That document describes a come and save compromise emancipation plan, his last ever to get slaveholding border states to sell their slaves to the federal government so that they could be out of that is this. When he rejected that, he began to discuss the process of the emancipation proclamation. We believe, as ron white points out, that pastor girlys relationship with mr. Lincoln helped mr. Lincoln develop a higher understanding of his relationship with his god and allowed him to think through clearly from a religious perspective, how vehement patient proclamation can best be described and encompassed. With that, we are ready to begin the program. I would like to introduce edna green medford. History professor and chairperson at howard university. Shields degrees from Hampton Institute and the university of illinois and her phd is in history from the university of maryland. Dr. Medford specializes in 19 country United States history and teaches courses on the jacksonian era and civil w
National mall with your concert for valor forecast for tonight. Now melissa is looking at new crashes. Two brand new accidents, the first one in virginia. Clifton at main street at chapel road. We are hearing reports of this involving a motorcycle. And the third street tunnel near southwest freeway, we have a new crash there. Apparently a vehicle into a jersey wall. Single car crash with police on the scene trying to get that out of the way. 66 here at 95 in virginia, no major problems at this point. Well keep our fingers crossed. If it stays problemfree. Prince georges side of things, pennsylvania avenue, branch avenue, everything is looking good there. 301 looking good as well. The beltway at river road, moving along with no issues there. Everyone heading in and out of town, we are looking good. See you at 5 11 with a live picture of 270. Just about 5 02 now. It is veterans day. And tonight hundreds of thousands of you in a whole lot of celebrities will be on the National Mall. We ar
This by the way is not the Original Church. This church was torn down and replaced with this church in the exact spot similar to the Original Church in 1950. The pew was preserved where he and his family would sit. He would be listening to passage or any of girly you with the profitable it. This was the Original Church used up until the time of futile peter marshall. We preserved his memory through the lincoln window. These stain think less windows were dedicated 1968. Maybe in the end you can book to the one second in the last of lincoln standing in prayer which was his custom fitting in this pew during the services here. You probably past the hitching post out front. That would have been used by the president that would not have been moved. You may have heard the bells of this church, the lincoln chimes for a gift of the Robert Lincoln family, his son after robert died his wife and daughter presented the church in 1927 with the terms that were brought forward to the new church. It is
American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image on sundays for the rest of the year. Cspan produced a series with cooperation with the White House Historical series and questions , from cspan viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another t
President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli