Because it is the oldest sport in the country. Itself saw just about every racehorse that ever lived. Not all of them, but most of them. The New York Times magazine said that the battles for saratoga were the most important battles ever fought in the entire world in the last 1000 years because they resulted in surrender. It was the First Time Ever in World History that a british army surrendered. Welcome to Saratoga Springs, on American History tv. Healing mineral waters, revolutionary war battles, and worldrenowned horseracing are all part of the citys history. It is located about four hours north of new york city, and has a population of about 27,000. With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners, for the next 75 minutes we will learn about the citys history, including its connection to civil war and american president ulysses s. Grant. We begin our special feature on the battlefield that changed the tide in the revolutionary war. The New York Times magazine said the battles for sarat
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Says that around forty thousand homes were damaged in mosul to suicide he said i am reports from kuwait city. N. G. O. S have got together and theyre pledging three how over three hundred Million Dollars to go towards various humanitarian operations inside iraq and apparently kuwaiti n. G. O. S he said theyll cover a third of that now thats a far cry from the one hundred billion dollars that the iraqi Prime Minister of course has said he needs to get the country rebuilt and the focus of this conference of course is not so much just on getting humanitarian donations in to cover that amount of money but to get investment a degree from the private sector to get the country rebuilt and functioning as a proper functioning country u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson says the trumpet ministration remains committed to working with the country to defeat i saw hes discussed the issue with egypts foreign minister in cairo at the start of his middle east tour. We agreed that we would continue o
Next year a minute minute miller has more from johannesburg. Theres been no official word from the African National congress as to the outcome of this meeting held by the National Executive committee the top Decision Making body of the a. N. C. But we do understand based on reports from the National Broadcaster the s a b c that as well as the secretary general of the a. N. C. Met with jacob zuma to relay a message from the a. N. C. And according to the state board cost that was the jacob zuma has a day or potentially to to resign as president of the country now the n c has been meeting throughout the day in fact will rip returned to the ne see so it would appear that the conversation theyre having isnt entirely over yet but jacob zuma is certainly under pressure all indications are given his behavior in the last ten days or so he is resistant hes resisting this resignation he doesnt want to step down and if that continues to be the case the a. N. C. Would then have to Institute Proceed
Unless, our new revolutionary war exhibition, which is on view here until march 11th. Tonights program, washington and the nations battle for the Nations Capital. And the distinguished Speaker Series at the heart of our programs, as always, id like to thank mr. Schwartz for his wonderful support. Lets give mr. Schwartz a great hand. [ applause ] id also like to recognize our Trustee Executive Committee chair and all the councilmembers with us for all of their support as well. Lets give them a big hand. [ applause ] thank you. So, tonight, the program will last an hour. It will include a question and answer session. Has everyone received a card to write their questions . No . Well, we have staff coming through. This is we will conduct the q a with written questions on cards. And you should receive a note card and pencil, as they come up and down the aisles, just raise your hand if you want a card. And they will collect them a little later on in the program. And there will be a formal bo