Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Peter Urban gave a tour of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City and showed how some 12 million…
Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.
In January, 2011, C-SPAN expanded its programming offerings with a new history-based service airing weekends on C-SPAN3. American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story.
C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations in January 2001 as a digital service. C-SPAN3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable TV households and is streamed live online at C-SPAN.org.
At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers."
Peter Urban gave a tour of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York City and showed how some 12 million…
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University of Virginia professor Elizabeth Varon talked about former Confederate General James Longstreet and his…
Matt Atkinson, a Gettysburg National Military Park ranger, discussed the post war life of former Confederate General Robert…
Gary Gallagher talked about the wartime experience of Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander, who early in the Civil War…