Robert Grant

Nathaniel Ayers was a a Julliard-trained musician who found himself living on the streets of L.A.'s Skid Row. His story--which brings to light the serious issue of mental illness in the United States--was captured in the book 'The Soloist' by Steve Lopez and in an upcoming movie with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. Recently, The California Endowment, a health foundation, presented a grant to the founders of the Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation as it launches to fund the arts at mental health agencies and arts organizations that serve the mentally ill.

The town of Port Gibson, Mississippi is in need of your help. Declared 'too beautiful to burn' by Ulysses S. Grant during the notoriously destructive Vicksburg Campaign of 1863, Port Gibson has become one of the most historically significant towns in the South. Now, a highway expansion project and almost twenty years of indecision and infighting threaten to transform Church Street, a lovely, tree-lined avenue, into a major interstate. Meet a few locals determined to save this national treasure. Help unite the community around an Eastern bypass! Sign the petition to save Port Gibson at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-port-gibson-mississippi For more information on other ways you can help the cause, please visit: www.portgibsonheritagetrust.org Credits - A Pete's House Production A film by Grady McGahan Shot by: Robert Northrup Archival Footage: Robert Clark Music: 'The Second Battle of Port Gibson' by Lonesome Mel, Mary Mac, and Larry Special Thanks: Bob Thibodeaux, Terry Merritt, Jane Ellis, Al Hollingsworth, Shirley & Willie Daigle, Georgia's at the Depot, and Port Gibson Heritage Trust If you like the music, be sure to check out www.myspace.com/lonesomemel

At the beginning of April 1865, Grant's relentless pressure finally forced Gen. Robert E. Lee to evacuate Richmond, and after a nine-day retreat, Lee surrendered his army at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Nathan Fillion and Stanya Katic talk about the second season of their detective series.