On stage, Marlin Fitzwater, one of the longestserving press secretaries in history and one of three who served under two president s. Marlin got his start in journalism like some of you, as an eighth grade Sports Reporter in kansas. He went on a study journalism at kansas state. After graduation, more than went to washington dc with dreams of landing a job at the washington post. A number oftook government positions including jobs in the department of transportation, the environment of protection agency, and the department of the treasury. In 1981, the white house beckoned and marlin was named a special assistant to president reagan and Deputy Press Secretary for domestic affairs. As the, he was tapped press secretary for george bush in two years later, he was named president ial spokesman bears subsequently, martin remained in the west wing as press secretary to president george h. W. Bush, a position he held until bill clinton moved into the oval office in 1993. Lasted than a decade
Showcasing the citys history. Learn more about denver all weekend here on American History tv. People in denver drive past the denver mint all of the time. Its right in dwrount downtown denver. Its on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. And it has a fascinating history and it was a story that needed to be told. Colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 is when denver was founded. It was just a wild west town. It basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bore del lows. The miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloons. And in the saloons, the bartenders would reach their hands into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the miners whiskey. So clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. But a city cant really survive on a pinch of gold dust economy. So denver needed a mint. An
City tours takes you to denver. We will visit Historic Sites in colorados capital. People drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know very much about its history. It has a fascinating history, and it was a story that needed to be told. Capitol,lorado state like any capital, serves as the heart of its community. It is where history is reserved. There are murals, paintings, stained glass windows that celebrate and educate the people anybody whoand comes to see the state. Announcer john murray talks about denver today and shows us some of the historic neighborhoods. This is downtown denver, colorados capital city. Lived downtown for over a decade. The city has changed. T is a city on the move this is john murray, the city hall reporter for the denver post. While we were in town on our cspan cities to her, he took a ride along in our vehicle cities tour, he took a ride along in our vehicle. Give me a sense of the city. Denver is a city
This year, cspan is touring cities across the country, exploring American History. Next, a look at our recent visit to denver, colorado. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Kimberly field people in denver drive past the denver mint all the time. It is right in downtown denver. It is on a major thoroughfare, but people dont know much about its history. It has a fascinating history and its a story that needs to be told. Colorado experienced a gold rush in 1859 when gold was discovered in the mountains. 1859 was when denver was founded. It was a wild west town. It basically consisted of a tent city with lots of saloons and bordellos. The miners would come down from the mountains with their bags of gold dust and go into the saloon. And in the saloon, the bartenders would reach into the gold dust bags and take out a pinch of gold to pay for the whiskey. Clearly having fat fingers was a major job requirement for a bartender in early denver. But a city
Captures atlanta. Thomas crushes the army of tennessee, the confederacys secondlargest field army, and one week later, general sherman completes his march from atlanta to the sea by presenting the city of Savannah Georgia to president Abraham Lincoln as a christmas gift. Now, sherman is looking ahead to his next campaign. He is going to make a march through the carolinas, moving his army group northward to richmond, virginia. There he will join forces with general grant, and together, they will crush lees army and bring the war to a victorious conclusion. Sherman plans to launch his campaign and january of 1865. But torrential winter rain prevents that from happening. He is forced to delay his campaign to the following month. In the meantime, general grant decides to launch a second expedition to capture fort fisher, and close wilmington North Carolina, the last blockade running seaport the confederacy and in effect close the lifeline of the confederacy as it is called. The First Exped