if you add this year mark -- ear mark, you get more votes. for the exam, on c-span. >> we are in rochester, minnesota, where c-span is learning about the city's history. next, we learn about the work of the sisters of st. francis and how it led to the founding of the mail clinic -- the mayo clinic. >> the sisters of st. francis have a strong foundation, and when they came to rochester, education and health care, and then social work. they respond to the needs of the area. what are the needs that are needed, and their hearts responded to those needs. they did not imagine in the beginning that they would be nursing in rochester.

but with the building of the hospital, we expand ourselves to become the persons that provide health care and teach nurses and keep expanding the needs of the people being cared for. we are sitting here at assisi heights, the administration center of all of the sisters of st. francis. wereisters of st. francis the beginning of what today we know as the mayo clinic. -- dr. mayo and his sons were home in 1883. a tornado came through and killed hundreds of people and the injured needed to be cared for. mayo asked if the sisters could help. there was a provision for the injured to be brought into the academy, which was a boarding school. the sisters helped care for the injured.

after that, mother alfred realized we needed a hospital in rochester. this is well documented, that smallyo said this is too of a town. but she insisted, she had a dream inside of her, sense of conviction that we needed a hospital here, and that he and his two sons would be great staff. with handshake to my they developed this relationship. the sisters established st. mary's hospital, the origin of mayo clinic as we know it today. i think it is fascinating to try to imagine the respect the doctor had for mother alfred. she was well traveled, well educated, and so was he. he recognized the leadership qualities in this woman. peersd say as educational in a small town on the prairie, there was some attraction to that quality. the partnership between mother alfred and the doctor grew and

they were interdependent. the sisters were the nurses and who took care of the needs of the patients, but the doctors were experimenting with new types of surgical practices, and there was a great, shall we say, interdependence in the relationship. the doctors thrived on the goodness happening in the post operative stages of the patients. they relied on each other for ongoing health care established here in rochester. st. mary's hospital today is part of the hospital at the mayo clinic here in rochester. in 2014, st. mary's hospital surrendered its catholic hospital license to become a mayo clinic hospital with a campus at st. mary's hospital. the continued legacy of the sisters and mayo clinic is being carried out by the mayo clinic values counsel. the sisters have given mayo clinic and endowment to carry on the education that was operative

at the beginning. the values have to do with respect, and to honor the needs of the patient. i think it's important for people outside of rochester and mayo clinic to know the importance of the sisters's connection at the beginning. the beginning of an institution has a special kind of spirit, and the spirit and the very beginning at st. mary's came from the lives of these the sisters who carried on this franciscan heart through the centuries. that is at the core of what continues to go on and he shared as the spirit of the place. it is a cultural is culture. rochester, minnesota is one of many cities we have toward. to watch more, go to c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3.

years, thisast 25 independent investigator and author has been writing about the assassination of president kennedy, martin luther king jr., mathematics, and robert kennedy. -- malcolm x, and robert kennedy. in her recent book, she argues evidence in the book points away from convicted assassin's and towards the cia. next, she discusses her findings in remarks she made in a conference in political assassinations in the 1960's posted by the jfk store -- hosted by the jfk historical group. >> thank you for coming, i appreciate your interest in what we call the "real history. " we are interested in stories that seems true, but as