Vietnam war. Even now, four decades later, when they see him, you know, they know he is the reason they are alive. Thank you. Stahl and they call him papa. How many children do you actually have now, and grandchildren . I just keep using the number 105. But the grandchildren, dont ask me. I cant keep up with that. Simon the phrase the greatest show on earth usually refers to the circus, but a man named peter gelb, who runs the metropolitan opera in new york city, is doing everything he can to change that. Theres no other place where you can see such monumental staging, elaborate sets, and a cast of hundreds. But the met is, above all, about extraordinary voices, some of the best voices in the world. Tonight, were going to take you backstage at the met and show it to you in a way youve never seen it before. Kroft im steve kroft. Stahl im lesley stahl. Safer im morley safer. Simon im bob simon. Rose im charlie rose. Pelley im scott pelley. Those stories tonight on 60 minutes. The next bi
Babe ruth and given talks on everyone from Thelonious Monk to over elvis [indiscernible] please welcome jim barber. Jim barber welcome to the National Portrait gallery. Ira aldridge, we will talk about a little bit right now. Very appropriate for february is black history month. Why ira aldridge . With this face to face series, series, we connect three different people throughout three consecutive months. We began last month with pocahontas. This month is ira aldridge. The connection is the thread, back in 2007, the state of virginia commemorated two huge anniversaries. One, the older one being the 400 anniversary of the founding of jamestown. The second anniversary was the 200 anniversary of the birth of robert e. Lee. One of the hardest things to do for anyone is to get a sense of time. Think back to hundred years 200 years if you can to robert e. Lees era. And then another 200 years back to jamestown. That is hard to do. If someone just says 400 years ago, we cannot really envision
Switzerland hes well received. Austria, poland and especially his zenith will be in russia. And, again doing these different shakespearean plays. Its in poland where hes thinking about in 1867 hes thinking about returning and hes lining up a 100 performances back here in the united states. On the eve of his departure, he falls sick and dies and is buried now in woodage, polandeandpoland. And thats where his tombstone is. Thats 1867. 1867 robert e. Lee has surrendered the army of Northern Virginia in appomattox in 1865 and that celebration, commemoration, will be this coming april. And he is now the new president of washington university, which will become washington and lee. And lee will live until 1870 where he dies of heart trouble. Lee is buried of course, in the lee chapel at on the campus of washington and lee university. Where does this go after next month . So the connection is pocahontas jamestown pocahontas pocahontas, robert e. Lee, ira aldridge both born in 1807. Both men, a
It is an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This series exists to connect some of the thousands of stories we have on hand and make one step from stories to history. Our presenter today is jim barber, an historian at the portrait gallery. Jim has lectured extensively on the civil war. He has finished a new exhibition on babe ruth and given talks on everyone from Thelonious Monk to albert elswick. Please welcome jim barber. Jim barber welcome to the National Portrait gallery. Ira aldridge, we will talk about a little bit right now. Very appropriate for february is black history month. Why ira aldridge . With this face to face series, we connect three different people throughout three consecutive months. We began last month with pocahontas. This month is ira aldridge. The connection is the thread back in 2007, the state of virginia commemorated two huge anniversaries. One, the older one being the 400th anniversary of the founding of jamestown. The second anniversary was t
Obama. Sundays on American History tv on cspan3. As a cop limit to the series cspans new book is now available. Complements to the series cspans new book is now available. Providing lively stories of fascinating women creating an illuminating, entertaining, and inspiring read. It is available as a hardcover rebook your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. Coming up next, we visit the National Portrait gallery in washington, d. C. , with curator jim barber who gives us an indepth look at one of the Oil Paintings of ira aldridge, an early 19thcentury African American actor. He was born free in new york in 1807 and became famous in after being unable to find work in america. This program is part of a series called face to face about important players in the struggle for justice in American History. Ian cooke hello and welcome. I am ian cooke of the National Portrait gallery. It is an article of faith that every picture tells a story. This series exists to connect some of the thousands