I know who you are expecting. I am expecting him as well but in the interim please allow me and introduction. The name is lafayette though i believe that most of you americans will know me far better by my name of the ocean regime. And that of course is the marquis de lafayette. What a pleasure and honor to see all of you here on this simply magnificent day. This 14th of july, this fete national, the day in which we french celebrate the beginning of our revolution. While im here meeting with my dear friend, your Thomas Jefferson, in hope that he shall arrive sometime soon, so let us hope we can all have a conversation together. Where is m. Jefferson . Mon cher, lafayette. Mon cher, jefferson. Quel plaisir to see you again over so many years. Absolutely. And may i say with great reverence to bastille day. Just as we celebrate the revolution in america on the 4th of july in france of course it is the 14th of july. We shall celebrate together, my friend. We have not forgotten bastille day
Francisco. The latest on the dire situation right now. Overnight, President Trump holds his first indoor rally in nearly three months, packed, no social distancing, many not Wearing Masks ignoring nevadas covid restrictions. If the governor comes after you, which he shouldnt be doing, i will be with you all the way. The president takes aim at joe biden as the democratic nominee heads to florida where he is about to get a 100 million boost from former rival Michael Bloomberg. Urgent manhunt. The desperate search for the shooter who ambushed two los angeles sheriffs deputies, walking up to their vehicle and opening fire. The news on their condition this morning. Kicking off. Sunday football re stands. The nfl stars sending their messages about social justice. And brady and the bucs. The two oldest quarterbacks in the league, brady and brees squaring off in that historic matchup. And who is jeopardys greatest of all time . Ken jennings, and hes live on gma. His new role on the show as the
Going to be a beautification out here, which i guess never hit me, but i guess it might in a way. Because i am a big fan of robert e. Lee. What im hoping to do among others, besides give you a time line as to what robert e. Lee did in the postwar years which i think is one of obviously the most often overlooked portion of his life because, i mean, the civil war is always going to be first and foremost. The other main theme of this lecture im going to try to get across to you, if Park Services is big on themes, is that the amount of i wouldnt say that he did a lot of work in theory, but through his own personal example is probably the best way, through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. And what i think a lot of us as mers tod americans today have forgotten is how far apart this country was in 1865. I think it is the view of a lot of people that lee surrenders and bam, oh, well just forget about it, you know, okay, well just hold hands and reunite, an
Programs. In 1982 he appeared on book notes to talk about his biography of president truman it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and to help change the view of the truman presidency. Here he is from 1992. Cspan you start off by saying as far back as he could remember truman held onto the mythical roman heroes. What is that all about . The mythical hero who left in time of war with the great general and was victorious and renounced all of his power and returned to the farm. Thats a theme the country was founded on. If you are at the capital with the great painting of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief of the Continental Army to congress the symbols earth all throughout that painting because they believe this is what democracy entailed that any citizen should be called upon at any time to serve b ultheir country in any capacity and the power belong to the people and would bepo returned to those who held it. He like to say i never forget who i was, where i ca
This is about 40 minutes. Im president of the womens memorial foundation. Im a retired Major General from the army. Were at the womens memorial in arlington cemetery. Its the only major memorial thats dedicated to women who served their country. We have over three million women who have worn the uniform of the united states. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people lined memorial avenue from the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war i through the current times in 1997. The memorial is on 4. 2 acres of park service land. Behind me you can see the headstones of Arlington National cemetery and that surrounds the park service land. The memorial is come poposed of Education Center, theres a pool where we have ceremonies on memorial day for women who have fallen. Theres a line going from the Lincoln Memorial, you can see it as it comes up Memorial Drive with stones. As it goes through our memorial up the reel to our fountain and through the memorial there are black tile