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The Cato Institute held a forum in honor of the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address in which he spoke to about the military-industrial complex.

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Susan Eisenhower – granddaughter of President Eisenhower – visited the National Portrait Gallery to talk about an oil portrait Ike painted of his wife, Mamie, in 1952, when he was still posted at NATO Headquarters outside Paris and under pressure to run for president.

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American History TV continues to reair C-SPAN's history series “The Contenders,” which features profiles of key figures who ran for president and lost, but changed political history. This week, we focus on the life and career of Adlai Stevenson. He came from a long line of political figures. His grandfather, Adlai Stevenson I was Vice President during President Grover Cleveland’s second term, his maternal great-grandfather was Abraham Lincoln’s Campaign Manager and his father was Secretary of State of Illinois. After serving one term as Governor of Illinois, Stevenson tried to do what no one in his family had attempted--to become President. He tried twice, in 1952 and 1956, but lost both times to Dwight Eisenhower.

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A panel on the political legacy of Adlai Stevenson.  It includes former U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson the third who is Adlai Stevenson’s son.

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Dwight Eisenhower served a long military career before being elected the nation's 34th president in 1952. "The Dwight D. Eisenhower Story" was a 1953 episode of The Big Picture series produced by the Army Pictorial Center, and tells the story of Eisenhower's life before becoming president. Introduced by Sergeant Stuart Queen, the film was narrated by Raymond Massey. 

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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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