we are open 365 days a year. we are always free from 10:00 until 5:00 every day. when you come to washington d it is a wonderful place to visit. there s always something in bloom. there s always something to see and hopefully something you have not seen before. you are watching american history tv 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. next on american history tv pastors, historians, church choirs and an actor portraying frederick douglass reflect on the passage of the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. the event is held at the new york avenue presbyterian church. that is where president lincoln frequently worshiped. this lincoln group of d.c. event marking the 150th anniversary of the 13th amendment, is about two hours. as roger started to allude, this is lincoln s home church. we try to keep the current ministry and le
this by the way is not the original church. this church was torn down and replaced with this church in the exact spot similar to the original church in 1950. the pew was preserved where he and his family would sit. he would be listening to passage or any of girly you with the profitable it. this was the original church used up until the time of futile peter marshall. we preserved his memory through the lincoln window. these stain think less windows were dedicated 1968. maybe in the end you can book to the one second in the last of lincoln standing in prayer which was his custom fitting in this pew during the services here. you probably past the hitching post out front. that would have been used by the president that would not have been moved. you may have heard the bells of this church, the lincoln chimes for a gift of the robert lincoln family, his son after robert died his wife and daughter presented the church in 1927 with the terms that were brought forward to the n
previous such accusations come are ludicrous. as a matter of long-standing policy, the united states does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. amy: gateway to freedom: the hidden history of the underground railroad. we will speak with the pulitzer prize-winning author and historian eric foner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the iraqi military and iranian-backed shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the self-proclaimed islamic state. the operation marks iraq s largest military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. iranian advisers and iranian-backed shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u.s. has been sidelined. colombia is halting air attacks on farc rebels for one month as peace talks between the two sides advance. colombian president juan manuel santos said the pause reflec
national security, venezuela accuses the united states of plotting another coup as it helped to do in 2002. we will look at the growing crisis. these accusations like previous such accusations come are ludicrous. as a matter of long-standing policy, the united states does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. amy: gateway to freedom: the hidden history of the underground railroad. we will speak with the pulitzer prize-winning author and historian eric foner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the iraqi military and iranian-backed shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the self-proclaimed islamic state. the operation marks iraq s largest military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. iranian advisers and iranian-backed shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u.s. has been sidelined