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Preview: World War II Reflections; Full program airs SAT 9AM & SUN 4PM ET

American Artifacts: Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion (Part 2) May 27 at 8am, 7pm, & 10pm ET - Preview

100 Years Later: The Election of 1912 - Sunday at 10:30am & 9:30pm - Preview

Lectures in History Preview: Civil War Treason; Full program airs SAT at 8PM & Midnight, SUN at 1PM ET

1862 & the 37th U.S. Congress

Q&A: Douglas Brinkley (Part 1)

Civil War Legacies

Oral Histories: Scott Carpenter

Lectures in History: Immigration & the Roots of Pluralism in the U.S.

Birthright Citizenship & the 14th Amendment

Archaeology at Jamestown

American Artifacts: Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion (Part 1)

American Artifacts: Civil War Defenses of Washington

History Bookshelf: Alfred Regnery

Violence in the Pre-Civil War Congress

Lectures in History: Early Atlantic Exploration

African American Women & the Civil War

Q&A with Melvin Urofsky

Oral Histories: Alan Shepard

The Civil War: Battle of Fort Donelson

Robert Sutton on the National Park Services' Approach to History

Lectures in History: New York City's Architecture

American Artifacts: Gilmore Cabin at Montpelier - Preview

"The Ordeal of Con Thien" - 1967 CBS News Special Report

Paul Finkelman on 19th Century Slave Trade - Preview

A Conversation with Barbara Bush and Laura Bush

The Ironclad USS Monitor

Oral Histories: George Forrest

Q&A with Ray Price

American Artifacts: 1297 Magna Carta

The Presidency: Photographers' Views of First Ladies

Lectures in History: Generalship of Robert E. Lee

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed "Too Tall" Freeman

Defense Department Leadership and Vietnam

Enrique Pujals Oral History

History of Beer & Spirits in America

American Artifacts: Civil War Battle of Shiloh

Oral Histories: Laurence Silberman Part II

Tribute to Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Lectures in History: Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant

The Civil War: Shiloh Battlefield Tour

Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office - Part 2

The Presidency: Julie and David Eisenhower

Oral Histories: Charles Colson

Myths of the War of 1812

Owen Lovejoy & the Underground Railroad

Indians' Use of the Land Before It Was Virginia

American Artifacts: Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office, Part 1

American Artifacts: Reagan Assassination Attempt

Congressional Hearing on Proposed Eisenhower Memorial Preview

Women & the Founding of America

Lectures in History: Urban America in the Mid-20th Century

The Marble House

The Big Picture: The General Marshall Story

American Artifacts Preview: Old Sturbridge Village

Oral Histories: Harold Moore
"The Contenders: They Ran & Lost but Changed Political History"

As the presidential campaign enters its final months and the political parties prepare for their conventions, American History TV will feature 14 programs that help put America's present electoral politics in historical perspective. Reaching across time, political parties and geography, "The Contenders" presents key political figures who ran for president and lost, but who nevertheless changed political history. These programs--which originally aired on C-SPAN-- all originate in a location associated with the candidate. Each Sunday, June 3rd through Labor Day weekend, American HIstory TV brings you "The Contenders."

Sundays at 8:30 am, 7:30 pm, and 10:30 pm ET
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Encore Q&A: Douglas Brinkley (Part 2)
Today     Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Author and historian Douglas Brinkley talks about his book "The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America." The book tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's contribution to the early days of the conservation movement. Between 1901 and 1909, TR was responsible for 230 million acres of land being set aside as wilderness. Mr. Brinkley sees this as the most important initiative by a U.S. President between the Civil War and World War I. The interview was conducted at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The Center is part of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This is Part Two of a two-part Q&A.

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History Bookshelf: Robert Novak
Today     Washington, DC

In 2007, columnist and author Robert Novak joined us for an interview about his memoir, "The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington."  Mr. Novak died in 2009.
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Oral Histories: Wally Funk
Today     Cocoa Beach, Florida

Wally Funk was one of 13 women selected by NASA in 1961 to be the First Lady Astronaut Trainees, or “FLATs." This group of women is sometimes called the Mercury 13, as they underwent some of the same physiological tests as their male counterparts – the Mercury Seven astronauts. Unlike the Mercury Seven, however, these women never flew a NASA mission. Funk was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Collection.
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Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
Sunday     Milwaukee, Wisconsin

From the Milwaukee meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Columbia University history professor Eric Foner and University of Iowa history professor Linda Kerber discuss the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the "birthright citizenship" provision. The historians argue that birthright citizenship dramatically changed American history for the better, and that the provision is unique to the United States. Professor Kerber also discusses women's citizenship in U.S. History.
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1862 & the 37th U.S. Congress
Sunday     Lincoln, Nebraska

Time Magazine Editor-at-Large David Von Drehle talks about 1862 and the 37th U.S. Congress. While the Civil War was being fought, the 37th Congress passed the Homestead Act, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, the Pacific Railway Act, the Revenue Acts, and established the U.S. Agriculture Department. The University of Nebraska in Lincoln hosted this event.
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First Ladies Through American History
Sunday     Dallas

Why do we study first ladies? That was the question posed -- and answered -- at a conference titled, "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision." The conference was the second of three planned at presidential libraries in Texas, and was convened at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts moderates a panel considering the role and influence of first ladies throughout our history.
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American Artifacts: Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion (Part 1)
Sunday     Milwaukee, Wisconsin

We tour the restored 1892 mansion of Captain Frederick Pabst in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sea captain not only founded the world famous Pabst Brewery, he was a philanthropist and real estate developer and had a great influence on the growth of this Midwestern city on Lake Michigan. Historian John Eastberg shows us examples of craftsmanship, original furnishings and art which teach us about Pabst’s German heritage, Milwaukee’s history, and America’s Gilded Age.
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Lectures in History: Immigration & Pluralism in the United States
Saturday, May 19, 2012     Muncie, Indiana

Ball State University history professor James Connolly looks at Immigration and the Roots of Pluralism in the United States. Ball State University is in Muncie, Indiana.
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Civil War Legacies
Saturday, May 19, 2012     New Haven, Connecticut

Historians and authors discuss ongoing legacies of the Civil War — the issues and controversies still being borne out today. Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition hosted this event.
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Encore Q&A: Douglas Brinkley (Part 1)
Saturday, May 19, 2012     Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Author and historian Douglas Brinkley talks about his book "The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America." The book tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's contribution to the early days of the conservation movement. Between 1901 and 1909, TR was responsible for 230 million acres of land being set aside as wilderness. Mr. Brinkley sees this as the most important initiative by a U.S. President between the Civil War and World War I. The interview was conducted at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The Center is part of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This is Part One of a two-part Q&A.
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