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Thursday
7:12AM EDTNorman Mineta's Experiences Living in a World War II Japanese Internment Camp
8:18AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Little Tokyo
8:50AM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
8:01PM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
8:58PM 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"
11:42PM EDTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
Friday
12:05AM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
12:23AM EDTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
12:35AM EDTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
12:46AM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1:31AM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
2:39AM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
3:36AM EDTVirtual Mayflower Project
4:11AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
4:52AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
5:22AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
6:20AM EDTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
6:43AM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
7:01AM EDTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
7:13AM EDTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
7:24AM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
8:09AM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
9:18AM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
10:04AM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
11:01AM EDTVirtual Mayflower Project
11:37AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
12:18PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
12:48PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
1:46PM EDTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
2:10PM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
2:28PM EDTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
2:41PM EDTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
2:51PM EDTReligion & the Massachusetts Bay Colony
3:37PM EDTLectures in History Pilgrims and History Textbooks
4:47PM EDTPenelope Winslow & 17th Century Plymouth Colony
5:44PM EDTVirtual Mayflower Project
6:20PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
7:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
7:31PM EDTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
7:49PM EDTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
8:02PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
9:33PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
11:04PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
Saturday
12:33AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Donna Rowe
2:02AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Milton Jones
3:33AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
5:03AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War POW Leon Ellis
6:33AM 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
5:50PM EDTFort Meigs
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
9:55PM EDTMount Rushmore National Memorial
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 EDTGlass City
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
8:00PM EDTDouglas MacArthur's Military Career
8:50PM EDTHistory of Hawaii & The Life of Queen Liliuokalani
9:59PM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
10:49PM EDTJohnny Carson & Political Humor
11:31PM EDTHumorist Art Buchwald & Political Satire
Tuesday
12:20AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
1:08AM EDTDouglas MacArthur's Military Career
1:59AM EDTHistory of Hawaii & The Life of Queen Liliuokalani
3:07AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
3:57AM EDTJohnny Carson & Political Humor
4:40AM EDTHumorist Art Buchwald & Political Satire
5:15AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
8:28PM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
9:27PM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
10:25PM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
11:24PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
Wednesday
1:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
1:38AM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
2:37AM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln's Legend
3:35AM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
4:34AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
8:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
9:40PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
11:21PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
Thursday
12:55AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
2:13AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:53AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
5:34AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
6:54AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson

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