Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston was established in the year 1660 and is the city’s third oldest cemetery. It’s also the burial site of several notable American Revolutionaries, including Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. American History TV visited the cemetery with Kelly Thomas, program manager for the City of Boston’s Historic Burying Grounds Initiative.

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Located 18 blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Washington’s Congressional Cemetery is the final resting place for dozens of members of Congress, as well as numerous military and government officials and other prominent Americans. American History TV toured the grounds with Congressional Cemetery program director Rebecca Roberts.

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Located just 18 blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Washington’s DC’s Congressional Cemetery is final resting place of dozens of members of Congress and other prominent Americans. American History TV toured the grounds with Congressional Cemetery program director Rebecca Roberts, as she showed us the graves of some of the unsung heroes buried in the cemetery, as well as a few of her personal favorites.

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University of Missouri history professor John Bullion discusses the debt incurred by the British government in fighting the Seven Years' War in the 1750s and 60s, and efforts to recoup some of that cost by taxing the American colonies - leading to the Stamp Act of 1765.  That law required that some printed material in the colonies such as legal documents be on paper produced in England and have a revenue stamp.

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History professor John Thomas Scott discusses the American colonial resistance movement that evolved into the American Revolution. Professor Scott examines the growing tensions between Britain and the American colonies in late 1760s and early 1770s, as Britain attempted to retain control of the colonies. This class took place at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

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Cornell University History Professor Mary Beth Norton discusses prominent women in colonial America. She argues that there were many elite and influential women, but that they are often ignored by historians and the general public. Professor Norton also discusses the Salem witch trials of 1692 and her book on the subject, “In the Devil’s Snare.” This interview took place at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Milwaukee.  

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While Colonial American women were unable to own property, they were able to exert influence over family affairs.  Women in this era began to redefine the role of “motherhood,” particularly on the issue of family planning.  Temple University professor Susan Klepp spoke about this “different” type of revolution at Fraunces Tavern in New York.

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of June 15-17 we feature the history of Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Author and professor Jonathan Gill talks about his book “Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America.” To illustrate the scope of the Harlem Renaissance, Professor Gill discusses James Weldon Johnson -- a poet, songwriter, author, educator, diplomat and civil rights activist. This event was hosted by the New York City Bar Association.

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The Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville was fought April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Many historians consider the battle to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory. Facing a Union Army more than twice the size of his own, Lee divided his forces, sending 27,000 men under “Stonewall” Jackson on a 12-mile march to deliver a flank attack. In this program, we follow two National Park Service historians on a tour as they walk the same ground exactly 150 years after Jackson launched his attack.

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