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Douglas Bradburn on George Washington's Mount Vernon

Historian Doug Bradburn joined us from Mount Vernon’s Museum and Education Center to talk about George Washington’s vision…
February 18, 2020
Owen Conner and Edward Nevgloski on the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

Seventy-five years ago, in early 1945, the U.S. Marines invaded the Pacific island of Iwo Jima and fought Japanese forces in…

December 25, 2019
George Washington's Crossing Reenactment

Living history enthusiasts gathered to row across the Delaware River at the spot where George Washington and the Continental…
February 16, 2020
Presidents' Heads

Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia…

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Tuesday
8:00PM ESTNational Museum of the Marine Corps
9:01PM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
9:25PM ESTOral Histories Hershel "Woody" Williams
10:48PM ESTU.S. Marines at the Battle of Guadalcanal
11:41PM ESTHarry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries
Wednesday
12:23AM ESTNational Museum of the Marine Corps
1:24AM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
1:48AM ESTOral Histories Hershel "Woody" Williams
3:11AM ESTU.S. Marines at the Battle of Guadalcanal
4:04AM ESTHarry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries
4:46AM ESTNational Museum of the Marine Corps
5:48AM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
6:12AM ESTOral Histories Hershel "Woody" Williams
7:35AM ESTU.S. Marines at the Battle of Guadalcanal
8:28AM ESTHarry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries
8:00PM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of American History
9:03PM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Rightfully Hers, American Women & the Vote" Exhibit
9:53PM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 1
10:27PM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 2
11:02PM ESTRole of Men in the Women's Suffrage Movement
Thursday
12:32AM ESTThe Presidency Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Policies
1:55AM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of American History
2:58AM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Rightfully Hers, American Women & the Vote" Exhibit
3:48AM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 1
4:22AM ESTAmerican Artifacts "Votes for Women" Exhibit, Part 2
4:57AM ESTRole of Men in the Women's Suffrage Movement
6:27AM ESTThe Presidency Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Policies
8:00PM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
9:03PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Pocahontas & American Indian Imagery
9:28PM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
10:08PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
10:41PM ESTNational Native American Veterans Memorial Design
11:37PM ESTReel America "Winter Count" - 1975
11:46PM ESTLectures in History Colonial Diplomacy & the Iroquois Confederacy
Friday
12:44AM ESTReel America "Hopi Indian Arts & Crafts" - 1945
12:57AM ESTLectures in History California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
2:15AM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
3:18AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Pocahontas & American Indian Imagery
3:43AM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
4:23AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Battle of Little Bighorn
4:56AM ESTNational Native American Veterans Memorial Design
5:52AM ESTReel America "Winter Count" - 1975
6:01AM ESTLectures in History Colonial Diplomacy & the Iroquois Confederacy
6:59AM ESTReel America "Hopi Indian Arts & Crafts" - 1945
7:12AM ESTLectures in History California Native Americans and Early 1800s Capitalism
8:00PM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
9:03PM ESTReel America "The Negro Soldier" - 1944
9:46PM ESTLectures in History Neutrality & World War I America
10:52PM ESTWorld War I, African Americans & Civil Rights
Saturday
12:09AM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
1:12AM ESTReel America "The Negro Soldier" - 1944
1:56AM ESTLectures in History Neutrality & World War I America
3:02AM ESTWorld War I, African Americans & Civil Rights
4:19AM ESTSmithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
5:22AM ESTReel America "The Negro Soldier" - 1944
6:05AM ESTLectures in History Neutrality & World War I America
7:12AM ESTWorld War I, African Americans & Civil Rights
8:00AM ESTReel America "George Washington - The Courage that Made a Nation" - 1968
8:31AM ESTReel America President of the United States" - 1948
8:52AM ESTReel America "The Life of President Eisenhower" - 1953
9:15AM ESTU.S. Army in Northern Russia, 1918-1919
10:05AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Presidents' Heads
10:35AM ESTWorld War II POW & Concentration Camp Escapes & Rescues
11:55AM ESTThe Presidency White House East Room
12:50PM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
2:05PM ESTHonoring U.S. Veterans Since the Revolutionary War
4:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Cornel West, "Black Prophetic Fire"
4:45PM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
6:00PM ESTThe Civil War Lincoln & Antebellum Views on Death
6:55PM ESTWomen Voters,1920-2016
8:00PM ESTLectures in History Expanding Rights in the 1960s & '70s
9:00PM ESTQ&A History of Tariffs
10:00PM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
10:30PM ESTWhy Benedict Arnold Betrayed America
Sunday
12:00AM ESTLectures in History Expanding Rights in the 1960s & '70s
1:00AM ESTQ&A History of Tariffs
2:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Cornel West, "Black Prophetic Fire"
2:45AM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
4:00AM ESTThe Civil War Lincoln & Antebellum Views on Death
4:55AM ESTWomen Voters,1920-2016
6:00AM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
6:40AM ESTWhy Benedict Arnold Betrayed America
8:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Richard Carwardine, "Lincoln's Sense of Humor"
9:15AM ESTNRA Origins & 1930s Politics
9:35AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Civil War Surgery & Embalming
10:05AM ESTThe Civil War The Union's Moral Motivations in the War
11:05AM ESTQ&A Presidential Press Coverage
12:00PM ESTLectures in History Rural America after the Civil War
1:25PM ESTThe U.S. & Middle East Oil Since 1945
2:30PM ESTSlavery in Washington, DC
3:40PM ESTWorld War II & Memory
4:00PM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
4:30PM ESTWhy Benedict Arnold Betrayed America
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
6:40PM ESTAmelia Earhart - Legend & Legacy
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Lincoln, Douglass & Emancipation
9:30PM ESTAmerican Artifacts International Spy Museum Exhibit on Cold War Berlin
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
10:40PM ESTAmelia Earhart - Legend & Legacy
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Lincoln, Douglass & Emancipation
1:30AM ESTAmerican Artifacts International Spy Museum Exhibit on Cold War Berlin
2:00AM ESTReel America "To the Shores of Iwo Jima" - 1945
2:30AM ESTWhy Benedict Arnold Betrayed America
4:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian "Trail of Tears" Exhibit
4:40AM ESTAmelia Earhart - Legend & Legacy
6:00AM ESTLectures in History Expanding Rights in the 1960s & '70s
6:50AM ESTSlavery in Washington, DC

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