The british. On the other side unionists will say George Washington in his farewell address said the price the union of any allegiance. Actually robert e. Lee is reading a biography of George Washington in the months before the civil war and he is hearing these arguments and he concludes that he basically agrees with the unionist position. He believes George Washington would have opposed secession. So what else does lee say to Francis Blair . He says he would would gladly washes hands of slavery. He would gladly get rid of all slavery if it would avoid war rate but then he says how can i raise my sword against my native state . Here the blair family position says lee hesitated that is lee told the story he gave the answer once, no biggie turned down the command though he did not turn his commission to the army surfer more than three decades. He returns to arlington house. He soon learns that virginia in fact has voted to secede from the union and there on april 20 the writes a letter r
From nbc news world headquaters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, peaceful protestors rallied in the streets of ferguson, missouri in what police hope will be calm tonight after a violent saturday night. A midnight curfew failed to clear the streets triggering a heavy Police Response including smoke and tear gas. Before it was over a half dozen people were under arrest. The delicate and fast moving situation in the streets continues to out pace the investigation into the Police Shooting death of an unarmed 18yearold Michael Brown. A probe is now working on multiple levels with the u. S. Justice department stepping forward today to order its own autopsy on brown. Nbcs ron allen is on the ground in ferguson for us again tonight. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening to you lester. Here at the command Center Hundreds of police are preparing for another night of enforcing the curfew. The plan is to use as little force as possible. That was the plan la
What we found. From nbc news world headquaters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, peaceful protestors rallied in the streets of ferguson, missouri in what police hope will be calm tonight after a violent saturday night. A midnight curfew failed to clear the streets triggering a heavy Police Response including smoke and tear gas. Before it was over a half dozen people were under arrest. The delicate and fast moving situation in the streets continues to out pace the investigation into the Police Shooting death of an unarmed 18yearold Michael Brown. A probe is now working on multiple levels with the u. S. Justice department stepping forward today to order its own autopsy on brown. Nbcs ron allen is on the ground in ferguson for us again tonight. Ron, good evening. Reporter good evening to you lester. Here at the command Center Hundreds of police are preparing for another night of enforcing the curfew. The plan is to use as little force as possible. That
Assistant to president george bush graduate of yale university. [applause] thank you so much for that love and lovely introduction judy. As you mention i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might have used a ghostwriter to pen his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said anyone who says George Washington used a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing his biography its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so pleased to be at this Beautiful House and im so grateful to the Historical Society for inviting me today. I had a chance to go over to see the Historical Society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and im so happy to see it expanding. Thats a great thing for p
Didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact robert e lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might have used a ghostwriter to paint his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it and said that anyone who said George Washington used a ghostwriter was a injudicious. If i learned nothing else from writing this biography is that i should care less about my own. I am so pleased to be at this beautiful house, and i am so grateful to the Historical Society for for inviting me today. I had a chance to to go over and see this society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and i am happy to see that it is expanding. We are so reliant upon the great work that our archivists and other preservationists due to preserve American History. Thank you to the society for your great work. It is it is also a pleasure to be here in louisville. Robert e lee came through louisville in 1837. He was on a trip out west. I am proud to tell you that he made quite an impression o