he goes to lexington. one of his generals wrote to the trustees and said it's great you got lee to become president. he can be a great figure head. don't give him any work to do. put him on the letterhead. the trustees became the figure heads. robert e. lee ran the place. he rewrites the curriculum from top to bottom. he sidelines the old classical curriculum and starts bringing in modern subjects. he starts bringing in mechanical engineering. he starts bringing in journalism. he does away with the student code of conduct. he says to all sturnts and he interviews every student who comes to washington college. he says there's no code of conduct here. the only thing we expect of you is that you will behave as a gentleman. doesn't that sound generous? no. you know what that means. that means robert e. lee is the judge, jury and executioner of all student behavior. he takes control of everything in the college and you know the place where he's the best? fund raising. who every thought of robert e. lee as a dev

lexington. lexington, concorde, and bunker hill. massachusetts ranks were not segregated. and african americans who had fought, initially washington, the continental army and other counselor generals and he initially for bids and list meant of either not just enslaved but free african-americans. he's on going to move back, allow free african-americans and enslaved african americans and the question is why the change? two schools of thought, what is the pragmatic, the british under lord dunmore, the royal governor of virginia will issue a proclamation providing freedom for any slave who fights against the colonists. washington is shocked, responding to the same officers, is this about men combating this? the other possibility is he has a change of heart. when he starts getting reports like these. talking about a veteran of the campaigns in and around boston, so brave man who behaved like an experienced officer as well as an excellent soldier, not just any soldier but experienced officer elevating african-american soldier. general john thomas saying they are equally servicea

he goes to lexington. one of his generals wrote and said it's great that you got lead to become a president, he's a great figurehead, don't give him any work, just put him on the letterhead and let him be the figurehead of the college. you know something? the trustees became figureheads. robert e. lee ran the place. and he re-writes the curriculum from top to bottom and he basically sidelines the old classical curriculum. he starts bringing in modern subjects. he brings in mechanical engineering and journalism and not only that but he does away with the student code of conduct. he now says to all students that the interviews -- he interviews every student who comes to washington college. he says, there's no code of conduct here. the only thing we expect a view is that you will behave as a gentlemen. doesn't that sound generous? no. that means robert easily is the judge, jury and executioner of all student behavior. he takes control of everything in the college and another place that is the best fundraising

he goes to lexington. it's curious, one of his generalscu wrote to the trustees and said it's great that you got lee to become president. he's going to be the a great figurehead. don't give him any work to do, just put him on the letterhead and let him be the figurehead of the college. the trustees became figure happieds. robert e. lee ran the place. he rewrites the curriculum from top to bottom. he basically sidelines the old classical curriculum and starts bringing in modern subjects. he starts bringing in chemical engineering, he starts bringing in journalism. and not only that, but he does away with the student code of conduct. he now says to all students -- and he interviews every student who comes to washington college. he says there is no code of conduct here, the only thing we expect of you is that you will behave as a gentleman. now, doesn't that sound generous? no. you know what that means? that means robert event lee is now the judge, jury and executioner of all student behavior. [laughter] he a

he goes to lexington and its curious one of those generals wrote to the trustees and said it's great that you got lee to become president. he's going to be great figure and don't give them any work to do this put them on the letterhead and you know something that trustees say where burt ely ran the place. he rewrites the curriculum from top to bottom and he basically sidelines the classic curriculum and he starts bringing in modern subjects. he brings in mechanical engineering and journalism and not only that but he does away with the student code of conduct. he now says to all students in the interviews every student who comes to washington college. he says there's no code of conduct here and the only thing we expect of you is that you will behave as a gentleman. that does not sound generous? no. that means robert e. lee is the judge jury and executioner of all student behavior. he takes control of everything in the college and you know the place where he's the best? fund-raising. cole edwards thought of robert lee as it dealt mental officer. he shakes the apple side of the trees es

lexington kentucky, one year before that night in the bar. a house where students live, and the music and laughter and chatter of a birthday party, swelled and ebbed and drifted in and out of the evening air. >> it wasn't a huge party. it was just a low-key party with some good friends they were about to be seniors, the young men who rented place and hosted the party. >> we had a group of guys four guys that got along well. >> they were big men on campus. they played football, the university of kentucky's beloved wildcats. antonio ofarrells with a quarterback. >> in lexington if you play for the cats you were a well-known entity. >> the birthday boy, 21 years old was a true rarity, a wildcat walk-on, no scholarship, no invitation, just showed up, tried out for the team. over three years of hard work he earned a starting position. >> everybody called him a big teddy bear, the great protector of our friends. >> the party was sweet, informal, friends snapped pictures and evening doddled into night. it was after midnight when the party wound down

beginning with the signing of the declaration of independence or more accurately with the battle of lexington and concord but in your book you take the roots of it back not only to the french and indian war but even in the decade before that and you see the roots of this brewing bifurcation as going back long before there was an actual conflict whereas as you also point out for benjamin franklin well into 1775 he was still hoping for reconciliation with the british empire and that an arrangement could be achieved whereby the united states or what would become the united states and that's an anachronism but where the colonies would become partners with the british motherland in a world empire so i found that really really interesting and i was wondering if you could elaborate on that ache as i think that's also a very fresh approach. >> so yes i do start the story in lexington and concord in before the french and indian war because what i'm trying to get at is this question of what causes a person to turn their back on the country and take arms against it? how are these rebels created? i don't

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particularly robertson county, sumner county, counties on the kentucky border began raising a lot, and the lexington foundation in robertson county where they owned 200 slaves. there is a lovely book about the plantation that enslaved people have lived there but one thing it brought to nashville, a market for enslaved people. a lot are advertising in the newspapers, there was a slave pen on the hill where the college is. there's a slave pen in the market where the bus transit building is, close to the state capital and slavery becomes a business and one of the most wealthy men in the united states is a man from sumner county named isaac franklin who became very wealthy buying slaves in alexandria, virginia and transporting them initially, he made them walk by land through here and they put them on boats later and took them around florida to new orleans and up the river but he became one of the wealthiest men in the country in the slave business and there's a new book called the ledger and the chain in which the historian is taken all the financial records, this would be such tedious work and really

out of here and then worse he shoots the horse of the union officer in front of him from like six —- lexington kentucky so back in those days they sure loved kentucky horses. the bullet hit the horse and it cannot be worse because we've got problems. so then and then fire back and they say why did they know who he was? he was wearing a raincoat and they could not see his uniform and he sounded like an officer so what the heck when officers say stop shooting he stop shooting so in my talking glorious passages there were instances of friendly fire is a common thing that could happen uniform confusion and everything else. so this quote actually comes from at the end of the long day of fighting thomas is closing in on a and tried to bring everything up and to be in position remember told you he was detail oriented? that would've kept pushing intel he pushed them in the river he said i pushed all day long we need to replace our losses we need to get situated and bring up some artillery and we have us willing cumberland river behind an asset that if you ever study horseshoe bend get back to a river

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. >> weren't you just in lexington, kentucky? >> they say why don't more fox people come here. i think next year you have to do it. ainsley as well. >> brian, you are on the road. >> tomorrow i will be in connecticut, pennsylvania, albany new york. i'll meet the girls first. pull them out of college for a little while and vero beach, florida and on to the patriot awards and finish up in alabama and orlando live. >> be there, bye. >> bill: good morning. president biden taking a nose-dive in the polls underwater in every key issue. many americans in the polling think he is asleep at the wheel. i'm bill hemmer, good morning. tuesday. a big day today. hello there. >> dana: i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." yesterday on "the five" with introduced percy the newest member of the family a puppy. he wasn't that well behaved on the five.

lexington, kentucky, driving to charleston, west virginia to 4:00 to do a show on stage talking about all my books. go to brian kilmeade.com. orlando some tickets remaining. 3rd and 4th are virtually sold out mclean, virginia after that. virtual signing today. carley shimkus and i brian kilmeade.com and we are going to do a virtual signing today at 2:30. i have never done this before but you have a chance to call and talk. that's the way you do it through the pandemic. steve: it's a lot of fun. ainsley: people send you questions and talk while you sign. brian: go to my website and on it and people will tell you where to go. ainsley: people are so nice. brian: let's hope. steve: did i one at 6:00 there could have been an adult beverage. ainsley: off to the side? steve: it was right there. it's online, come on. ainsley: get your adult beverage and chat with brian. steve: brian kilmeade.com. the book is out by today. meanwhile glenn youngkin is victorious in virginia. how did the republicans earn the win? we will look at the issues that matter most to commonwealth voters coming up. you a

saturday in lexington, west virginia still hasesome tickets at 4:00 in the afternoon, maybe jim justice will be there. orlando on the 21st and clearwater on the 25th. mcclain, virginia, on saturday and then -- excuse me, on december 5th. so it's going to be a busy couple of months, but i look forward to talking to everyone about it. steve: congratulations. the book, buy it right now -- ainsley: congratulations, brian. steve: and go to brian kilmeade.com. and, ainsley, you wanted to say so long to the folks down in. ainsley: i wanted to thank our panel. i've loved getting to know y'all. i wish you all the best. keep fighting, and we are going to be watching your state very closely today on fox news channel. god bless you all and your children, thank you. brian: all right -- ainsley: okay, everyone, i think that is the end of our show. brian, what's your web site again? brian: brine kill immediate --

lexington, kentucky major booj event, book exhibit. and i will be one of the exhibits in charleston, west virginia on sunday. and don't forget next wednesday in madison, connecticut. if you just find out go to brian kilmeade.com. ainsley: pennsylvania, orlando and couple places in florida and new jersey go. to brian kilmeade.com. steve: go to amazon or barnes & noble.com or books-a-million. you don't have to be drunk to buy the book. brian: that's a good slogan thank you very much. can i take that? you don't have to be drunk to buy brian's book. ainsley: you were sober when you wrote it. [laughter] ainsley: 7:48 here on the east coast. a job a jolt. black rifle coffee company brewing up a plan to go public. so proud of them. one of the co-founders is waking up early with us to discuss that deal. ♪ find your rhythm. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. how does amerisave deliver such low mortgage rates time after tim

, barnes & noble, i've driven through staten island, then lawrence ville, georgia, and the big one, lexington, kentucky , book festival from there i'll go to charleston, west virginia about 4:00 in the afternoon, be able to go to the convection center to come back and work so a live show where i talk about all my books and go to brian kilmeade.com and also in orlando in two weeks after that i'll be on stage but just go and order it and this way we could have a chance to actually talk to people. ainsley: and you'll be selling it at the patriot awards too. brian: yeah, we'll be out in hollywood, florida, before that, vero beach. ainsley: brian showed us his schedule on his computer. good luck, my friend. brian: i'm not missing work. ainsley: is it really over a new jersey hospital is now mandating booster shots for workers who received the j j & j vaccine. how hundreds are not vaccinated. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh, yeah. that's the spot. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ how does amerisave deliver suc

what you're looking at is the kentucky horse park in lexington, sunny, 56 degrees right there. look at the markets. check them again please. last half hour, we have the dow down, what is it 170? nasdaq come back a bit. it is still down 78. another check of roblox, please. look at them go. we're apparently doing a lot of gaming. that stock is up 26%. could be a short squeeze. it is up 26%. zynga, another gaming company, their earnings are up 8%. >>> next, unvaccinated nih expert is pushing back against vaccine mandates. what is he saying, lauren? lauren: he says they're not ethical and could do more harm than good in the end. the national institute of health is not taking into account robust immunity you can gain through natural infection of covid-19. this doctor supports vaccination even for covid for those in high-risk populations like the obese and the elderly, but he says, look, judge it, push it, use it on the merits. don't mandate vaccination. stuart: there are quite a few attacks on vaccine mandates. here is another one. a group of republican senators tried to block fundi

and before that lexington, kentucky. i'm on the road and staying on the road where dinner was peanuts and a complimentary cookie which can't be described. steve: the glamour of the book tour. ainsley: my sister lives 5 minutes where you are. the location of the studio there if you need a nice home cooked meal great chef. brian: i understand you went to a great concert. ainsley: i saw billy joel. back to a concert no one wearing masks so fun. best time i have had in a few years, definitely. brian: wow. ainsley: it was fun. i love his music. and you know he is loved because is he from long island. everyone here knows every single liquor of the song. brian: steve, i don't know how you feel about this but ainsley is with us three hours a day five days a week for the last two years. she said this is the best time i have had over the last few years. are you as offended as i am. steve: listen, what we have been through over the last few years, everything looks great just as we get back to normal. ainsley: it would have been bet

steve: well good luck to them meanwhile traveling this weekend brian: going to lawrenceville and then lexington, kentucky and end at west virginia hope to see everybody out there the president freedom fighter and don't forget 11:00 sunday fox news channel, we put it on television. ainsley: how are you feeling you've had a busy week. brian: i feel good! i feel great. brian: go buy brian's book. steve: i think on monday you'll be in her home state of south carolina. brian: i'll be doing a day with tim scott and you'll find out what it's like being a senator in his hometown, because they have to be in two places. ainsley: they love him there. okay, well be safe and have fun in south carolina eat some grits and sweet tea. steve: see you monday, everybody