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the war in the west. 1941 to 1945 and later on saturday 7:00, george p. bush, jose mendez and phil collins talk b about the spanish mission, the alamo, at the 2016 texas tribune festival in auctionen. the memories i have, this group of people were going and they knew they were going to die. but they went. or they were there. there was something very noble and romantic. i ve learned it wasn t quite black and white. that s one of the things i think would be good in day and age. we put it into context! then sunday evening at 6:00 on american artifacts. mcarthur is up front. not wear iing a weapon. he could lead attacks carrying nothing but that riding crop. you see in his left hand. the men looked at this and realized, hey, if the colonel can take it, well, i can take it, too. we visit the mcarthur memorial to learn about his e l early life, who commanded allied forces in the pacific during world war ii. and at 8:00 the great leaders also serve conscious with wit ....
in 1861. it started in these refugee camp s. i m going to start with two stories. the first one might be familiar. the story of how the contraband decision got handed down. it happened important role virginia. baker,ownsend, james shepherd mallory get a boat where the union just arrived. there are confederates all around and these gentlemen had been building confederate fortifications for their master. they knew they were about to go to north carolina and would be leaving their families and they decided to chance it. next morning, a confederate soldier comes under flag of truce and says, please return the slaves. were rebels really entitled? weren t they foreign country? you say you are a foreign country. said, i m confiscating these three men as contraband property of war. he even gave the confederate soldier a receipt. this spreads incredibly quickly. it is an in between status. property likee of smuggled goods but you are a person. but whatever the ambiguities of con ....
weren t they foreign country? that is what he said. you say you are a foreign country. i guess u.s. laws don t apply to you. so he said, i m confiscating these three men as contraband property of war. they were used in service of the confederacy. now they are union property. he even gave the confederate soldier a receipt. so what is contraband? this spreads incredibly quickly. through newspapers rub the north. all of a sudden you see minstrel shows of the contraband. it becomes a now, part of common parlance. is something of a legal trick. is in in between status. matter slave nor free. you are a ward of the government. you are a piece of property like smuggled goods but you are a person. your labor is useful. but whatever the ambiguities of contraband, it definitely is a link to emancipation. we can save fort monroe is the birthplace of the emancipation because this contraband decision does one of two things. it makes congress recognize they first, have to do something ....
2013. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a from rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a thursday morning. i m matt lauer. natalie is on assignment. that one back there. that norway spruce, we lit her last night. one of the prettiest trees we had in a long time. this is the most beautiful. so much fun at the tree lighting. we were up early and all slept under the tree. it was great. natalie is a cover hogger. the rain didn t come until overnight. it was spectacular. i m telling you everything aligned perfectly. so fun watching it from home. you guys were amazing. it was so festive. perfect. while we had good weather here, we re really still talking about weather as our top story today. new concern from that potent and powerful storm that we followed all week long. nbc and this time we re talking about ice, dylan, and you re in arkansas this morning. good morning, matt, n ....