Robert F. Kennedy in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on April 4th, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced to a waiting crowd that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Historian Ray Boomhower recounted the events leading up…
2,234 viewsIn Indianapolis on April 4th, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced to a waiting crowd that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Historian Ray Boomhower recounted the events leading up…
2,234 viewsLocated in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Clinton House Museum was the first home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Clintons taught at the at the University of Arkansas School of Law and were ma…
783 viewsFort Worth’s General Worth Square is the place where President John F. Kennedy gave an impromptu speech to thousands of spectators the morning he was assassinated. Andy Taft, president of Do…
767 viewsAppomattox Courthouse is commonly known as the site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant and the end of the Civil War. Chief of Education Ernie Price talked about life after the war, …
1,337 viewsDr. Robert Johnson hosted a tennis camp at his home in Lynchburg, Virginia, starting in the 1940s where he coached young African Americans including Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe. Lange John…
704 viewsSheridan Fulmer Public Library’s Wyoming Room manager Kim Ostermyer showed items from Sheridan’s Miss Indian American Collection and explains how the pageant competition helped improve relat…
255 viewsOglala Lakota journalist and author Tim Giago wrote his first book, Children Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding Schools, at the age of 17. Mr. Giago talked about his exp…
303 viewsThe Harley-Davidson motorcycle was created in a small Milwaukee shed in 1903. Aaron Frank, author of The Harley-Davidson Story, talked about his book in which he chronicled the development o…
738 viewsAuthor Don Lago visited various spots within Grand Canyon National Park. His book, Grand Canyon: A History of a Natural Wonder and National Park, highlights some of the historical events tha…
862 viewsLee Whittlesey, Yellowstone National Park historian and author, shared some of his experiences from a long career working in the park and provided insight into Yellowstone’s impact on the re…
524 viewsWest Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum director Charles Morris provided a tour of the museum’s exhibits that tell the story of early settlement in the area, how Wes…
438 viewsThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum opened in 2005 with the purpose of the telling the life story and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Museum director Alan Lowe gave a tour of the …
1,145 viewsThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum contains over 52,000 original items pertaining to the 16th president. Archives director Samuel Wheeler went inside the Lincoln Vault to sh…
627 viewsThe archives at Elvis Presley’s Graceland contain over 1.5 million artifacts from the singer’s personal life and music career. Archivist Angie Marchese showcased some of their more unique it…
1,458 viewsIn his book, J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Cold War, and the Atomic West, author Jon Hunner told the story of Oppenheimer’s role in the Manhattan Project, the creation of Nuclear Weapons, and t…
1,460 viewsChip Jacobs, co-author of, Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles, shared the history of air pollution in Southern California and looks at what the future holds for t…
343 viewsSydney Iaukea, author of, The Queen and I: A Story of Dispossessions and Reconnections in Hawaii, used Curtis Iaukea’s memoires to explore the life of the Kingdom of Hawaii’s last ruling mon…
619 viewsThe Miller Brewing Company has been a Milwaukee staple since its founding in 1855. Historian John Gurda, author of Miller Time, talked about Miller’s journey from a small local brew house to…
727 viewsEstablished in 1894 by Percival Lowell, the Lowell Observatory would become the site of many discoveries. Kevin Schindler, historian at Lowell Observatory, talked about the role it played in…
417 viewsIn his book, The Mistaken History of the Korean War, veteran Paul Edwards shared what he believes are some of the misconceptions about the war and how these misconceptions have affected Kore…
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