speech to them, recounting the importance of what they were doing and with a flourish, he drew his sword cpsan 3 some of the soil from the spot where colonel travis etched that line in the sand. the shenandoah valley foundation drew a line in the sand. which are a line in the sand and said that we will not back away from this issue. it is too important to this future and would wager that line in the sand, we asked just like colonel travis did, we asked those around us our closest compatriots in this fight for preservation to step over the line with us and to stand with us shoulder and shoulder to say that preservation is important, that our history is important, that we will not stand for anyone who is not inclusive in this conversation in that we want to foster a broader conversation. we want to foster an open-minded look at these issues and we want to foster discussion that will lead to commonalities and hopefully more commonalities and differences of opinion as we move into the future. by a politician from vermont when he came to cedar creek to dedicate a vermont marker there something i wi

cpsan series, 1968. america and turmoil. you can program on spot if i, or watch them any time at cpsan.org. wednesday, a -- american history tv continues the development of the auto industry in the u.s. and how cars changed american life. thursday, martin luther king jr. will show a 50th anniversary commemoration march 3 and friday the world war i centennial ceremony and a look at berries asked of the world from discussions at -- heritage days. >>> this on oral histories, we continue our series on woman in congress with former democratic congresswoman, ava clayton. >> my interest in -- my service, and even my members resistance to it. but finally, there is acceptance of me and they did. they did. you know, i always knewÃmark only because i was a ranking member. i also made a contribution. also, the acceptance of me as an equal and many acceptance of me as their superior. it allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and the weeks ahead, we'll hear from -- barbara comella, nancy jo