a presidential historian and author john meacham joins me live to discuss the state of our democracy today. the beginning of the end, we will break down what we can expect from closing arguments and jury instructions and trumps hush money election interference trial this week. and the chances that trump will be the first former president convicted of a felony and a look at what happens when trump steps out of the magna bubble. the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. whoa! i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. the tomorrow is memorial day , a day to remember our military service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country. according to historian david blight, black americans were the first to honor fallen soldiers. black writes that in may, 1865, the black community in charleston, south carolina held a parade for a union soldiers killed in the war and, quote, converted confederate real men into their own
greatly from yours wi s wisdom wise counsel thank you very much. in april of 1861 when abraham lincoln issued the first calls for volunteers for the union army, my great, great grandfather, samuel fletcher cheney joined the 21st infantry, he fought through all four years, from chickamauga to stone river. and he marched up pennsylvania avenue in may 1865, past the reviewing stand where general johnson and grant were seated. silas canfield, a legendary historian of the infantry described the men in the unit this way. he said they had a just appreciation of the value and advantage of free government. and the necessity of defending and maintaining it.