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Connections: What You Didn't Know About Arlington Nat'l Cemetery

We'll hear the previously untold story of the founding of Arlington National Cemetery. Author Carlo DeVito tells the tale in his new book, Mrs. Lee's Rose Garden. It's a look inside the tragically disintegrating relationships that turned a towering estate into the national resting place for so many war heroes. We'll also talk about Arlington's role in our country's history; Robert E. Lee and Reconstruction; and the poignancy of these subjects with Memorial Day approaching. Our guests:

  • Carlo DeVito, author
  • Timothy Kneeland, chair of the department of history and political science at Nazareth College
  • Joseph Fornieri, director of the Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty at RIT
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.