Upcoming Programs

September 24, 2017
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center

Angela Crenshaw, a ranger with the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park, talks about the life of escaped…
September 24, 2017
Eric Draper Oral History Interview

Eric Draper talks about his experience documenting White House activities, presidential travel, and major events…

Featured Programs

September 23, 2017
Father and Daughter Pilots Reflect on September 11, 2001

Heather Penney was one of the first DC Air National Guard F-16 pilots scrambled from Andrews Air Force Base after the…
September 10, 2017
World War II Battle of Guadalcanal Strategy

Rick Jacobs marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal by talking about the battle’s strategies and…

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Sunday
1:30PM EDTPresident Eisenhower and the 1957 Civil Rights Act
2:20PM EDTPresident Eisenhower Speech on Little Rock
2:35PM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
3:00PM EDTDeclassified CIA Documents on the Cold War Soviet Navy
4:00PM EDTSoviet Media's Portrait of the United States
4:10PM EDTSoviet Internal Propaganda
4:30PM EDTFather and Daughter Pilots Reflect on September 11, 2001
5:54PM EDTDriving Tour of Concord, New Hampshire
6:00PM EDTHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center
6:30PM EDTCivil Rights and the Little Rock Nine
7:00PM EDTEric Draper Oral History Interview
7:35PM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
8:00PM EDTJapanese American Internment
9:10PM EDTGettysburg Natives Who Fought for the South
10:00PM EDTHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center
10:30PM EDTCivil Rights and the Little Rock Nine
11:00PM EDTEric Draper Oral History Interview
11:35PM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
Monday
12:00AM EDTJapanese American Internment
1:10AM EDTGettysburg Natives Who Fought for the South
2:00AM EDTSoviet Media's Portrait of the United States
2:10AM EDTSoviet Internal Propaganda
2:30AM EDTFather and Daughter Pilots Reflect on September 11, 2001
3:54AM EDTDriving Tour of Concord, New Hampshire
4:00AM EDTPresident Eisenhower and the 1957 Civil Rights Act
4:50AM EDTPresident Eisenhower Speech on Little Rock
5:05AM EDTNew Hampshire Statehouse
5:30AM EDTLudlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre
6:25AM EDTDeclassified CIA Documents on the Cold War Soviet Navy
7:25AM EDTEric Draper Oral History Interview
Saturday
8:00AM EDTSoviet Media's Portrait of the United States
8:10AM EDTSoviet Internal Propaganda
8:30AM EDTFather and Daughter Pilots Reflect on September 11, 2001
9:55AM EDTHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center
10:30AM EDTEric Draper Oral History Interview
11:10AM EDTJapanese American Internment
12:20PM EDTUnderground Railroad Conductors
1:50PM EDTSoviet Media's Portrait of the United States
2:00PM EDTSoviet Internal Propaganda
2:20PM EDTVietnam War Veterans and the Humanities
5:00PM EDTCreating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
6:00PM EDTInterpreting the Civil War for the Public
6:55PM EDTA CIA Officer in Afghanistan After September 11, 2001
8:00PM EDTCivil War Memory
9:15PM EDTTruman Administration and Latin America
10:30PM EDTUnderstanding Combat and Fallen World War II Soldiers
Sunday
12:00AM EDTCivil War Memory
1:15AM EDTTruman Administration and Latin America
3:00AM EDTCreating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
4:00AM EDTA CIA Officer in Afghanistan After September 11, 2001
5:10AM EDTJapanese American Internment
6:20AM EDTVietnam War Veterans and the Humanities
8:00AM EDTTurn Away Thy Son
9:10AM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
11:30AM EDTAfrican American Life in Philadelphia
1:00PM EDTOrigins of Environmental Consumerism
1:50PM EDTAmerican Battlefields as Sacred Ground
2:50PM EDTConstitutional Convention and Compromise in Politics
4:30PM EDTUnderstanding Combat and Fallen World War II Soldiers
8:00PM EDTGeorge Washington and Sportsmanship
9:00PM EDTU.S. Capitol Historical Society Presents Freedom Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda
Monday
12:00AM EDTGeorge Washington and Sportsmanship
1:00AM EDTU.S. Capitol Historical Society Presents Freedom Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda
1:35AM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
2:30AM EDTUnderstanding Combat and Fallen World War II Soldiers
5:30AM EDTGeorge Washington and Sportsmanship
6:30AM EDTU.S. Capitol Historical Society Presents Freedom Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Ludlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre

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Union General Winfield Hancock at Gettysburg

Paul Bretzger talks about his book, Observing Hancock at Gettysburg: The General’s Leadership Through Eyewitness…
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Akhil Reed Amar talked about his book, The Law of the Land: A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic, about the way…
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JFK's Legacy on Centennial of His Birth

Edward Widmer and Fredrik Logevall reflected on President Kennedy’s legacy as the nation marked the centennial of his…
September 17, 2017
Drafting the U.S. Constitution

Jeffrey Rosen gave a tour of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and spoke about the creation of the U.S.…
September 16, 2017
1673 French Exploration of the Mississippi River

Professor Laura Chmielewski talked about the 1673 French expedition led by Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette and fur…