President Lincoln was wearing a black “Great Coat”, or overcoat, inscribed with the words “One Country, One Destiny” when he was shot by an assassin on April 14, 1865. American History TV recently returned to the scene of that fatal shooting for the coat’s return to public display in the Ford’s Theatre lobby.

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On April 14th, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln attended a performance at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC. Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth went to Ford’s Theatre and shot President Lincoln.

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Edward Steers talks about his book, “The Lincoln Assassination Encyclopedia.” The book lists in detail the people, events, dates and locales connected to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

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Author and presidential historian William Seale discusses life in the Lincoln White House – and how the Lincoln family’s  presence there during wartime reinforced the idea of the White House as the President’s official residence. From the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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On The Civil War, author and history professor Stephen Berry discusses the relationships of President Abraham Lincoln and the Todd Family – the brothers and sisters of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln.  He spoke at November’s Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

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C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles take American History TV on the road. Throughout the weekend of May 18-20 we feature the history of Columbia, South Carolina.

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Thousands of colonists rejected the War for American Independence and many fled to the British stronghold of New York City. San Jose State University History Professor Ruma Chopra discusses the situation in the city and the perspective of those who looked upon the British as natural allies in religion, language and blood and thought the violence of rebellion was unnecessary and unlawful.

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This is a look at President Eisenhower’s views and actions in the area of civil rights, including the desegregation of the armed forces, his appointments of pro-civil rights Supreme Court justices and the dispatching of the 101st Airborne division to assist in the integration of Little Rock High School in Arkansas.  This discussion was part of a conference titled, “Ike Reconsidered: Lessons from the Eisenhower Legacy for the 21st Century,” co-hosted by Hunter College, City University of New York, the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute & the Eisenhower Foundation.

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