Upcoming Programs

September 23, 2017
Origins of Environmental Consumerism

Temple University professor Andrew Isenberg teaches a class about the rise of the environmental movement in the 1970s…
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…

Featured Programs

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…
September 14, 2017
U.S. Capitol Historical Society Presents Freedom Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society presented its 2017 Freedom Award to playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda for his work on the…

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Saturday
8:00AM EDTThe American Navy in Vietnam
8:30AM EDT1673 French Exploration of the Mississippi River
9:50AM EDTDrafting the U.S. Constitution
10:30AM EDTDon Carleton Oral History Interview
10:38AM EDTFrank Johnston Oral History Interview
11:35AM EDTJFK's Legacy on Centennial of His Birth
1:10PM EDTVoyager Spacecraft 40th Anniversary
2:30PM EDTVannevar Bush's 1945 Report on Government and Science
3:47PM EDTDiscovering New Hampshire Exhibit
4:00PM EDTTurn Away Thy Son
5:08PM EDTLittle Rock Central High School Tour
5:40PM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
6:00PM EDTAfrican American Life in Philadelphia
7:28PM EDTLittle Rock Central High School Tour
8:00PM EDTOrigins of Environmental Consumerism
8:49PM EDTDriving Tour of Concord, New Hampshire
8:55PM EDTAmerican Battlefields as Sacred Ground
10:00PM EDTSoviet Media's Portrait of the United States
10:10PM EDTSoviet Internal Propaganda
10:30PM EDTFather and Daughter Pilots Reflect on September 11, 2001
Sunday
12:00AM EDTOrigins of Environmental Consumerism
12:47AM EDTLegacy of Christa McAuliffe
1:00AM EDTAmerican Battlefields as Sacred Ground
2:00AM EDTTurn Away Thy Son
3:09AM EDTLittle Rock Central High School Tour
3:40AM EDT1964 Film Nine From Little Rock
4:00AM EDTThe American Navy in Vietnam
4:30AM EDT1673 French Exploration of the Mississippi River
5:50AM EDTDrafting the U.S. Constitution
6:30AM EDTJFK's Legacy on Centennial of His Birth
8:01AM EDTThe Law of the Land
9:10AM EDTMyrtilla Miner's School for African American Girls
10:00AM EDTRoad to Appomattox
10:55AM EDTUnion General Winfield Hancock at Gettysburg
11:36AM EDTLudlow Coal Miners' Strike and Massacre
12:30PM EDTLibrary of Congress Manuscript Division
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

Most Recent American History TV Videos

September 17, 2017
Frank Johnston Oral History Interview

Photojournalist Frank Johnston, who worked for United Press International and the Washington Post, talked about his…
September 17, 2017
Don Carleton Oral History Interview

Don Carleton, executive director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin,…
September 9, 2017
Why Hip Hop Began in the Bronx

Professor Mark Naison talked about the history of hip hop and why it originated in the Bronx. He describes how the new…
September 17, 2017
Legacy of Christa McAuliffe

Robert Veilleux, a finalist for the Teacher in Space program, talked about Christa McAuliffe’s approach to teaching and her legacy in New…

September 16, 2017
Driving Tour of Concord, New Hampshire

Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Chuck Douglas gave a driving tour of Concord, New Hampshire, and highlighted some of…
September 16, 2017
Discovering New Hampshire Exhibit

Elizabeth Dubrulle highlighted items in the New Hampshire Historical Society’s collections that tell the story of New Hampshire’s…
September 16, 2017
Arne Arnesen on New Hampshire Politics

Arnie Arnesen talked about the evolution of New Hampshire politics. Ms. Arnesen also gives a tour of her historic home, where former…
September 16, 2017
Franklin Pierce Manse

Joan Woodhead gave a tour of President Franklin Pierce’s home and talked about the tragedies that marked his life. Franklin Pierce was…