a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in germany. also on the program, violence breaks out ahead of the funeral of an al jazeera journalist israeli police tried to disperse, more or less a cheering apple act less burial. al jazeera says it s raining, forces killed her while she was doing her job. israel says it s unclear who fired the fatal shot and the clear favorite to win this year s eurovision song contest. oh, a hip hop band channels, the emotions of a nation in a context in which culture and politics have become ah i m feel go welcome to the program. german chancellor. all i ve shown so spoken by phone with russian president vladimir putin and called for a seat in a crate. as soon as possible, president putin is said to have responded by blaming ukraine for stalling negotiations. but at a meeting of g 7 foreign ministers in germany, ukraine accused russia preferring wars to talks. attending the summit as a guest, ukrainian foreign minister, demitra labor, a cold on the gar
Retirement community for Union Soldiers here at Appomattox Courthouse, and they buy up land west of the village. They are unsuccessful in selling off these lots to Union Veterans, and they decide theyre going to dismantle the house and move it to washington d. C. And create a museum out of it. The house is dismantled. And unfortunately there is a financial panic in 1893 and the firm goes bankrupt. And all the supplies or materials outside start to rot away or are taken as souvenirs. The park service, when it takes over the facility in 1940 determines the one thing theyre going to do is rebuild the mcclain house. Fortunately, the same company that took the house apart got the bid to rebuild the house, and they still had the plans so its been rebuilt on the exact location, using the original plans. There are a few bricks to the heart in the basement 5,500 original bricks are used on the front of the house. So when youre walking up to the house, you will pass through bricks that were here
Mcclaine house to discuss terms of surrender. University of richmond president ed airs provides the key note address and other speakers include decedents of key grant and lee aides who took part in that historic meeting. Also part of the program reenactments of grants arrival at the mcclaine house as well as lees departure following the surrender. This is about an hour and 45 minutes. My name is robin snyder and i am currently the acting superintendent at Appomattox Courthouse National Historical park. It is my distinct hopper on behalf of the National Parks service and the United States Postal Service to welcome each of you here today on this s hef historic day intr our nations history. This courthouse village stands not just as a symbol of wars end, but as a point of departurepart for aur transformed nation. The significance of what took place in mr. Mcclaines parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the american civil war, but many questions remained unanswered. Soldi
Lees father, light horse harry lee had been with washington at yorktown and witnessed what he deemed to be the shameful behavior of lord corn wallacenr by sending a subordinate to formally surrender the british army. Lee would not shame the familys name by transferring the responsibility to a subordinate. As the small party left the apple tree site and reached the appomattox river, lees horse traveler stopped to drink. Continued into the village behind us. And encountered Wilmer Mclean who was outside of his house, perhaps looking to have a guard posted at his home. Mclean first showed him a building most likely in the front corner of his yard. The rain tavern as it was known but the buildings was unfurnished. Then mclean offered his own home, which stands behind us. Behind me and in front of you. It was a fine brick home. Marshall returned to lee to guide him to the location. The group arrived at the house at about 1 00 p. M. They left lieutenant dunn at the gate. He was posted there
Established the bargain that the white north and the white south would hold on to for generations. Despite the terrible cause, spite grant continued, quote, i do not question the sincerity of the si great mass of those who were great opposed to it. Sincerity. Indeed who could have doubted bted the sincerity of the confederacy, who had bled itself to death in pursuit of that cause. The confederacy was profoundly sincere. The soldiers were sincere in their longing to lead the United States. Sincere in their hatred of what they saw as an invading army. Nvadin sincere in their hatred of the abolitionist and black republicans that they blamed for starting the war. Sincere in their belief that they had the best army and the rmy an best d generals. They were never shaken in those beliefs all the way up to to appomattox and beyond for generations. So general grant was right not gen to doubt their sincerity. Er general grants portrayal at appomattox gave the white south what it most wanted, and