and reenactor jared frederick. >> they landed about half a mile off course, and there was a little bit of uncertainty, perhaps hesitation, as to what exactly they should do. but the assistant position commander, theodore roosevelt junior, the son of the president and the oldest american participant in the invasion, said very defiantly, we will start the war right here. >> at 6:30 p.m. on oral veteran david roderick talks about landing on utah beach. >> when they talk about d-day, they usually talk about omaha and the carnage that was there, which there certainly was. but they make it look like we didn't have any difficulty. we lost, the fourth division lost 197 men there right on the beach on d-day. but the next day when we % of our, we lost 50"

men within three or four days. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. >> the c-span cities tour is in reno, nevada to highlight its history. next, we hear about the importance of mining played in the state's development. nevada is one of the few states where the first anglo-american industry was mining, not agriculture. there has been mining in nevada as early as 1850, 1851. it really took off with the founding of virginia city in 1859 and 1860. reno was founded in 1868 as part of the transcontinental railroad, a hub for the railroad.

reno really grew up as being the last stop before the desert and the last stop before the mountains, the main rail hub silver was sent through on its way to san francisco. was a largeock lode deposit of silver in virginia city, on the virginia range. in earnest from the 1860's until about 1886, with boom and bust periods. but one of the largest discoveries of that period was the bonanza of 1873 when they struck one of the largest silver deposits we know of. that mine was owned by john mackey, the namesake of this building. john mackey was born in the early 1830's in dublin, ireland, and he and his family came to new york, where he grew up in the five points neighborhood of new york city. when he was old enough, he left new york and took a ship to panama, hiked across panama and got another ship, landing in the

gold fields of california as part of the 1849 gold rush, arriving around 1850 to 1851. he worked in the gold fields but did not find his fortune. in 1860, he walked from the gold fields of california to virginia city. according to the story, he entered virginia city penniless. because of his experience in the minds of california, he very quickly worked his way up through the mines of virginia city and became a superintendent of the mine in the late 1860's and was able to purchase the mines by the early 1870's. he was owner of the conn virginia when most thought it was defunct, and he and his business partners kept it open a few more weeks and it struck the big bonanza. weree 1870's, his mines averaging about $300,000 a month in silver production, and that is 1870's dollars. john mackey was a major part of the mines of virginia city all

the way up until they shut off the pumps of the combination shaft, which kind of signaled the end of the golden age of mining in virginia city, in 1886. he went on to invest in telecommunications. his first investment was the transatlantic telegraph cable. and by 1902 when he passed away, the mackeys were knows as barons, andation owned a telegraph and telephone company. his son, clarence mackey, took over the business and build a relationship with the university starting in 1907 that led to the creation of the mackey school. one of the unique aspects of nevada, according to the 18 624 constitution, the land-grant university in nevada has to teach mining. unr is the land-grant university

here in nevada. unr was founded in 1874 in elko, and the elko experiment was considered a bit of a failure. nobody graduated in 10 years. so they moved the university to reno in 1885, and the first building was completed in 1886. the first class graduated in 1891. education at unr in that time was a lot of starts and stops, was not very consistent. there would be a few semesters during which no mining classes were offered. those those days, unr, in days it was called the university of nevada, was just a few buildings on the south end of was -- what was then the evans alfalfa ranch. as the university moved north, they bought more of the alfalfa ranch. in1907 several politicians nevada thought it would be a

good idea to honor john mackey by having a statue of him on the grounds of the capital building. so they approached john mackey's heir, clarence mackey, about funding the statue. clarence mackey agreed and reached out to the artist, who would later go on to design and implement mount rushmore, to build the statue. by the time it was completed, 1907-1908, there was a lot of politics. people remembered john mackey and thought it might be inappropriate that one man, one individual was honored on the capitol grounds. so there was a bit of a debate, president ofs, the the university at the time, said, we will take it. that is how the statue of john mackey arrived at the university. clarence mackey saw this kind of plucky western university and wanted to "beautify the campus." he donated money for the quad

and our elm trees that are now over 100 years old. in 1908, he donated $100,000 to build the mackey school of mines. the keck museum, originally the mackey school museum, was founded in 1908 as one of the original fixtures of the mackey mining buildings. these are the original cases from 1908. the museum is still displaying and storing items as it would have in 1908. founded as a research museum, it endeavored to bring the world to the mackey students. we have collections from all over the world, and many of our fromctions are of ores very famous mining discs and mines, some of which -- districts and mines, some of which have been closed over a hundred years. many were taken at depth, and in many cases we know the actual shaft and depth ore samples were

taken from. the minerals and objects on display really show about less than 5% of the collection. the majority of the collection is still in storage. our three collecting areas is rocks and minerals with a special emphasis on ores, paleontology and mining history. in the last 10 to 15 years we have really tightened our scope because notnevada, only is that what we are good at, but nevada is an extremely interesting state from a geological perspective with over 35 minerals discovered here in the state of nevada. we are now in the lower level of museum and next to me is the marie-louise and john mackey silver collection. they owned several mines in virginia city, the sight of the comstock lode. connamous silver mine, the virginia which in 1873 was the source of the big bonanza.

mary louise asked john to make her something molly silver being pulled from the mines. boxcarskey sent four from his silver mines in virginia city that likely went through reno on their way to new york. they arrived at tiffany and company, and they manufactured this set. it took 200 artisans two years to make, and these are only 58 of the original 1200 pieces in the collection that originally sat 24 people. the mackeys would have used this set daily at their homes in paris and london, all the way up to the turn of the century. in the 1950's, the mackey family donated the silver service to the university, and "impractical pieces" like the candelabras, cigar stands. the university used the set as its state silver for many years.

the service has been on display at the keck museum for about 20 years. many of the items in the service really show the opulence of dining culture in the gilded age, and there are many pieces here we would not find in a modern dinner service. we have everything from crumb trays, so the footmen can brush up crumbs in between courses. ters,so have melon eay used to eat cantaloupe. you slice with one side and use the fork on the other side to pick up the morsel. we also have wine siphons, olive forks, champagne holders. one of my personal favorites, a pair of ham-holders, so that while the footmen were serving, called service de

russe, where everything would be held by a servant and carved by a servant at the table and then served. the footmen could hold the ham without getting his white gloves sullied. i'm really glad that visitors when they come to the keck museum can see objects like the marie-louise and john mackey silver collection, that show not only the wealth of the mines in virginia city but also that this is owned by the people of nevada and is on display for people to enjoy. earthns take their science very seriously, and it is hard-pressed to find a nevadan who doesn't claim they are a rock hound. geology, and their mining has always been an important part of nevada's statehood.

>> our cities tour staff recently traveled to reno, nevada to learn more about its rich history. to watch more video from reno and other stops on our tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. that,n i see sending like i can only see it from her perspective. i don't have a lot of people pray for me similarly, and as a christian i believe christianity has a very long tradition of divine healing, so i certainly don't believe it is not possible for god to heal people. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, duke divinity school professor and prosperity gospel scholar, talking about her memoir "everything happens for a

reason" reflecting on being diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at age 35. >> it is really gone? there is no pain in your stomach? well, that is real. >> you can see how quickly he moved from praying for her, and then his confidence in himself as that vehicle, and the idea that because she didn't have pain in that moment that she's definitely healed. his very dramatic approach to faith healing is one i often found to be somewhat manipulative. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. each week, american history america" brings archival films that provide historical context for public policy issues of the 21st

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next, on history bookshelf, philip padgett talks about his book, "advocating overlord: the d-day strategy and the atomic." he reports on the tension between right and roosevelt and winston churchill leading up to the military operation that took place on june, 19 report rated this was recorded at the 2018 guinness book book festival in maryland. applied 40 years of experience in national security, preparedness and research analysis working with the government, military and the private sector, from washington as deputy intelligence adviser at the u.s. arms control and disarmament eight, he supported teens that negotiated five international treaties and agreements from 2001 to 2011.