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Park. It is little under an hour. [applause] thank you david. Can everyone hear me ok . We have watched the armys of grant and lee moving across the virginia landscape from the siege of petersburg to the surrendered appomattox courthouse. Now im going to take a detour. We are going to make a sharp turn south, and were going to turn back the clock. South, and were going to turn back the clock. Were going to go back to december of 1864. And we are going to follow this man, general william t sherma...

Captures atlanta. Thomas crushes the army of tennessee, the confederacys secondlargest field army, and one week later, general sherman completes his march from atlanta to the sea by presenting the city of Savannah Georgia to president Abraham Lincoln as a christmas gift. Now, sherman is looking ahead to his next campaign. He is going to make a march through the carolinas, moving his army group northward to richmond, virginia. There he will join forces with general grant, and together, they will ...

Today. Two books i think we have them for sale in the bookstore. The most recent 1 i grabbed the wrong one. What is the title of the most recent one . To the bitter in. To the bitter end. And the second one, the final days of the army of tennessee. It is the transmississippi and indian territory. It was one of the florida regiments, the last surrendered group. Robert dunkerly. [applause] mr. Dunkerly good morning. I want to thank the organizers for having me. I really appreciate the invitation. ...

It is about an hour. I want to introduce our speaker for the morning, Robert Dunkley is a historian awardwinning author, he has a degree in history from st. Vincent. He has worked at nine different historic sites, most recently on Richmond National battlefield park. He has written two books that are specifically listed. Im sure he will be talking about them today. I think we have at least one of them in the bookstore, the most recent one. To be bitter end, and the other one is the confederate of...

Women ever elected to congress. You have to hear their stories in a Session Panel that took place a few weeks ago when we went down to washington for this amazing weekend on vietnam and the power of protest. You will watch some of it on memorial day as we remember. Wayne smith also part of that broadcast. He is an army medic that went into South Vietnam as we talk about the meaning of memorial day. These are the kinds of programs you get on a regular basis. You will see Edward Snowden, tom drake...

You have to hear their stories in a Session Panel that took place a few weeks ago when we went down to washington for this amazing weekend on vietnam and the power of protest. You will watch some of it on memorial day as we remember. Wayne smith also part of that broadcast. He is an army medic that went into South Vietnam as we talk about the meaning of memorial day. These are the kinds of programs you get on a regular basis. You will see Edward Snowden, tom drake, who was persecuted by the Obam...

If you oppose this bill, call us at 202 7488001. We are also online. You can tweet at us, cspanwj. We are on facebook facebook. Com cspan. You can also send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Good morning everyone. Our topic this morning is the fasttrack trade legislation that will be moving through congress quickly. Lets take a look at an article from your tim New York Times, it heralds a divisive fight within the Democratic Party, one that could spill into the 2060 president ial campaign. Some...

Police in new york believe the man wanted for killing four people in a northwest mansion last week may be hiding out in new york city. The suspect 34yearold daron wint. Our Delia Goncalves spoke to the neighbors of the suspects family in lanham. Reporter tables tell us that daron wint did not live in this lanham neighborhood but came to visit his father. They found it unusual that he spent a lot of time here in the past few weeks. Our partners at wnew snapping this photo of dennis wint running i...

A three year veteran of his department. The charges this officer faces are deeply troubling to me. His actions are his own and not a reflection of the over 1 1 1,700 men and women that serve our Community Day in, day out. Reporter the victims ambushed as they expected the children to be dropped off for visitation. Grandmother Caroline Conway is accused of pulling the trigger. Her son, the young police officer, is suspected of supplying the weapon and trying to cover up for his mother according t...

She survived this shooting and her up born child, that pregnancy, also sur unborn child, that pregnancy also survived, the children in this case now residing with her family. Can onlyway and his mother are held without bail conway and his mother now are held without bail now. Chief mark magaw announced conways suspension. Well hear more from him at 6 00. How do you system rise the lives of four people summarize the lives of four people held captive and murdered for 40,000 . Members of the savopo...