day. we can express our thoughts and feelings and wait for the response. there is no response on memorial day. those we honor are dead, which leaves us to supply both d sides of the conversation. i spent some time studying our the deadliest battles in our history, the battles which required the most sacrifice. i wondered what it was like to be a teenager sent to europe. during world war one probably never crossed an like to ocean and for many they only crossed the ocean oncecr they re buried somewhere in france or belgium or england, we sent them to liberate a continent, to liberate other people, and they did what weoncere in fm to do and it cost themto d their lives. world war two was a deadly war both in europe and the pacific . our young people were sent to defeat an evil axis,ii to liberat was ae a continent, fe defend people being victimized by tyrantnd s. and we sent young people to defend our own country after we were attacked. so pearl harbor. some of those soldiers a
day. we can express our thoughts and feelings and wait for the response. there is no response on memorial day. those we honor are dead, which leaves us to supply both d sides of the conversation. i spent some time studying our the deadliest battles in our history, the battles which required the most sacrifice. i wondered what it was like to be a teenager sent to europe. during world war one probably never crossed an like to ocean and for many they only crossed the ocean oncecr they re buried somewhere in france or belgium or england, we sent them to liberate a continent, to liberate other people, and they did what weoncere in fm to do and it cost themto d their lives. world war two was a deadly war both in europe and the pacific . our young people were sent to defeat an evil axis,ii to liberat was ae a continent, fe defend people being victimized by tyrantnd s. and we sent young people to defend our own country after we were attacked.
above self. reporter: a legacy that led him to receive the highest civilian award in the united states, the presidential medal of freedom. his life is a testament that public service is a noble calling. s we honor george herbert walker bush for service to america that spanned nearly 70 years. joining us now, cnn presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library, tim neftaly. also wrote george herbert walker bush: this part of the american president series, the 41st president. welcome back. you who threat book, and you you wrote this book, and you wrote that he was better prepared for the challenges facing the united states at the end of the cold war than any other. why? well, george herbert walker bush had been vice president, he had been the head of the cia, he
jackson, mississippi on saturday to commemorate the opening of a new civil rights museum. invited by the mississippi governor, the president s 40-minute visit included a tour of the museum s kpikts honoring jailed and assassinated civil rights acoicons. he then made remarks. among those we honor are the christian pastors who started the civil rights movements in their own churches preaching like martin luther king junior. a man who i have studied and watched and admire for the my entire life. that we re all made in the image of our lord. trump s visit was not without controversy as it came after many prominent american leaders called on the president not to attend. citing his tendency to incite
these buildings echl bombody th that has lived in the hearts of every american for generations. the hope in a future that is more just and more free. the civil rights museum records the oppression, cruelty and injustice inflicted on the african-american community, the fight to end slavery, to break down jim crow, to end segregation, to gain the right to vote. and to achieve the sacred birthright of equality. that is big stuff. that is big stuff. those are very big phrases, very big words. here we memorialize the brave men and women who struggle to sacrifice and sacrificed so much so that others might live in freedom. among those we honor are the