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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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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John Dewey (1859-1952) was a leader in the Progressive Era reform movement in education, and his writings on education are still considered influential to this day. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga professor Wilfred McClay examines the life and writings of John Dewey, with a focus on Dewey’s work in education.

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