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Photojournalists found such a story in the northeast where an air force veteran tends to the land and troops who marched upon it long ago. >> it just shouldn't be this way. these graves should be cleared. and paid the respect that they deserve. we're at mt. morya cemetery in philadelphia, founded in 1855 and remained in opion unt 2011, a wch time it was abandoned. as time goes by, the cemetery ran out of grounds. funding gets cut. and next thing you know, they can't afford to maintain the cemetery. the government isn't responsible for mt. mariah due to the fact they don't own the grounds. they...

I don't think that that saying well, this is just like the civil rights movement or because you were a black person who was oppressed in alabama in 1855, that you -- or 1955, you should identify with what the gay community's going through. i think that people are going to choose their battles and i think that to compare the gay rights movement to the civil rights movement is like comparing the civil rights movement to the revolution. these are all movements in their own right and somehow imperializing the thinking of a group of people and saying you have to be on board with this and if you dis...

I think that the idea, however, that the gay rights movement is piggybacking or is similar to the civil rights movement i think makes people uncomfortable. i think the gay rights movement can be seen as something that is powerful, beautiful in itself. i don't think that saying, well, this is just like the civil rights movement or because you are a black person who was oppressed in alabama in 1855, that you should -- or 1955, you should identify with what the gay community is going through. i think that people are going to choose their battles and i think that you compare the gay rights movemen...

In this country. and patterns and perception of american migrants have long been the fibers that weave together our national history. when we consider just the huddled masses who made their way through ellis island, 40% of americans today can trace their ancestry to those who passed through ellis island in 1892 to 1954. between 1815 and 1915, 30 million europeans arrived in the united states representing approximately 90% of the immigration to the u.s. in that period. the majority of whom hailed from ireland and germany. almost half were from ireland alone. in 1855, more than 50% of the popula...

good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i'm carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. >> welcome to "american morning." up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky's tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky's words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the cha...