st. louisans celebrating anniversary. you write the card and put it in there and we will put it in our still be and i will here in 50 years, so i will pull it out and read it to people at an event like this. my staff is tired of me talking about this next piece, but you know me so you won't mind. a survey as done a few years ago to fine out trying where and when they felt the history, whereth they felt the least engaged. it was called the presence of past, and usually when i speak to audiences i ask them where do you think people said they felt the least engaged with history, and this one everyone gets, they immediately say classrooms. and they're right. now, i'm a teacher and i oftentimes speak to teachers, so not talking're about our classrooms, they're talking about other people's classrooms. but classrooms is americans said were least connected to history. we can probably figure out y. it because it feels like a lot of we're supposed to remember and a lot of people who don't feel like anybody we would ever muchand the

st. louisans, but i feel on a national level because st. louis is such a microcosm of the entire united states. no matter where you come from, something in st. louis' past is part of your city, too. we share a heritage with eastern cities, but we're the gateway to the west. we share the industrial history of chicago, but we share some of the troubles the south has had with race-related issues. there is a piece of every single story in the united states in st. louis. we're right in the middle of it all. so people coming here and realizing the ways these things are attached, not just to st. louis, but to their city, wherever that may be is really owerful. >> find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. now you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capital using any phone anytime with c-span audio on radio now. call 202-626-8888 to hear congressional coverage, public affairs forums and "wall street jo

st. louisans are very familiar with, like the gateway arch in forest park. we have places that no st. louisan could ever visit now, like hop alley, the first chinatown in st. louis. we have places that everybody is proud of, like francis field at washington university, which is the site of the first olympic games ever held in the united states, and we have places that people are definitely not proud of and rightfully so, like en, the slave p largest slave dealing location in st. louis. everybody was talking about the wainwright building or the art for the old courthouse or something, and a member of our exhibit team, elizabeth picard, said when i think about the places i spend the most time at any places where i interact with people the most, it is the grocery store, so she put be puts should forward. even the common places you spend maybe your most boring time of the week when you have to go buy groceries, this is history here and it is something interesting that this is such a specific part of life. schnuck family story is interesting where they started with one small store, the butc

st. louisans. their case started and ended here. american history tv is live all day in gettysburg, pennsylvania for the civil war institute summer conference at gettysburg college. the theme of the conference is the war in 1864. brooks simpson will speak on union general ulysses s. grant and the war in virginia in eight and 64. kelmanng that, ari describes the sand creek massacre of indians in 1864 in colorado territory by u.s. soldiers. while we wait, and a few more ,inutes for this conference another look at the history of st. louis, missouri. we are highlighting the history of the city all weekend. >> in 2014, st. louis is celebrating two hundred 50 years of history. to commemorate the founding of the city, they history museum put together an exhibit 250.d t250 in we are standing in front of people 50 selection. this section of the exhibit is the first one that visitors see when they come into the exhibit space. we put together the people had an -- everybody certain person they had in mind. setting it up with the idea of people

st. louisans, but on a national level because st. louis is such a microcosm of the entire united states, no matter where you come from, something in st. louis'' past is part of your city too much we share a heritage with eastern cities, but we're the gateway to the west. we share the industrial history of chicago, but we share some of the troubles that the south has had with race related issues. we have, there's a piece of every single story in, we're right in the middle of it all. so people coming here and realizing the ways these things are attached not just to st. louis but to their city, wherever that may be, is really powerful. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring the st. louis missouri. at the turn of the 20th century more than 100 breweries were operating in st. louis, due to its large german imgrand population who brought brewing skills to the city. hosted by our charter cable partners, our team recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. >> when you think about st. louis and beer, of course you're g

st. louisans are very the gatewayh, like arch and forest park. we have places that no st. visit now because they've been removed from the landscape, like hop alley, which first chinatown in st. louis. we've got places that everybody is proud of, like francis field at washington university, which was the site of the first olympic games ever held in the united states. places that people are definitely not proud of and rightfully so, like lynch's slave pen, which was the largest location in st. louis. everybody was thrown out their favorite landmark, everybody was about the wainwright building or the arch or the old courthouse or something. our exhibit of team, liz picard, said when i think about the places i spend the most time at and the places where i interact with people the store.t's the grocery shnook'se put forward should be a place, that's a grocery store chain. big deal,what's the but we wanted to show that even spend,ommon places you maybe it's your most boring time of the week when you have to go there's history here too and there's something interesting that this

st. louisans, like i mentioned scott joplin or miles davis.ople can vote for them and we will feature them for one month, and then onto whoever they vote for next. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring st. louis, missouri. our local content vehicles team recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about st. louis and other stops on c-span's cities for at c-span/localcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> necks of american history tv, author and state department historian james gran wilson -- james graham wilson. the event was hosted by the wilson center at the national history center. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> as we know, this is a relatively tense time given some of the topics that i try to deal with in the book, the end of the cold war. i think it is worth keeping some things in perspective in 2014. you know, i start off with an example of a telephone call in the middle of the night on november 9, 1979. his military adviser is callin

st. louisans, like i mentioned scott joplin or miles davis.ople can vote for them and we will feature them for one month, and then onto whoever they vote for next. long american history tv is featuring st. louis, missouri. gateway arch that is made monument. c-span's local content vehicles visited many sites exploring the city's rich history. about st. louis all weekend long on american history tv. think most people are like i was when i first saw it. it from a distance, you think that is interesting, that is kind of cool. closer you get to it you massive it is and anding to the base of it touching it and looking up to the top, it is really very impressive. the closer you get to the more become.d you we're standing very close to the arch in st. louis. steelot tall stainless structure designed in 1947 but mid 1960'snto the and completed in 1965. each year we

st. louis and introducing it. it.st. louisans loved so very quickly adam lemp became the lagger beer and introduced a new wave of culture in the city. very quickly lemp realized that he had a market on this new beer and started employing a number bit up the plant -- built up the plant. expensive plant. the other thing he learned to do followed the latest ideas pasteurization, about refrigeration, so as soon as these things were coming into incorporating them into his plant. tot allowed him to continue be in the forefront of everybody else that was brewing beer in st. louis. made his for ton by being smart. as the turn of the 20th century begins, there is rumblings from the temperance women, people who beginning to see that saloons and breweries are really for the homeea life, for just the culture in general. we find that america had an alcohol problem. they really were drinking way too much. were reallyn concerned about this, so the temperance movement begins and thatreweries start to fear something is in the works in the way of