Here due to the conflicts between two european empires, france and spain in the 18th century. Spain had, of course, established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico. France was over to the northeast in louisiana, and it was up it reached up to the northern border of new spain along the red river. It was causing trouble with the indians and looking into the reaches of texas into the silver mines. The spaniards knew they had to have some sort of defense, and they came upon san antonio. So in 1618, 302 years ago, san antonio was established here. The first thing the priest did when they set up a Community Like san antonio is to build a church. The second thing they did was to set up a water system, and in texas, you have rivers, but you dont really have a lot of green fertile areas too far away from them. So to address that, they drew from their experience in spain, which had come from arabia, which had come from the roman empire, a system of irrigation ditches. Th
Amendments ratification. The final section examines both the Immediate Impact and the struggles that went into modern day. And we have the curator of that exhibit. [ applause ] one of the goals is to recognize the broad diversity of suffrage activists and the many b bases which american women have been barred for voting. The exhibit looks beyond the familiar names such as susan b. Anthony and others and brings to our attention activists from a variety of backgrounds showing that the cause of suffrage was advanced by american women across race, ethnicity and class. Susan ware, a pioneer and a leading feminist biographer is the author and editor of numerous books including american womens history, still missing, Amelia Earheart and letter to the world, seven women who shaped the american century. Educated at Wellesley College and Harvard University shes taught at New York University and harvard where she served as editor of the biographical dictionary, notable american women. Since 2012,
Staff is staying close to home due to the coronavirus. Here is a look at our recent visit to san antonio, texas. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story, as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour, well experience the history of this south texas city, starting with a visit to the San Antonio Missions National Historical park. Following that, in about 20 minutes, well hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. And in about 40 minutes, visit one of the citys most recognizable features and biggest attractions, the historic river walk. Later, a trip to the Spanish Governors Palace, one of the oldest buildings in the city, dating back to the founding. We begin our special feature at mission san jose, one of four remaining colonial Spanish Missions in san antonio. Welcome to Spanish Governors Palace. What youre looking at is actually the l
The cspan cities tour is exploring american stories as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. We travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will experience the history of this south, texas city. Starting with a visit to the San Antonio Missions National Historical park. Following that in about 20 minutes we will hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. And in about 40 minutes visit one of the citys most recognizable features and biggest attractions, the historic river walk. Later a trip to the Spanish Governors Palace, one of the oldest buildings in the city dating back to the founding. We begin our special feature at Mission San Jose, one of four remaining colonial Spanish Missions in san antonio. Welcome to our Spanish Governors Palace. What youre looking at is actually the last visual remnants of the presidio, the original facility was built in the 1720s and it was really the residence for the captain. What we are looking at toda
Our question for you this morning, what do you think about the Coronavirus Response . We are going to open up a special regional lines. That means if you live in the eastern or central time zone what to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zone want to hear from you at 202 7488001. And we are going to open up a special line for our hardworking medical professionals. We want to hear what you are seeing. Your numbers going to be 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinions at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media. Once again, the coronavirus story seems to be changing hourly and we are going to keep bringing you some of the most Important Information we find. First, we want to turn to donald trump from his press conference yesterday talking about a potential National Lockdown in response to the coronavirus. Think so. Nt essentially you have done that in california. You have done that in new york. Those are two hotbeds