AHTV Blog

Highlights This Weekend on American History TV April 1 - 3

by NinaShelton

C-SPAN3's American History TV
8am Saturday - 8am Monday April 1 - 3, 2017 

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LIVE Saturday 10:30am ET (re-airs Sunday 6pm & 10pm ET)
100th Anniversary of U.S. Entry Into World War I
American History TV will be LIVE from the National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri to mark the centennial of America's entry into the war. We'll learn about the memorial built to honor the Americans who served in what was then called "The Great War," and see museum artifacts related to the U.S. role in the conflict. We'll also take viewer calls and tweets.

 Guests include:
--Matthew Naylor, National World War I Museum and Memorial President & CEO
--Mitch Yockelson, U.S. World War I Centennial Commission Historical Adviser & Author, "Forty-Seven Days:
  How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I"
--Richard Faulkner, Author, "Pershing's Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I"
--Doran Cart, National World War I Museum and Memorial Senior Curator

Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. More than 4 million American men and women eventually served in uniform, and more than 100,000 died. By 1917, the war was already in its third year. The influx of U.S. manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to a close 18 months later on November 11, 1918.


Saturday 6:45pm ET
History of Hawaii & Queen Liliuokalani
James Haley, author of "Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii," discusses the life of musician, composer, and author Liliuokalani, the last Queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Mr. Haley sketches the story of modern Hawaii from the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1778 through an 1893 U.S. Marine-backed overthrow and removal of the queen, and annexation of the islands in 1898. The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia hosted this illustrated talk.


Saturday 9pm ET
The Presidency: Assessing 20th Century Presidents
Historian William Leuchtenburg assesses the effectiveness and legacies of 20th century presidents in a conversation that focuses on his book, "The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton." The New-York Historical Society hosted the event.


Saturday 10pm & Sunday 4pm ET
Reel America: "The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" - 1961 
Former President Herbert Hoover hosts this Encyclopaedia Britannica film, which is based on his book of the same title. Mr. Hoover served as President Woodrow Wilson's Food Administration director during World War I, overseeing food distribution to Allied nations. Hoover details Wilson's efforts to influence the Versailles Peace Treaty following the war, and his failed push to win Senate approval of U.S. membership in the new League of Nations. April 6th marks the centennial of the United States' declaration of war on Germany in 1917.

American History TV. All weekend - every weekend. Only on C-SPAN3.