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March 6, 2021
Timothy Riley on 75th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College invited Winston Churchill to speak in March, 1946--not long after the British prime minister, who guided…
February 28, 2021
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Bruce Goldfarb, author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,…

November 30, 2014
Women in Congress, Part 1

House of Representatives historian Matthew Wasniewski and Curator Farar Elliott presented artifacts and photographs…
February 20, 2021
Stories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide

Capitol tour guide Robert Pohl shared some of his favorite unconventional stories with the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.…

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Sunday
12:00AM ESTAmerican History TV
7:00AM ESTFuture of American History Education
8:01AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Gretchen Sorin, "Driving While Black"
8:40AM ESTSex, Sexuality & Suffrage
9:46AM ESTCol. James M. Schoonmaker
10:00AM ESTThe Civil War John Brown and Abraham Lincoln
11:00AM ESTBlack Civil War Soldiers in Photographs
11:42AM ESTHistory of Gambling
12:00PM ESTLectures in History Playwright August Wilson & "Fences"
1:15PM ESTU.S. Policy Towards American Indians
2:00PM ESTWinston Churchill & Harry Truman Legacies
2:37PM ESTFormer President Reagan Dedicates "Breakthrough" Sculpture at Westminster College
3:00PM ESTGeorge Will on "Iron Curtain" Speech 75th Anniversary
3:38PM ESTUS Senator Paul Laxalt and Ronald Reagan
4:00PM ESTReel America "Winston Churchill's Epic 'Iron Curtain' Speech" Portion
4:08PM ESTReel America Winston Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech - 1946
5:00PM ESTReel America "Communist Imperialism" - 1962
5:34PM ESTReel America "The Children and the Bear" - 1959
5:49PM ESTFort Meigs
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts American World War I Soldiers
6:30PM ESTPartisan Violence & American Elections
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Heartland Presidents - Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower
9:22PM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt & George H.W. Bush Libraries
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts American World War I Soldiers
10:30PM ESTPartisan Violence & American Elections
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Heartland Presidents - Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower
1:23AM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt & George H.W. Bush Libraries
2:00AM ESTReel America "Winston Churchill's Epic 'Iron Curtain' Speech" Portion
2:08AM ESTReel America Winston Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech - 1946
3:00AM ESTReel America "Communist Imperialism" - 1962
3:34AM ESTReel America "The Children and the Bear" - 1959
3:49AM ESTMount Rushmore National Memorial
4:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts American World War I Soldiers
4:30AM ESTPartisan Violence & American Elections
6:00AM ESTThe Presidency Heartland Presidents - Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower
7:22AM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt & George H.W. Bush Libraries
8:01AM ESTMikhail Gorbachev on End of Cold War
8:53AM EST50th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
9:46AM ESTMadeleine Albright on Democracy in the 21st Century
10:33AM ESTFormer President Reagan Dedicates "Breakthrough" Sculpture at Westminster College
11:54AM ESTMikhail Gorbachev on End of Cold War
12:45PM EST50th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
1:38PM ESTMadeleine Albright on Democracy in the 21st Century
2:26PM ESTFormer President Reagan Dedicates "Breakthrough" Sculpture at Westminster College
3:46PM ESTReel America "Whoever You Are" - 1946
4:08PM ESTMikhail Gorbachev on End of Cold War
5:00PM EST50th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
5:53PM ESTMadeleine Albright on Democracy in the 21st Century
6:40PM ESTFormer President Reagan Dedicates "Breakthrough" Sculpture at Westminster College
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
9:24PM ESTThe Presidency Creating the Iraq Surge Strategy
11:17PM ESTThe Presidency Evaluating the Iraq Surge
Tuesday
12:29AM ESTThe Presidency George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
1:13AM ESTReel America "Afghanistan, The Gallant Struggle" - 1981
1:34AM ESTThe Presidency George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
1:52AM ESTThe Presidency Creating the Iraq Surge Strategy
3:44AM ESTThe Presidency Evaluating the Iraq Surge
5:39AM ESTReel America "Afghanistan, The Gallant Struggle" - 1981
6:00AM ESTThe Presidency George W. Bush & the Iraq Surge
7:23AM ESTThe Presidency Creating the Iraq Surge Strategy
8:01PM ESTU.S. Policy Towards American Indians
8:47PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Muscogee Creek Nation Council House
9:29PM ESTThe Presidency Richard Nixon & the American Indian
10:58PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Seminole Nation Museum
11:36PM ESTWampanoag People
Wednesday
12:28AM ESTFort Lewis Indian School, 1892 - 1911"
1:28AM ESTReel America "Rebuilding Indian Country" - 1934
2:15AM ESTU.S. Policy Towards American Indians
3:03AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Muscogee Creek Nation Council House
3:46AM ESTThe Presidency Richard Nixon & the American Indian
5:17AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Seminole Nation Museum
5:57AM ESTWampanoag People
6:50AM ESTFort Lewis Indian School, 1892 - 1911"
7:53AM ESTReel America "Rebuilding Indian Country" - 1934
8:00PM ESTThe Civil War Teaching Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
9:13PM ESTThe Civil War John Brown and Abraham Lincoln
10:12PM ESTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln and 1860-61 Presidential Transition
11:19PM ESTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln's Second Inauguration
Thursday
12:14AM ESTThe Civil War Harriet Tubman's Life & Legacy
1:12AM ESTThe Civil War Teaching Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
2:29AM ESTThe Civil War John Brown and Abraham Lincoln
3:31AM ESTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln and 1860-61 Presidential Transition
4:41AM ESTThe Civil War Abraham Lincoln's Second Inauguration
5:39AM ESTThe Civil War Harriet Tubman's Life & Legacy
8:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
9:01PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Charlotte Waisman & Jill Tietjen, "Her Story"
9:44PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Kirstin Downey, "The Woman Behind the New Deal"
10:15PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Jeanne Theoharis, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"
Friday
12:34AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Candice Shy Hooper, "Lincoln's Generals' Wives"
1:19AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
2:18AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Charlotte Waisman & Jill Tietjen, "Her Story"
2:58AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Kirstin Downey, "The Woman Behind the New Deal"
3:26AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Jeanne Theoharis, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks"
5:38AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Candice Shy Hooper, "Lincoln's Generals' Wives"
8:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Kara Dixon Vuic, "The Girls Next Door"
8:42PM ESTReel America "USO - 30 Years of Service" - 1971
9:11PM ESTReel America "Peace, Togetherness & Sammy - Sammy Davis Jr.'s Tour of Vietnam" - 1972
9:36PM ESTReel America "Religious Emphasis Day in Philadelphia" - 1958
Saturday
8:01AM ESTReel America "Winston Churchill's Epic 'Iron Curtain' Speech" Portion
8:10AM ESTReel America Winston Churchill "Iron Curtain" Speech - 1946
9:00AM ESTReel America "Communist Imperialism" - 1962
9:35AM ESTReel America "The Children and the Bear" - 1959
9:49AM ESTFort Meigs
10:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts American World War I Soldiers
10:30AM ESTPartisan Violence & American Elections
12:00PM ESTThe Presidency Heartland Presidents - Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower
1:20PM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt & George H.W. Bush Libraries
2:00PM ESTEugene Bullard - Black American Expatriate and French War Hero
3:05PM EST1918 Spanish Flu in Southern Colorado
4:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Kara Dixon Vuic, "The Girls Next Door"
4:45PM ESTThe Holocaust - One Family's Survival Story
6:00PM ESTThe Civil War Role of Civil War Animals
6:50PM ESTThe Civil War Rebecca Wright - Union Spy in the Shenandoah
7:46PM ESTHistory of Gambling
8:00PM ESTLectures in History U.S. Containment Strategy After World War II
8:55PM ESTFirst National Park Service Photographer
10:00PM ESTReel America "Freedom and Power" - 1952
10:30PM ESTReel America "Clean Waters" - 1945
10:55PM ESTReel America "24 Hours of Progress" - 1950
11:30PM ESTReel America "Clear Skies, Clean Air" - 1971
Sunday
12:00AM ESTLectures in History U.S. Containment Strategy After World War II
12:50AM ESTFirst National Park Service Photographer
1:55AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Kara Dixon Vuic, "The Girls Next Door"
3:38AM EDTHistory of the Black Hills
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Role of Civil War Animals
4:50AM EDTThe Civil War Rebecca Wright - Union Spy in the Shenandoah
5:45AM EDTNative Peoples of Reno
6:00AM EDT1918 Spanish Flu in Southern Colorado
6:55AM EDTEugene Bullard - Black American Expatriate and French War Hero
8:00AM EDTBooknotes Mary Soames, "Winston and Clementine"
9:00AM EDTMadeleine Albright on Democracy in the 21st Century
9:46AM EDTGlass City
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Teaching Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
11:15AM EDTLegacy of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick"
12:00PM EDTWinston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
1:00PM EDT50th Anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
1:52PM EDTAmerican History TV

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U.S. Policy Toward American Indians

David Wilkins discussed 18th and 19th century U.S. policy towards American Indians and explains their impact on them today.…
September 21, 2019
Playwright August Wilson and Fences

Tulane University professor John “Ray” Proctor taught a class about playwright August Wilson, his contribution to…
June 1, 2019
History of Gambling

The American Gaming Archives at the Nevada Historical Society tells the history of gambling through archival materials as well as…
February 27, 2021
Black Civil War Soldiers in Photographs

While photographs of earlier conflicts exist, the Civil War was the first to be extensively documented through this…

February 27, 2021
John Brown and Abraham Lincoln

In October 1859 -- just 18 months before the first shots of the Civil War -- militant abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the U.S.…
October 19, 2019
Colonel James M. Schoonmaker

The lake freighter Colonel James M. Schoonmaker launched in 1911. At the time, it was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. Christopher…
February 27, 2021
Sex, Sexuality and Suffrage

A panel of scholars talked about how suffragists, as a group, outwardly adhered to traditional ideas of marriage and…
March 7, 2020
Driving While Black

Historian Gretchen Sorin looked at how the introduction of the automobile impacted the lives of African Americans,…