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
San antonio is the gateway to latin american couple hundred miles away from the border and we think think about san antonio, we often think about the worlds heritage missions of flesh the alamo is a vital part and we also sit on top of the worlds most prolific, is fuel t this community for generations for hundreds of years. And really waterways is why this region was settled in first place today even though we are burdening interpol is in areas and seventh largest city in the country, you can see our riverwalk which is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. And be part of a great urban revitalization that also includes ecosystem restorations. Under 25kilometer with riverway and course of the am very proud of is that here we are on footsteps one of the largest fossil fuel reserves in the entire world we just ratified a Climate Adaptation plan and make first day in office as mayor, we chose to declare in to the paris summit accords we ratified the plan is few months ago to hel
Rich and deep history, the conditions are optimal for inventing president ial and first lady laura and legend, but as we see with the gilbert story, for example, history is often, gated and complex often complicated and complex. This and otherh programs on her website, where all of our video is archived. The cspan cities to her is exploring the american story as we take book to be an American History to be on the road. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Experienceur we will the history of the history of this southwest texas city. The san with a visit to antonio mission historical park. Following that in 20 minutes we hear about the role the city played in early military aviation. Visit one of the citys most recognizable features, the historic riverwalk. Later, a trip to the Spanish Governors Palace, one of the oldest old dings in the city, dating to the founding. We begin our feature at mission four colonialof Spanish Missions i
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