Boston's Christ Church - better known as Old North Church - was built in 1723. The church is best-known for its steeple, where one night in 1775, patriots hung two lanterns to signal that British troops were moving by water out of Boston, leading to the first shots of the American Revolutionary War. American History TV toured the church - and in this portion - we follow in the footsteps of the lantern hangers, venturing into areas off-limits to the general public.

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USS Constitution launched in Boston in 1797 and was named by President George Washington for the Constitution of the United States. The ship gained fame during the War of 1812, defeating British warships in three sea battles and earning the nickname “Old Ironsides.” American History TV visited the USS Constitution Museum, located at the same pier in Boston where the ship is docked today. The museum’s president, Anne Grimes Rand, gave us a tour of some of the museum’s exhibits and artifacts, which trace the history of the ship from its construction, to its role in the in the War of 1812, to the present day. 
 

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USS Constitution launched in Boston in 1797 and gained fame during the War of 1812, defeating British warships in three sea battles and earning the nickname “Old Ironsides.” American History TV visited the USS Constitution Museum in Boston, located at the same pier where the ship is docked today. The museum's president, Anne Grimes Rand, gave use a tour of an exhibit looking at the lives of sailors aboard USS Constitution during the War of 1812.

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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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Each week American Artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. Granary Burying Ground in downtown Boston was established in the year 1660 and is the city’s third oldest cemetery. American History TV looked at the oldest graves in the site, as well as the tomb of the judge in the Salem Witch Trials. We also learned about the images engraved on headstones in the 350-year old cemetery. Our guide for the tour - Kelly Thomas of Boston’s Historic Burying Grounds Initiative.

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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 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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In the second of a three-part series, American History TV visits San Francisco’s Chinatown and follows historian Charlie Chin as he tells the story of the Chinese in America to a group of college students. He describes how Chinese migrant laborers arrived in California during the Gold Rush, helped build the transcontinental railroad, and how anti-Chinese sentiment emerged in the United States in the late 19th century.

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