1992, i don't remember who won. i don't remember anything else but the guy derek redmond. he got enough and he began a hobble around the track. they came to help him and he waved them off. and then a man broke through the stands. that man was his father and he put his hand over his shoulder. they said, derek, why didn't you stop? and he said because i came to barcelona to finish a race, not stop on. yeart to start one atouncer: sunday afternoon 5:00, persian gulf war veteran and author stephen d we recounts experience in desert storm.

frantically.igging we were just a few miles from the border from where these iraqis were going to come across. so we went up and we just started digging as fast as we could. about this far underneath the ground with -- was she'll rock. -- was shale rock. so we were digging our positions in the ground, six inches deep, an iraqinslaught of onslaught.

announcer: anaheim is home to disneyland. the park opened in 1955 and welcomed its one millionth visitor in just seven weeks. warner worked with our cities tour staff. learn more about anaheim all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are inside the anaheim heritage center. we were established back in 1967. we are going to talk about anaheim in the 1920's, one specific period of time where anaheim became known as klana heim because of the ku klux klan and its presence in the county

but particularly in anaheim. anaheim in the 1920's was a .mall, rural community are our economy is based on agriculture. we are post-world war i, so there had been a very listed patriotic -- a very nationalistic, patriotic response to the war. so there are certain kinds of undercurrents, shall we say, in not just anaheim, but in the communities in california, as well as in other areas of the united states, and they include things like -- we do have anti-immigration issues that have come up basically, people are saying that they are stealing our jobs. that is common. anaheim was created as a

winemaking colony in 1857. we still have associated businesses. we have the anaheim brewery. we have a few wineries are still in business. but we differently serve alcohol. we have hotels. we have restaurants, etc. town.m is a wet no doubt about that. this is where you come to if you want alcohol. one of the things that the klan picks up on is that there is a point of contention between the old time anaheimers who are forward to prohibition and they piggyback onto the publisher of one of our two newspapers, the orange county

plain dealer and is accusing the city council at the time of dragging their feet and they are not really supporting that, etc. and basically forces the city council into passing an ordinance a year before prohibition goes into effect nationwide into basically drying out anaheim. it seems that very quickly anaheim becomes quickly known as the stronghold for the klan. one of the ways you can actually wonderfuls this panoramic view we have in our collection that was taken probably at the high point of the klan activity here in orange county. it isn't taken in anaheim. it is taken in huntington beach. one of the first things i noticed is that they are not hiding their faces. they are all exposed. the front of the crowd are women and there are actually number of young children that are dressed

in the regalia as well. it is a significant number of people you are seeing in this group. so it does lend support to the fact that it was a large group. probably not in the thousands as sometimes claimed by the kl but certainly more than a couple hundred peoplean, area to -- claimed by the klan, but certainly more than a couple hundred. the other side of the coin, we are following the letter of the law. we are supporting prohibition. for example, here is one of their newspapers. here dry, he is saying issued to mislead voters.

so they are basically using the "anaheim bulletin" as their lance to counter what the k --accusing the old families that they are really not the type of anaheim that you want to be, basically. lists of members that we had here in our collection was purchased by lotus loudon. what is interesting is that it who was onountywide their membership rolls. does not publish it in total but he does start including a lot of these names in his articles and editorials. among them are four recently elected city council members, one of which is the mayor. as a basis to

actually generate enough local support the start a recall election of those four people on city council. klan turns the around and trust do a recall election and they get enough signatures to try to recall the members. so based on the list, well, this is your list. we are not making this up. one of the things that is islished by the bulletin basically this advertisement, which says we want you to vote yes on the recall of these four klan city council people and vote no on the one who is it, who has ties to the early anaheim families. very publicly, there are people are supporting this, have

allowed them to publish their names in the papers, that other people who are reading this can see. trucksaw is. supporting this. he's my doctor. i support him. lotus loudon published the names , it wasrecall significant because the recall was successful and they totally -- because at the same time, members ofn-klan four election. so it was a sweep. dead fourere removed -- removed and four new people were put on the city council.

howlook at how easy and adaptable the klan was to the existing issues happening in town and used those to become very strong in our city government. we don't want that to happen again. the whole point of history and examining history is to learn from it. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to anaheim california to learn about its rich history word learn more about -- history. learn more about anaheim at citiestour.org/ c-span student composition was one of the biggest yet as students competed for over $100,000 in prizes.

students produced documentaries on road to the white house, asking what issues they want candidates to discuss your students told us that the economy, equality, education and immigration were only top issues. the sure to tune in this wednesday morning at iraq eastern during washington journal. we will announce the grand prize morning atednesday 8:00 eastern during washington journal. we will announce the grand prize winner. announcer: the keynote speaker is best here is a preview. >> i want to speak to you today about our theme -- hollowed ground, slice of american after -- african-american history. and i want to ask you at this

moment if we are standing on holy ground. frederick legless -- frederick beenass said that we had born american and we belong to this country. he said we should not be forced to leave because we built it on our backs. thatcan use added to desolate and hughes -- lleyton hughes added to that. this nation is our holy ground. we recognize the places where we stood our ground, where we organize, where we grew up, rather than that. we are fighting effort justice in this land where the cries of young brothers and sisters are coming up from the soil. and we have to remember that the fight projected is a long one.

we have been fighting it for so long. 1863, we talked about bending the art for just -- the ark for justice. in 1965, they said, how long dr. king, before the crooked will be made straight. he said not long. said, dr. king, we want to know how long before we get what is coming to us. he said not long because no lie can live forever. and then the kids wanted to know, dr. king, what about us? when will it take that moment for us? he said not long because the ark of the moral universe is long. announcer: you can watch the entire program at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> i am a history buff.

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