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In the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.

In the 1950s, a Senate committee led by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) examined organized crime around the country.

American History TV toured the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s “1898” exhibit -- which brings together portraits of the major players in the Spanish-American War, and illustrates the…

In 1912, a special Senate committee heard from 82 witnesses about ice warnings that were ignored, the inadequate number of lifeboats, and treatment of different classes of passengers aboard …

“Manhunt” author James Swanson talked about the Apple TV+ series based on his account of the 12-day search for President Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. American History TV interviewe…

In 1871, a joint House-Senate committee investigated conditions in the southern states following a wave of violence against freed slaves and others.

American History TV toured the CIA Museum at the agency’s Langley, Virginia, headquarters. Director and curator Robert Byer highlighted covert action tools of the trade in the CIA’s collecti…

American History TV toured the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., with founding director Elizabeth Spalding. The museum is within sight of the White House, and is designed to t…

American History TV toured the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America’s first diplomat, Ben…

Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia, “Presidents Park” that opened in 2004. After the park closed in…

Matthew Ifill talked about Congress Hall, located next to Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. The U.S. Congress met in the building from 1790 to 1800 and Presidents George Washington and John …

Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), in an annual Senate tradition, read President George Washington’s Farewell Address. A public letter announcing his retirement after two …

John Lawson and Reverend Noelle York-Simmons talked about President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proclamation of a National Day of Prayer for January 1, 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pea…

St. John’s Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was built in 1816 and designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe. St. John’s is known as the “Church of the Presidents,” b…

In this compiled program, former first lady Michelle Obama talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

In 1619, 35 English settlers arrived in Berkeley, Virginia, upriver from Jamestown. We talked to Graham Woodlief, descendant of the group’s leader, Captain John Woodlief, about how these col…

In this compiled program, former first lady Lady Bird Johnson talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

In this compiled program, former first lady Melania Trump talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

President Biden’s choice for the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, talked in her Washington, D.C. office about her stewardship of the National Archives and the controversi…

In this compiled program, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.