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Highlights This Weekend on American History TV January, 26-28, 2019

by NinaShelton

C-SPAN3's American History TV Three-Day Weekend
8am Saturday - 8am Monday, January 26-28, 2019  

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Saturday 6pm ET
The Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs
John Marszalek, editor of an annotated edition of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, discusses Grant's writing process, his relationship with Abraham Lincoln and his focus on the Civil War over his presidency. This program is from the annual Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Saturday 7pm ET
Gender in Early America
Cornell University history professor Mary Beth Norton discusses four books she's written since 1980 as part of a presentation titled "Reflections on Gender and Politics in Anglo-America." The subjects range from the Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 to the experiences of women during and after the American Revolution. We recorded her talk in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she delivered the American Antiquarian Society's 14th annual Robert C. Baron Lecture.

Saturday 8pm & midnight ET
Lectures in History: State of the Union Address
Stonehill College professor Peter Ubertaccio teaches a class on the State of the Union address. He describes George Washington's first speech - delivered in person - and explains why his successors chose to send Congress a written statement until Woodrow Wilson revived Washington's practice in 1913. He explores how these annual events have evolved along with new technology and, in modern times, have been used to bolster political platforms.

Sunday 6:30pm & 10:30pm ET
Governor Al Smith, Progressivism & the New Deal
New York Governor Al Smith was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1928 presidential election, losing to Republican Herbert Hoover in a landslide. Historian Robert Chiles talks about his book, "The Revolution of '28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal." Professor Chiles argues that although Smith lost in 1928, his progressive coalition helped shape a new liberal agenda for the Democratic Party, paving the way for Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. Goucher College in Towson, Maryland hosted this event.

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