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Space Shuttle

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Space Shuttle - Mission to the Future

Narrated by actor James Doohan, best known for his role as Star Trek's “Scotty,” this NASA film also includes…

April 10, 2021
Vietnam, Walter Cronkite and Public Opinion

On February 27, 1968, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite closed a special report on Vietnam with a pessimistic assessment of the U.S. war effort. Mr.…
April 10, 2021
Confederate Boat Burners on the Mississippi

Southern Utah University Professor Laura June Davis talked about Confederate boat burners and naval guerrilla action on the…

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Wednesday
7:26AM EDTThe Presidency James K. Polk on the Environment, Land & Religion
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Little Tokyo
8:59PM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
10:12PM EDTChinese American World War II Military Service
11:07PM EDTChinese Americans in California
Thursday
1:03AM EDTNorman Mineta's Experiences Living in a World War II Japanese Internment Camp
2:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Little Tokyo
3:10AM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
4:22AM EDTChinese American World War II Military Service
5:17AM EDTChinese Americans in California
7:12AM EDTNorman Mineta's Experiences Living in a World War II Japanese Internment Camp
8:18AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Little Tokyo
8:49AM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
8:00PM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
8:57PM EDTVirtual Mayflower Project
9:33PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
10:14PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
10:44PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
11:41PM EDTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
Friday
12:02AM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
12:05AM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
12:21AM EDTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
12:22AM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
12:44AM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
12:59AM EDTVirtual Mayflower Project
1:30AM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
1:35AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
2:15AM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
2:16AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
2:46AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
3:43AM EDTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
4:07AM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
4:35AM EDTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
4:46AM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
5:32AM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
8:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
9:31PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
11:02PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
Saturday
12:32AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
2:00AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
2:03AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
3:34AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
5:04AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
8:01AM EDTReel America "Space Shuttle - Mission to the Future" - 1981
8:30AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
9:00AM EDTLiveBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
10:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
10:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Little Tokyo
11:00AM EDTEditorial Cartoonist Bill Mauldin's Life & Work
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency President George W. Bush Economic Address to Congress
1:00PM EDTThe Presidency President Barack Obama Economic Address to Congress
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
3:30PM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Linda Greenhouse, "The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right"
5:00PM EDTJames Baker & the End of the Cold War
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
7:10PM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
8:00PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
9:00PM EDTHispanic American Soldiers in World War II
10:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
10:30PM EDTJohn F. Kennedy Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
10:45PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
11:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
Sunday
12:00AM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:00AM EDTHispanic American Soldiers in World War II
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Linda Greenhouse, "The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right"
3:00AM EDTJames Baker & the End of the Cold War
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
5:10AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
6:00AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
7:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Claire Gaudiani "Generosity Unbound"
9:25AM EDTGeorge Washington & Washington, D.C.
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Confederate Boat Burners on the Mississippi
11:15AM EDTEarly 20th Century Women Explorers
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam, Walter Cronkite & Public Opinion
1:00PM EDTChurchill, Truman & the "Iron Curtain" Speech
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
3:41PM EDTHistory of the Black Hills
4:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
4:30PM EDTJohn F. Kennedy Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
4:45PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
5:00PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
6:30PM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
7:10PM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
7:45PM EDTGlass City
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
8:40PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
9:35PM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
10:30PM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
11:10PM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
11:45PM EDTRufus Edmisten & Richard Nixon's Impeachment
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
12:40AM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
1:35AM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
1:55AM EDTMount Rushmore National Memorial
2:00AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
2:30AM EDTJohn F. Kennedy Speech to American Society of Newspaper Editors
2:45AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
3:00AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
4:30AM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
5:10AM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
5:50AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
7:35AM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War

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