Ronald Reagan was born in 1911, and the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is marking the 40th president’s centennial by featuring his life and presidency in their “One Life” room. We visited the National Portrait Gallery and toured the Ronald Reagan “One Life” exhibit with curator Sidney Hart.

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In January, as part of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, Reagan’s alma mater, Eureka College held a conference that focused on Reagan’s formative years in the Midwest.

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On November 2, 2011, the CIA released more than 200 declassified documents and videos that President Reagan used in developing his Soviet Union policy.  Officials from the CIA, KGB and the Reagan Administration discuss President Reagan, the use of intelligence and the end of the cold war.  This event took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California.

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A look back at Nancy Reagan's 1999 tour of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

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The University of Southern California hosted this panel discussion as part of a centennial symposium marking the 100th birthday of the 40th president of the United States.

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Del Quentin Wilber, author of “Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan,” met American History TV at the Washington Hilton to recreate the afternoon of March 30, 1981. On that day, John Hinckley fired six bullets at President Reagan, who had just completed a speech to the AFL-CIO. Using archival photographs and video, and declassified audio from the U.S. Secret Service, we trace the route of the presidential motorcade to The George Washington University Hospital.

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President Ronald Reagan's presidency and prior career as an actor is remembered at an event hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Former Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), current president of the MPAA, joins NBC's Andrea Mitchell and ABC's Sam Donaldson to discuss the 40th president's life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and his film career in Hollywood.

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In this program, Georgetown University professor Michael Kazin teaches a class on 1920s culture and society. He discusses Prohibition and the exploits of the gangster Al Capone, who eventually went to prison on tax evasion charges. Professor Kazin also talks about the motion picture industry and the new production codes that sought to tamp down on sexuality in films. In addition, he addresses the 1925 Scopes Trial, in which a high school teacher faced charges of unlawfully teaching evolution in a state-funded school. Georgetown University is in Washington, DC.

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Florida State University Professor Andrew Frank discusses the Creek Indians and the First Seminole War, which took place in the early 19th century in the southeastern part of the U.S. and Spanish-controlled Florida. The war was fought in part to prevent slaves from fleeing into Florida.

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President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22nd, 1862. It ordered the emancipation of all slaves in any Confederate state that did not return to the Union by January 1st, 1863. No Confederate states returned, and Lincoln signed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Professor George Forgie discusses the evolution of Lincoln’s thinking on slavery, and the political and legal factors Lincoln considered when issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. This class is from the University of Texas at Austin.

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