American History TV visits Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, a “living history” museum that depicts early New England life from 1790 to 1840. Now, we hear from costumed historians who present what is was like to live and work in 19th-century New England. Curator Tom Kelleher serves as our guide.
 

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The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee is owned and operated by the National Park Service. It was one of the stops on a 10-day bus tour from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas led by historian and author Richard Norton Smith in May of 2011.

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The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee stands adjacent to the Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968. The museum depicts the evolution of American civil rights from 1619 through 2000, and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011. Gwen Harmon, the museum's director of governmental and community affairs, led this tour.

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The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is located in what was once the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Museum curator Gary Mack spoke to a tour group led by historian Richard Norton Smith about how the museum presents the information about the assassination and ensuing investigations.

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Before serving as our eleventh President from 1845 to 1849, James K. Polk was Speaker of the House and Governor of Tennessee.  We take a tour of the James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, Tennessee, the only surviving home—save the White House—in which Polk lived. He died of cholera just three months after leaving the Presidency.

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American History TV joined historian Carol Reardon and Col. Tom Vossler to learn the story of the three-day Battle of Gettysburg through a selection of their favorite monuments.

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The Siege of Vicksburg took place from May 18th to July 4th, 1863. After failing to take the city by force, Union General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee laid siege to the city, held by Confederate General John C. Pemberton and his forces. On July 4th, after 47 days, General Pemberton surrendered; and Vicksburg—the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River—was turned over to General Grant and the Union. In this program, we tour Vicksburg National Military Park with Tim Kavanaugh, the park's supervisory ranger for interpretation.

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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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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial overlooks Washington D.C. from the heights of Arlington National Cemetery. As the nation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War – and after a six-year restoration effort – the house once again looks much like the home that  Lee knew. Built by George Washington Parke Custis, the step-grandson of George Washington, it was originally a memorial to the first president. Robert E. Lee married Custis’ daughter, Mary. It was at Arlington House that Lee resigned from the U.S. Army at the outset of the Civil War. Now it stands as the only national memorial to a Confederate leader, recognizing Lee’s post-war public efforts at reconciliation.                                                                                                             

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In the third of a three-part series, American History TV visits San Francisco and follows historian Charlie Chin as he takes a group of college student on a walking tour of Chinatown. He describes the 1906 earthquake, the development of businesses in Chinatown, and how the area is still an entry point for new immigrants from China.

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