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April 27, 2019
Yellow Journalism and the Spanish-American War

American University professor W. Joseph Campbell teaches a class on myths about William Randolph Hearst, Yellow…
April 27, 2019
Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Oral History Interview

Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith reflects on his life, his World War II service, and his return trip to the Pacific…

Featured Programs

April 20, 2019
Late-20th Century Transformation of Work

Georgetown University professor Joseph McCartin taught a class on the post-industrialization transformation of work,…
April 6, 2019
Soldier Remains at Manassas

Brandon Bies is the superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. He talked about the recent…

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Thursday
7:11AM EDTLectures in History Incarceration in the Late-20th Century
8:01PM EDTReel America "Fallout from Three Mile Island" - 1979
8:51PM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 1
9:23PM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 2
9:55PM EDTGovernor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island
10:09PM EDTThree Mile Island Accident Reconsidered
10:46PM EDTPerspectives on Three Mile Island & Fukushima
Friday
12:10AM EDTLegacy of Three Mile Island and Fukushima
1:43AM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 1
2:14AM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary - Part 2
2:46AM EDTGovernor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island
3:00AM EDTThree Mile Island Accident Reconsidered
3:38AM EDTPerspectives on Three Mile Island & Fukushima
5:01AM EDTLegacy of Three Mile Island and Fukushima
8:00PM EDTThe Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg & Its Consequences
8:52PM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln and the Fugitive Slave Act
9:48PM EDTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
10:48PM EDTThe Civil War Creating the Lincoln Memorial
11:49PM EDTThe Civil War Women During the Civil War
Saturday
12:55AM EDTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
1:43AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Women's History
2:00AM EDTThe Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg & Its Consequences
2:52AM EDTThe Civil War Lincoln and the Fugitive Slave Act
3:48AM EDTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
4:48AM EDTThe Civil War Creating the Lincoln Memorial
5:49AM EDTThe Civil War Women During the Civil War
6:55AM EDTThe Civil War Ex-Confederates & Post-Civil War Pardons
7:43AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Women's History
8:00AM EDTReel America "Democracy at Work in Rural Puerto Rico" - 1942
8:21AM EDTReel America 1942 United Newsreel
8:30AM EDTU.S. Democracy & Foreign Policy Since 1919
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Women's Memorial Part 2
10:30AM EDTWomen in Politics - 1920s to Today
12:10PM EDTPresident-Elect Lincoln
2:00PM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
2:08PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
3:10PM EDTWomen and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf A Life Reconsidered"
5:00PM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War African Americans & the Union Army
6:40PM EDTThe Civil War African Americans and the Civil War
7:25PM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center Collections
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Yellow Journalism & the Spanish-American War
9:00PM EDTRobert F. Kennedy Assassination Reconsidered
10:00PM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
10:30PM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Yellow Journalism & the Spanish-American War
1:00AM EDTRobert F. Kennedy Assassination Reconsidered
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf A Life Reconsidered"
3:00AM EDTThe Presidency Camp David
4:00AM EDTWomen in Politics - 1920s to Today
5:40AM EDTUnionizing Women Garment Workers
6:50AM EDTOral Histories George Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith
6:58AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Interview
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
9:00AM EDTHistory of USS Olympia
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Comparing Civil War Theaters
10:50AM EDTUnionizing Women Garment Workers
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Late-20th Century Transformation of Work
1:00PM EDTTranscontinental Railroad and the Big Four
1:45PM EDTChinese, Native Americans, and the Transcontinental Railroad
3:15PM EDTThe Civil War Paroling Gen. Lee's Army After Appomattox
4:00PM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
4:30PM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
6:25PM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency White House History
9:00PM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
10:25PM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency White House History
1:00AM EDTForeign Perspectives on America
2:00AM EDTReel America "Valley of the Tennessee" - 1944
2:30AM EDTU.S. Immigration, 1920s to the 1960s
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mayo Clinic
4:25AM EDTAmerican Democracy & Post-World War II Japan
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency White House History
7:00AM EDTForeign Perspectives on America

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