Week and every weekend, on cspan 3. We are standing on the historic part of the San Antonio River walk, which is developed into one of the worlds great linear parks. Its not something that started out to be this back in the 1700s when san antonio was first established, this was the major source of water for the residents of the city. There were various sake he has an irrigation dishes dishes that came from it and furnished water to the growing community. As a city grew the railroad came in this sundays the population exploded, gravity driven Water Systems just werent working. They couldnt get water to run over a hill. And so a new water system was established with protection wells, which one drilled into the ground, which the water on the ground and lower the water table. So the senate on your river was frequently going dry. At that point, in 1914, the city created a park through downtown along what was to be the walk and it was to be a park in plannings and not too much else. Which wa
Still has a popular base after a week of antigovernment protests unprecedented in their size and the august heat told the crowd batteries is being threatened from outside. The tanks the jets are on standby within 15 minutes reachable border this is not for nothing nato forces a rattling tank tracks at our doors military power is building up on the western border of our country lithuania latvia poland and unfortunately our brother ukraine its leadership are telling us to hold a new election. Nato has denied the accusations of a military buildup in the region. Yet just a short distance across the capital a much bigger demonstration followed perhaps the largest of the Antigovernment Movement so far better russians repeating the call theyve been making since what they say was the rigged election on august the 9th that the man whos ruled batteries for 26 years has no legitimacy he should leave and there should be a new and free vote. I was earlier that the Russian Ambassador to slovakia bec
Discussion. Relive your history here on American History tv on cspan three. My name is stewart and i am president of the White House Historical so season, it is my privilege to welcome you back to Historic House and white house to store Coal Association for another one of our wonderful lectures. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capital Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and my great friend jane campbell, the new president of the capitol Historical Society. And i like to welcome her tonight. On june 4th, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The sufferagists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to the cause and tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens rights to vote. Before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple
Streets of the modern capital bamako some ransacking and burning government offices. They were responding to reports of an intervention in the countrys troubled politics and the rest of president abraham. A Prime Minister who police say. Heavily armed troops were seen as scorching a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come out to help our soldiers get rid of the president. We are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government that is up i dont think you know soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of the garrison town of qatif 15 kilometers from the capital where there were earlier reports of gunfire at a military base its believed mutinying soldiers rounded up a number of senior officials a 2012 uprising of the cutty base open the way to cater his presidency prompting reports of another coup attempt. But. If its a cou
This discussion. Watching on cspan three. My name is stewart mike lauren and im the president of the White House Historical association. Its my privilege to welcome you, many of you back to historic deindicate historic Decatur House and another one of our wonderful lectures. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and my great friend jane campbell, the new president of the capitol Historical Society. And i would like to welcome her tonight. On june 4th, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. The sufferagists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to the cause and tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens rights to vote. Before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple of other intro