she turned 70 in the peace corps. this was before my grandfather was governor. he went on to do the things you know about him and when he was done being in the white house, his mother was standing behind him, reminding him she turned 70 in the peace corps. to the extent he has gone on and done things since and i think a lot of that was due to this extent to which grandmother infected our family with this idea that not only is doing this kind of thing a good thing to do but it s fun, it s exciting, and it s inspiring. the carter center has programs and 35 african countries, 18 in venezuela right now. things andlly cool not only that, but it s rewarding and exciting. college, ished looked around for things to do and figured out that if i was really going to walk that walk, having been privileged like all , the peace corps was the best way to do that because you get to go and live with people and experience their everyday lives everyday with them in their communities. you he wen
told troops as they went into thunderthey must be the and lightning of desert storms. among those deployed was sergeant stephen we sergeant stephen d. wiehe of the 101st division. he was on the front lines to direct artillery and air support. a rendezvous with the eagles describes the critical mission of the first battalion of the historic regiment. it has been called one of the best first-person narratives of the gulf war. stephen earned many awards for his service, including four army commendation medals, three army achievement medals and other metals. he lives in austin, texas, where he is active in veterans affairs. he is joined tonight by his wife and his two children. welcome. he has a deep love of country and family and is proud to serve the the greatest division, 100 first airborne division, screaming eagles. we will show a video to begin me program and then stephen will come up to the podium. there will be a reception afterwards and stephen will leave enough ti
their money towards large monuments and pro-confederate. propaganda his class is about 50 minutes. professor miller: april the 12th, 1865, was the surrender date. robert e. lee, ulysses grant had signed the official document a few days earlier. on that day, the confederate soldiers left in the army in northern virginia went on this long process of walking up, turning over the regimental flag. packing their guns. you can imagine that gun was part of your identity for the last few years of the war, now being turned over to the victors in the united states army and traveling home. going away. going back to where you came from. john julie was one of the soldiers who did not surrender. he went with the confederate government when jefferson davis evacuated richmond and headed west. along the way, as he escaped into the carolinas, he was seeing a lot of signs the war was coming to a horrific conclusion. he wrote along fences, abandoned muskets of struggling soldiers. some were broke
drugsment not to tolerate . won t you join us in this great new national crusade? president reagan: god bless you and good night. a 25-year-old architect in training was named a finalist in an international competition to design the world war i memorial in washington. , heully realize his vision invited bedroom he invited veteran classical sculpture to join him. the centennial commission announced in january. they talked with american history tv about the ideas behind the memorial which commemorates the war s centennial and the 5 million americans who served. it will be built entirely with private donations. it is a short walk from the white house. the way it is set up is to relate to the context. on the eastern side having the plaza. on the western side having the sherman memorial. how do you get people from this part into that part? how do they see the park from each of those places? as you walk along the sidewalk from freedom plaza over there, that becomes the line t
hello, jenny. caller: yes, hi. how are you? host: doing fine. what do you think about donald trump not going to the debate? caller: well, i think that he is a control freak and wants to control the debate as if like he run his reality show. host: ok. do you think this backfires on him? caller: yes, i think it will. i think it will. it doesn t look good for him. host: and you re an independent. who are you supporting? caller: hillary. hillary all the way. host: ok. so you re an independent. have you voted for republicans in the past? caller: i have, i have. host: ok. why hillary clinton now then? caller: because i think she s prepared for the job. she has the most experience. host: ok. pamela in santa rosa, california. democrat. hi, pamela. caller: hi, how are you? host: doing fine. caller: well, folks are being nice to you since you can hang up on them. [laughter] i don t think just thought i would throw that in. i think donald trump is being very disrespectful to his sup