President will attend his final white house Correspondents Dinner saturday, april 30th, starting at 6 00 p. M. On cspan. American history tv on cspan 3 this weekend. Saturday evening at 6 00 p. M. Weekend, the book the myth of the lost cause. Why the south fought the civil war and why the north won. Among the disputes, myths of the civil war, including why it started, and why it ended. They felt compelled to explain why it was this devastation occurred and why 25 of southern white men between the ages of 25 and 40 were dead. And then, the 1988 campaign of gary hart. Announcing his candidacy in denver, and then facing questions about an alleged extramarital affair, and then his announcement that hes leaving the race. Then, the life of dolores huerta. She was at the forefront of that effort for a reason. And among many of the participants of the farm workers movement, when you hear about them, they always talk about her. And then at 8 00 p. M. , on the presidency. He said, did any of the
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Thank you very much. Youre watching American History tv, 48 hours of rogramming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Cspan s on twitter at history for information on our programs, andoming keep one the latest history news. 1944 amidst in world war ii, president franklin campaigned for the fourth and final term as president. Weintraub ley discusses the wartime election and deteriorating health. His book is final victory. This was recorded in the National Portrait gallery in and itss a little under an hour. My book is called final victory. It suggests there was nothing victories in his life. Actually, that was not the case. State two terms as a senator from new york state. He became assistant secretary of world war i. Ng he then was chosen to be the Vice President ial candidate when democratic ticket in 1920 when the democrats were sure to lose. And they lost. He lost with them. Ut he he thought that this would only energize his career. He had national visibility. And do oing to