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American Artifacts: La Plaza Museum, Los Angeles
Saturday, December 10, 2011     Washington, DC

La Plaza, a Mexican American Cultural Center in Los Angeles, opened to the public in April of 2011. American History TV visited the center to learn about the founding of Los Angeles and the history of Mexicans in Southern California.

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American Artifacts: Mount Vernon’s Slave Quarters
Thursday, November 24, 2011     Washington, DC

We visited George Washington’s Mount Vernon, where visitors find newly re-interpreted slave quarters and a more historically accurate and nuanced depiction of slave life in 18th century Virginia. We hear from Dennis Pogue, Vice President of Preservation, and curator Susan Schoelwer, who tell us what archaeological research reveals about the enslaved people who worked Washington’s plantation.

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American Artifacts: White House Decorative Arts
Sunday, November 6, 2011     Washington, DC

White House Curator William Allman shows us decorative arts rarely seen outside the White House, including gilded furniture purchased from France in 1817, and a silver dining room centerpiece called Hiawatha’s boat.  Allman takes us on a tour of the “Something of Splendor” exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, marking the 50th Anniversary of the White House Historical Association.

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American Artifacts: Little Tokyo
Sunday, October 23, 2011     Los Angeles, CA

Declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1995, Little Tokyo near downtown Los Angeles has been the center of Japanese culture in Southern California since the early 1900’s. We tour the Japanese American National Museum with docent Bill Shishima. He was born in Little Tokyo in 1930 and during World War II spent three years in Wyoming at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp.

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American Artifacts: Congressional Cemetery Tour (Part 2)
Sunday, October 16, 2011     Washington, DC

Located just 18 blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Washington’s DC’s Congressional Cemetery is final resting place of dozens of members of Congress and other prominent Americans. American History TV toured the grounds with Congressional Cemetery program director Rebecca Roberts, as she showed us the graves of some of the unsung heroes buried in the cemetery, as well as a few of her personal favorites.

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American Artifacts: The "Hall of Wonders" Exhibit
Sunday, October 2, 2011     Washington, DC

Using works of art, mechanical inventions, and scientific discoveries, “The Great American Hall of Wonders” exhibit examines innovation in 19th Century America. American History TV attended a press preview and toured the Smithsonian American Art Museum show with guest curator Claire Perry.

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American Artifacts: Drum Barracks Civil War Museum Part 2
Sunday, September 25, 2011     Los Angeles, CA

American Artifacts: California in the Civil War
Sunday, September 18, 2011     Los Angeles, CA

Most of us think of The Golden State as far removed from the Civil War, but according to Drum Barracks Civil War Museum Director Susan Ogle, California gold financed up to 25% of the Union war effort. American History TV visited the museum near the port of Los Angeles where Susan Ogle gave us a tour of the only remaining Civil War era military facility in the area.

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The Slavery Experience
Friday, March 26, 2010     Alexandria, Virginia

Historian Anthony Cohen, a fourth-generation descendant of a runaway slave, talked about his work exploring the American slavery experience, from his 1996 retracing of the Underground Railroad by foot to being shipped inside a wooden crate like Virginia fugitive Henry "Box" Brown. He also talked about the work of The Menare Foundation which he founded, including the Button Farm Living History Center. He used a PowerPoint presentation, including images from a 1998 mock slave auction held at the former Franklin and Armfield slave trading office in Alexandria. Mr. Cohen also demonstrated a replica of a type of slave collar and responded to questions from members of the audience.

"Unshackling History: Recreating Experiences from American Slavery" was a program of the Alexandria Historical Society held May 26, 2010, at the Lyceum Theatre in Alexandria, Virginia. This annual meeting of the society began with society business and the election of officers.

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