the war, and president likens assassination. this conversation took place on line in the new york historical society provided the video. >> good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of history our. tonight's topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and at the ballot box. as usual and i want to remind you which is being recorded will last 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes

there are others who are agitating and pushing for the statues, ofther george washington, of thomas jeffersonothers among the founding fathers who owned slaves, who were on the wrong side of that part of our american history. where do you fall on that issue? should those statues be removed? mitch? : my feeling is this. they teach you to grab their thumb. i am trying to get a thumb off, and now you reach for the whole head. -- it is liketo it does not mean that there are not always going to be people to go to another level and another level. you cannot dismantle the country because the country is born in slavery. that is what it is. are you going to kill yourself because something is wrong with you? it is your mythology. you have to figure out what it is. and one thing that happens in the media, the media is always looking for the most extreme viewpoint. if we were on this call and started to call each other names , and that would be viral in a second. we have had arguments. we talked. we get heated, and we talk about things with a lot of passion. and get up from the table and hug each other.

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's mounted shallow. it focuses on jefferson's life and how it changed over decades. watch friday beginning at eight eastern and enjoy american history tv this weekend every weekend on c-span three. up next on the civil war, gettysburg national military park ranger karlton smith, talks about james long streak of the 1865 appomatox campaign using maps and troop movements, he outlines the path during the retreat from richmond to the surrender at appomatox courthouse. the stock was recorded january of 2015 by the national parks service. >> first of all, on behalf of the national park service pm, we'll be talking about long street. the topic today is going to be on general james long streets in appomatox and his famous quote

thomas jefferson and his love of gardening.out his methods, experiments and the people who attended and maintained his gardens. he recounts how he learned about new plants from his travels and how he introduced plants to americans. this video is curtis and -- courtesy of monticello, virginia. >> good afternoon, my friends. what a pleasure to greet you once again. what a

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's monticello. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span 3. >> up next on the civil war histori historians talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. in this program they discuss items related to the end of the war and president abraham lincoln's assassination. this conversation took place online, and the new york historical society provided the video. >> good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of the history hour. tonight's topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and the ballot box. as always i want to remind you that tonight's program which is being recorded will last approximately 45 minutes. this includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your questions via the q&a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. we will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. and now, saving the union

i am very aware of the movement to take down statues of thomas jefferson, who was a slave owner for examplecan understand that emotion, but i think that is a different set of circumstances than the ones i mentioned a moment ago. and so, the world should make these decisions based on the retired admiral. we haven't had a collective conversation. my vote would be take down the statues, take down the monuments of confederate admirals and generals. for my money, washington, jefferson, grant, not perfect, slave owners, but in the broad spectrum of their life and times, the contributions are striking and there are statues and monuments that needs to remain on display, perhaps indicating that in addition to all that is known, they can show that he held slaves. that is a valid historical point that it doesn't rise to the level of peering down the jefferson memorial or monticello his presidential home outside of charlottesville where my daughter went to the university. so i think that there is room for a meaningful conversation here. i do not believe ever that mobs should be tearing down statues are

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's monticello. it focuses on depictions of slavery has changed over the decades. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >> up next on the civil war, gettysburg national military park ranger karlton smith talks about the role of confederate general james longstreet in the 1865 appomattox campaign. using maps and describing troop movements, he outlines longstreet's path during the retreat from richmond to the surrender at appomattox courthouse. this talk was recorded in january of 2015 by the national park service. >> first of all, on behalf of the national park service, let me welcome you again to gettysburg national military park. my name is ranger karlton smith, and i'll be with you this afternoon for part of our midwinter lectures. the topic today is going to be on general james longstreet at appomatt appomattox. and his famous quote of not yet. longstreet was born on the second day of the battle of may 6th, qu1864. on oc

in the cause of freedom from these grounds thomas jefferson said to lewis and clark on a daring expedition to cross a wild and hard charted continent in the depths of a bloody civil war president abraham lincoln looked out these very windows upon a half completed washington monument and asked god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge us we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before thank you and what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god and has a special purpose in this world it is that con

and thomas jefferson was like that can't be true and thomas jefferson wrote a whole chapter in one ofhis books about buffon's theory of degeneracy, but in the end buffon's theories which were much more accepting of the idea of change and dynamism than linnaeus's idea, linnaeus really won the argument and he became the father of modern taxonomy. >> let's see. here's another question, what are some policy applications? >> we have the models for that the way to make migration safe, orderly, dignified and so the idea is instead of saying i've lived in this country and here are my borders and i'm going to decide who i lead in and i don't want to let in and if i don't want you people you cannot come. this migration is sort of a positive that i can turn off and on. that's sort of how our policymaking is around migration is done now but with the un compaq says that migration is a reality. it happens whether we wanted to or not and it's not something we can control and if it's that and we know there are some a benefits to migration we should do. [inaudible] so we can minimize this destructive

they were going to knock down thomas jefferson, george washington, abraham lincoln was fair game, so i said these people are sick and troubled individuals, they are anarchists and agitators, not just protesters, they call them peaceful protesters, you are peaceful protesters, it's on the record. and by the way -- looked the size of that guy, you're a lot tougher than they are, just so you understand that. right? look at the size of that guy! but biden and harris are pro-crime and anti-cop. there is no other way to say it. and we are anticrime, we are pro-cop all the way. i've gotten the endorsement. i got the endorsement, pat lynch, new york city police gave us an endorsement first time they've ever done it. that means it's been a long time. they don't do that kind of thing. they endorsed me. all of the sheriffs in florida endorsed me. all of the law enforcement in texas endorsed me, we are getting endorsement from, we have not found anybody that won't endorse law enforcement. we have not found anybody. if we do, they would probably be in big trouble. i really do think they would be

it is these ground thomas jefferson calls of freedom. these ground thomasjefferson said lewis in clark to cross our wild and uncharted content. in the depths of a bloodied civil war, president abraham lincoln looked out these very windows upona looked out these very windows upon a half completed washington monument and asked god, in his providence, to save oui’ god, in his providence, to save our nation. two weeks after pearl harbour, frank and —— roosevelt .gov winston churchill just roosevelt .gov winston churchilljust inside they set oui’ churchilljust inside they set our people on the costa victory ——on the course to victory. our entire planet has been struck bya entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful, invisible enemy. like those brave americans are before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering life—saving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. applause .we applause . we will defeat the virus and at the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. applause .

john adams and thomas jefferson were two of the greatest booklovers of their day. had a large and very valuable library. adams looks the public library in boston. the boston public library jefferson books are here. those of them who have survived. but this was written a good 400 years before thomas jefferson and john adams and it's exactly the same spirit of what each of them felt and which i think so many of us feel today and one of the reasons we're here to celebrate a festival, a national book festival. writing and 1386. divine city has rescued me from almost all of the human desires. one is not entirely at least in big. this is evans doing pretty though my character of the passage of time has contributed. i have seen many things and meditated much. and alas i have begin to understand the worth of those activities that educate human race. that you may not think i'm immune to all fans of failings. i learned that one unquenchable passion possesses me which so far anita could not nor would repress. i flatter myself the longing for where they things, that are not un

that you played thomas jefferson on tv. true or false? rumor or fact? >> that is 100% true. i -- [laughter] this is actually, so i worked on a food show on the food network called good eats, and it was hosted by alton brown. and my very first -- and my job was a production assistant. it was nothing glamorous. i was, you know, plunging toilets, making coffee, helping, like, whatever needed to be done. and, but my very first day on the jobbaltop looks at me -- alton looks at me and goes, put that guy in a wig, we need a thomas jefferson. [laughter] and it came, like, i had one line, and it was -- >> one. >> one. and it was i declare these prouts to be delicious. [laughter] -- sprouts to be delicious. [laughter] so my one line, my one line came at the end of, like, a three-minute monologue that alton had to do, and i screwed it up like three or four times, and he got really upset. [laughter] it got ugly. but, yeah, that was my first day working on good eats. so i have to say i'm glad that you googled me, because i also googled you. laugh and i, i heard -- [laughter] i heard tha

whether we are thinking about frederick douglass or thomas jefferson. we are going to have roughly 35 minutes of moderated discussion, after which there will be questions from the audience. and i will just in advance that given the number of people, we will not be able to address probably even most of the questions that we will get. we will do our best. so, let's get started. let's start with the meaning and implications of removing confederate statues from our public landscape. which, i know both of you, david and annette have discussed this frequently and in all sorts of venues. this is not a new issue but something is clearly different this time around. so let's start with what is different and why. annette, you have referred to what is happening now as a quote "a great awakening." wakening up is always a good place to start. so what we start there? annette: i think it is different this time and i do not know a precise reason but i have theories. obviously, the killing of george floyd provoked a lot of soul-searching on the part of people. the nature

they get people sort of, well, sometimes people who actually fit someone like joyce appleby did thomas jefferson. of course, she's a great jefferson scholar. gary hart did a book. george mcgovern did lincoln, i think. there's a mix of historians and nonhistorians looking at these presidencies, telling the basic story, and also giving you own sort of individual spin on it. and he asked me to do this, do the johnson book. i guess he figured i would put my individual spin on it. i agreed to do it because arthur asked me to do it and i had great respect for him. i knew him from the papers of thomas jefferson. we were both on the advisory committee for that, and also because paul was the editor who is also the general series editor for the series, was my editor for the book i did with vernon jordan. vernon can read. so this is two friends. you know how it is when friends ask you to do things, who asked me to do this, and i said sure. i put aside my misgivings. i knew it's a fascinating topic. there's so much material, very rich, but i wondered if i would be able to sort of curb my natural feelings of

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's monticello. it focuses on how depictions of slavery in jefferson's life have changed over recent decades. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern. and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> next on the civil war, historian harold holdser and valerie paley of the new-york historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joinl publication, "the civil war in 50 objects." in this series they talk about artifacts related to ulysses s. grant and benjamin butler. this took place online and the new-york historical society binded the video. >> good evening, and welcome. tonight's topic is modern major generals. first i want to remind everyone tonight's program, which is being recorded, will last approximately 45 minutes. this will include 15 minutes for questions and answers. please submit your question by the q&a on your zoom screen during the time. we will respond to as many possible during the final part of the

thomas jefferson's monticello recorded this program and provided the video. >>> good afternoon. my name is is brandon dillard and i'm the manager of historic interpretation here at monticel monticello. you might recognize my voice because in previous livestreams i'm usually the guy behind the camera and i'm reading questions from our audience

thomas jefferson and marquis de lafayette, portrayed by bill ,arker and william schneider discussed therench revolution. monticello events recorded the video. >> i know who you are expecting. i am expecting him as well. in the

thomas jefferson and marquis de lafayette, portrayed by bill barker and william schneider, discussed the french revolution. the alliance between their nations and personal friendships. monticello events recorded the video. >> i know who you are expecting. i am expecting him as well. in the interim, please allow me an introduction. the name is general lafayette, although i believe that most of your americans know me far better by my name of the old order of the revolution here in america, and that of course is the marquis de lafayette. would you like to repeat that?

. >> when you read the thing that were set -- said about thomas jefferson, that he was a pagan of therench government, sounds a little reminiscent, doesn't it? the things that were said about abraham lincoln, the thing said about fdr, that he wanted to be a dictator. so it does come with the territory. . but i think in trump's case, at least in the modern political era, post-world war ii, i've never seen anything like it. announcer: sunday, september 6 at noon eastern on in-depth, our live to our conversation with author and faith and freedom coalition founder ralph reed whose books include "awakening," "forgotten country." joined in the conversation -- join with your conversation with texan tweets. watch book tv's in-depth, sunday, september 6 at noon eastern on c-span two. announcer: the presidents, available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book, from public affairs, presents biographies of every president inspired by conversations with noted historians about the leadership skills that make for a successful presidency. in this presidential election year, as americans decide who shoul

thomas jefferson. and of course, george washington. or as his friends called him, george w.cheers and applause] i am proud to have dick cheney by my side. [cheers and applause] he is a man of integrity, and sound judgment, who has proven his public service -- proven that public service can be noble service. america will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i'm grateful for senator john mccain. i appreciated very much his speech two nights ago. i appreciate is friendship. i love his spirit for america. and i want to thank the other candidates who saw this office as well. their -- who sought this office as well. their convictions have strengthened this party. [cheers and applause] i'm especially grateful tonight to my family. no matter what else i do in my life, asking laura to marry me was the best decision i ever made. [cheers and applause] and to our daughters, we love you a lot. we are proud of you. and as you head off to college this fall, don't stay up too late. and email your old dad

following is a conversation hosted by thomas jefferson's monticello. it focuses on how depictions of slavery in jefferson's life have changed over recent decades. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern. and enjoy "american history tv" this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching "american history tv." every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> up next on "the civil war," historian harold holzer and valerie paily talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication "the civil war in 50 objects." in this program they discuss items related to the end of the war, and president abraham lincoln's assassination. this conversation took place on line, and the new york historical society provided the video. >> good evening, and welcome to the eighth and final episode of "the history hour." tonight's topic is saving the union and ending the civil war

can they come in and see one of the only three copies of the guttenberg bible, they can see thomas jefferson's original library that helped start the library of congress at a crucial time, to really reach out to the public to let them know. it's difficult to put it in one type of thing, so we'll be really working to say when you walk into the library, what can you do. we have a young readers' center. you can go into that and do things if you have young people. and you can go into the music of department and see sheet music from decades and hundreds of years ago. so that's a challenge, because i think we need to -- librarians talk about read more about it? i want the american public in particular to know more about it, to know more. this is congress' library, but it's also america's library. c-span: it's a symbol though that say somebody's watching this, i want them to be able to walk in somewhere in this library system and say dr. carr a la haden -- carr a la haden told me -- carr a la haden -- where would you send them? >> guest: the first thing a person should do is to go up to a wonderful i

president grant and eisenhower who led our soldiers in the cause of freedom from these grounds thomas jefferson said lewis and clark on a daring expedition to cross a wild and hard charted continent in the depths of a bloody civil war president abraham lincoln looked out these very windows upon a half completed washington monument and asked god in his providence to save our nation 2 weeks after pearl harbor franklin delano roosevelt welcomed winston churchill and just inside they said our people and of course to victory in the 2nd world war in recent months our nation and the entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful invisible enemy. like those brave americans before us we are meeting this challenge we are delivering lifesaving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. thanks we will defeat the virus and the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before thanks what united generations past was an unshakable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american people they knew that our country is blessed by god.

thomas jefferson was one of the drafters of the declaration of independence. why are we canceling our history? steve forbes, how do you see it? steve: well, this is a cultural war against our history, trying to discredit it so the far left can take over and jefferson knew slavery was wrong, unlike washington, he did not e emancipate his stage. i think if he came back today, he would be delighted that slave slavery was out of the way and the principles he enunciated in the declaration of independence not to bheangs th mention what s put in the constitution, those principles undermined slavery. undermined the institution that had been in existence in this world for 4,000 years. so recognize jefferson had his flaws but everyone has flaws. and this country i think the speakers in this convention are so good by pointing out we're trying to move toward a more perfect union. it's a journey. there's not a destination, it's a journey and we're making progress and i think that's the theme of this convention and i think that resonates with this country more than trying t