The two ballots that excluded me maryland and michigan and when i called and said, what gives . Im all the country campaigning for president of the United States. They said, our standard is who the National Media generally recognizes as a candidate. Thats what they said. You see, folks, what i have described to you is a distortion of the politics of this country. Im telling you it is becoming official in many of the states. This is wrong and it will change when i am president of the United States. But there is a way. There is a way. There ises still a way. Still a way. We can restore democracy in this country and it is the New Hampshire primary. It is still here, still a part of things. You have the power to change. You as leaders of the Republican Party of New Hampshire and people respected in your community and people will follow your leadership on this, you dont have to have your choices limited by the mass media and the national party. You can choose. You still have the right to pi
Warm introduction and thank you for hosting me. I am so happy to be here. They occupied the house just next door, formerly occupied by Jefferson Davis. It is a story that very few civil war buffs know. Ive given this talk all over the country and people are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book is actually on sale upstairs in the gift shop. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather george weitzel. He was born in the United States in ohio.
I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. If you do not have a copy, there is still time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What antzel understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather was born in the United States in ohio. His parents were immigrants. Jacob lew is weitzel was his father and his parents died at a young age when george was 18 months old. He was adopted, and the family name was changed. Im a blood weitzel. So the title of my talk is im a is weitzeltalk returns. We have weitzels in the Confederate White House. We have some weitzels here today. Probably more than in 150 years. Welcome. This is Major General Godfrey Weitzel. Age 1835, died in 1884 at 49. He was bo
All weekend long, American History tv is featuring Colorado Springs colorado. Dry, and mild climate made it popular as a health resort, especially for people suffering from tuberculosis. Our Comcast Cable staff rs, our cspan visited many sites learning about Colorado Springs history. Palmer saw possibilities and it was the hink mountains that he fell in love with. Where Colorado Springs is nestled, right up against pikes peak. What he saw as our greatest economic driver was the climate the fact ountains and that people like him felt from the east coast would be drawn here to live for a few weeks or a few months. They would be drawn by the the ful climate and stunning, natural beauty. So he saw in this place potential. He built Colorado Springs along the rail lines, and in the rail lines connected further south, and he built this town, in to be his home and he always saw it as an anecdote, if you will, to eastern industrialization. This young man, who grew up in the second largest city
History. Palmer saw possibilities. I want to think it was the mountains he fell in love with and where Colorado Springs is nestled up against pikes peak in this beautiful place, but what he saw as our greatest economic driver was the climate and the mountains and the fact that people like himself from the east coast and along the atlantic seaboard would be drawn here to live here either for a few weeks or months or come and visit and decide to stay. They would be drawn by the healthy climate and stunning natural beauty. He thought there was potential. He built Colorado Springs along the rail line and the rail line connected further south. He thought of this town in particular to be his home and saw it as an and it wrote to eastern industrialization. This young man who grew up in the second largest city in the entire country, he looked to the west and we have this vast, open expanse of land, seemingly limitless and he envisioned a place here where people could come and live or stay and