Ruben we are here at the Carmel Mission. Its original founding date was 1770, june 3 in monterey after which the site moved. The initial mission is a should of what we call out the california or upper california with this devilish meant of the the establishment of the san diego mission. Joint military and religious expedition known as the sacred expedition. By commander was accompanied a friar who came to the monterey bay to establish the first site. Father serra was born and raised in a small community. This was the place that had been overrun and conquered by various groups, including the moores the moores. They have military bastions extending back all the way to the roman conquests. You have roman and islamic another traditions presented your one could argue that there was a very conservative trend in so far as catholic religious a wasf there, which serr inspired to bring into the americas. The evangelization of gentiles, in other words, people not christian should be ones life dev
Important. It seems like nostalgia and it is not. It is important and it is much neglected, i must confess. [applause] host thank you. Thank all of you for coming. I want to remind you that the book is a Great Holiday gift. [laughter] we will see you again. Thank you all for coming. We love having you with us and we love doing this program. Good night. Youre watching American History tv. 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter. And to keep up with the latest history news. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of monterey, california. To learn more, visit citiestour. Rg we continue with our look at the history of monterey. Welcome to monterey, situated on californias central coast. Its significant to historians and should be to all californians because it is the first place the government of mexico and ultimately the governor of california did business. The first time in Ameri
Harry Chapman Schooley, age 25, ran toward the Larkin House in Westerly on the evening of Aug. 12, 1898. He summoned the Lifesaving Crew, announcing that a woman had fallen
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