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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 to thank the two influences in my life; one was kennedy and one was phil graham and the Washington P...

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 those who died in the Washington Area hospitals. What happened was the war went on much longer and wa...

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 alexandria. It needed new burial space. Look to cross the river and found this place, arlington and tho...

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 do clearing land essentially being a farmer in many ways and again lived a very difficult life thoug...

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 very difficult life though. I think one that he was determined to move beyond so you see a very You...