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Polk had a strong wreef belief in politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lad...

For hundreds of thousands of americans. Theres a certainry poetry if you want to call it that and closuren to lincoln coming down these cks tracks toto this place in his coffin because, as he came he cir went through the circuit that he had ridden for 23 years hed ridden through the prairiesut b cut by these tracks. And he visits all these towns. Isited so all these towns were filled with his friends. Ret so this was a return for him in a very touching way. Y. And for he was returned on the same...

President ial faith, and thats not just because im intrigued with how people might believe theologically, its because i think weve come to the conclusion, i think weve come to understand that religion forms the world view out of which an executive leader leads, the decisions they make, what they choose, what they believe about the middle east, what they believe about morality, what they believe about everything from is sex to education to family to foreign policy. So i dont think this is just a ...

And continue watching booktv all weekend long for more nonfiction authors and books. Visit booktv. Org for more of the weekends television schedule. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books continues on cspan2. Next Stephen Mansfield talk about lincoln. This is a little under an hour. Thank you. Its good to see you this afternoon. They tell me the best of all of them. Ive been told for the last 45 not really. Im excited about talking to you about this afternoon about lynn on and his faith. One o...

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Up next former Washington Post executive editor ben bradlee appeared on booknotes in 1975 to workaround his journalism career. Mr. Bradlee died this past week at the age of 93. This program is about an hour. Cspan ben bradlee, one of the last things you tell us in your book is that you gave an anonymous gift to harvard and nothings happened. Guest well, i didnt want to have any publicity about it while i was still editor of the post. I thought that would be inappropriate. And so i yeah, i tried ...

This section was begun in may 1864. Really before there was a cemetery. How did that happen . It happened that this have been going on for several years. Washington was really hospitals city. There were soldiers in the hospital of temporary hospitals set up all over town. Those people started dying. They had to be buried. Earlier in the war and National Cemeteries or established at alexandria virginia and at the old soldiers home in northwest washington. They were planned to accommodate all of t...

City. There were soldiers in the hospital of temporary hospitals set up all over town. Those people started dying. They had to be buried. Earlier in the war and National Cemeteries or established at alexandria virginia and at the old soldiers home in northwest washington. They were planned to accommodate all of those who died in the Washington Area hospitals. What happened was the war went on much longer and was much bloodier than anybody expect it. Up thetty soon filled National Cemetery in ale...

Encapsulated what it means to be american. What the whole idea of america is all about it is a freedom and equality an opportunity. We do put him on a pedestal rightly. But also he was a human being and he had great ambitions to do great things and he certainly succeeded in that. Abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kentucky. He lived there just for fear as he moved me six or seven up to indiana and lived through his teens in indiana. He grew up on the front here. So he had a lot of hard work to ...

Is all about it is a freedom and equality an opportunity. We do put him on a pedestal rightly. But also he was a human being and he had great ambitions to do great things and he certainly succeeded in that. Abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kentucky. He lived there just for fear as he moved me six or seven up to indiana and lived through his teens in indiana. He grew up on the front here. So he had a lot of hard work to do clearing land essentially being a farmer in many ways and again lived a...