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June 17, 2018
"Echoes of the Great War" Exhibit, Part 1

Library of Congress historian and curator Ryan Reft gave a tour of an exhibit tracing the history of U.S. participation in…
June 16, 2018
Memphis Belle - A Story of a Flying Fortress

Created for the Office of War Information by director William Wyler and a crew of photographers, this film documents…

June 17, 2018
President Reagan Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade - 1988

June 11, 1988 President Ronald Reagan Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade.
June 9, 2018
1970s Conservative Movement and Foreign Policy

Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer taught a class on the growth of conservative influence over U.S. foreign policy in…

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Sunday
12:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
7:20AM EDTLectures in History Agricultural Labor Since 1930 and Organic Farming
8:10AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
9:00AM EDTLiveThe Civil War Gettysburg College Civil War Institute Conference
11:15AM EDTThe Civil War Race, Citizenship & the 14th Amendment
12:52PM EDTOld Cahawba Archaeological Park
1:15PM EDTLiveThe Civil War Gettysburg College Civil War Institute Conference
2:30PM EDTBattle of Selma
2:45PM EDTLiveThe Civil War Gettysburg College Civil War Institute Conference
3:45PM EDTFort Gorges
4:00PM EDTReel America Ann Scherer Interview On the Case
4:08PM EDTReel America On the Case - 1968 Documentary on Poor People's Campaign
4:35PM EDT1968 Poor People's Campaign
5:35PM EDTFrank Rizzo and White Working-Class Voters
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Great War Exhibit, Part 2
6:45PM EDTDwight Eisenhower & World War I
7:46PM EDTMardi Gras World
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency White House Stonemasons
8:46PM EDTPhiladelphia and the Vietnam War in 1968
10:01PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Great War Exhibit, Part 2
10:45PM EDTDwight Eisenhower & World War I
11:46PM EDTNew Orleans Jazz Museum
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency White House Stonemasons
12:48AM EDTFBI Surveillance of White Southern Students-1960s
1:05AM EDT1968 Poor People's Campaign
2:00AM EDTReel America Ann Scherer Interview On the Case
2:09AM EDTReel America On the Case - 1968 Documentary on Poor People's Campaign
2:35AM EDT20th Century Trailblazing Women Lawyers
4:05AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Great War Exhibit, Part 2
4:50AM EDTLectures in History 1970s Conservative Movement & Foreign Policy
5:40AM EDTThe Presidency White House Stonemasons
6:30AM EDT1968 Poor People's Campaign
7:28AM EDTReel America Ann Scherer Interview On the Case
7:37AM EDTReel America On the Case - 1968 Documentary on Poor People's Campaign
Saturday
8:00AM EDTReel America Memphis Belle - A Story of a Flying Fortress - 1944
8:45AM EDTLectures in History Public Lands & the Law in the Early Republic
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Great War Exhibit, Part 1
10:50AM EDTDwight Eisenhower & World War I
11:55AM EDTThe Presidency White House Stonemasons
1:00PM EDTInterpreting the Bill of Rights
2:41PM EDT1915 & 1939 San Francisco World's Fairs
3:00PM EDTWorld War I in the Middle East
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, The Last Stand
5:05PM EDTHarry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War U.S. Constitution and Secession
7:00PM EDTLafayette in America, 1824-1825
8:00PM EDTLectures in History 1840s Popular Culture
8:50PM EDTRobert F. Kennedy's Political Legacy
10:00PM EDTReel America Salute to the Canadian Army - 1958
10:30PM EDTCoachmen Culture in the Gilded Age
10:45PM EDTConstitutional Interpretation
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History 1840s Popular Culture
12:50AM EDTRobert F. Kennedy's Political Legacy
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, The Last Stand
3:05AM EDTHarry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries
4:00AM EDTOral Histories James and Tuy-Cam Bullington on the Vietnam War
5:20AM EDTThe Civil War U.S. Constitution and Secession
6:25AM EDTReel America Salute to the Canadian Army - 1958
7:00AM EDTWorld War I in the Middle East
7:59AM EDTAmerican History TV

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