Recent Events
(1971 - 1980 of 2001)
AHTV: James McPherson On President Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, January 2, 2010 Washington, DC
Abraham Lincoln’s opposition to the expansion of slavery in the West was a key factor on his decision to enter national politics. Pulitzer-prize winning historian James McPherson spoke about Lincoln’s connection to the West at the Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg.More Info »
Oral History With Frm. Senator Mitchell On Politics
Saturday, January 2, 2010 Washington, DC
Fmr. U.S. Senator George Mitchell (D-ME) participated in an oral history project in 2007 directed by the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. In this never before aired interview he discusses his political and personal relationship with his Republican colleague, Bob Dole.More Info »
AHTV: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission On Lincoln, Douglass and the Power of Words
Sunday, December 27, 2009 Washington, DC
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass both struggled to acquire an education during their lifetimes. Education was extremely important, and the topic of a recent Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Town Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The event featured presentations from young people inspired by their speeches and writings, followed by a panel of educators and artists.More Info »
AHTV: 60th Anniversary of the End of WWII
Sunday, December 27, 2009 Washington, DC
Benjamin Ferencz, an Army officer who served as prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, delivered the keynote address for the symposium commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. A lawyer, author and lecturer, Mr. Ferencz spent his career advocating steps to replace "the rule of force with the rule of law" and exploring the issues of international criminal justice and world peace.More Info »
AHTV: Nicholson Baker, Author, "Human Smoke"
Sunday, December 27, 2009 Washington, DC
Nicholson Baker talked about his book, “Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization,” which is a collection of previously published news items from the 1930s and 1940s in the lead-up to World War II.More Info »
AHTV: Oral History with Winston Lawson on Pres. Kennedy's Assassination
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Washington, DC
This oral history on the assassination of President Kennedy is from the collection of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Winston Lawson was in charge of security on President Kennedy’s 1963 trip to Dallas and talked about his experiences on the presidential detail and the security preparations for Dallas.More Info »
AHTV: Atomic Testing Museum On Spy Planes of Groom Lake
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Washington, DC
For decades, people have reported seeing UFO’s in the Nevada desert section of Area 51. And for decades, the government denied the existence of a military base in the same location. This past year, the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas held a forum with former Air Force and CIA personnel involved in top-secret spy plane projects.More Info »
AHTV: Harry Truman, Author, "The Upset That Wasn't"
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Washington, DC
Harold Gullen talked about the 1948 presidential election. Late on election night, 1948, it was thought that Thomas Dewey had defeated Truman, but final returns showed that Truman was the victor.More Info »
AHTV: Historian Robert Dallek
Saturday, December 26, 2009 Washington, DC
Historian Robert Dallek talked about his book "Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953." Mr. Dallek remembers the 33rd president for his 1948 "whistlestop campaign," America's introduction to the nuclear age and his foreign policy decisions that the author contends defined the Cold War.More Info »
AHTV: Truman Grandson Lecture on Bess Truman Letters
Sunday, December 20, 2009 Washington, DC
Bess Truman burned most of the letters she wrote to her husband Harry. But she unknowingly left behind 180 letters found in the Truman home after her death. The Trumans' grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, spoke at the National Archives about his grandmother's correspondence with the former president.More Info »