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American History Prime Time Schedule January 18-22, 2021

by MaggieStrolle

C-SPAN3's American History TV in Prime Time

January 25 - January 29, 2021
8pm Each Night on C-SPAN 3

 

Monday, January 25
National World War I Museum & Memorial
In 2013, Congress created the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission. One of its directives was to establish a national World War I memorial in Washington, D.C. Edwin Fountain, the commission's former vice chair, looks back at the history of World War I commemoration in the U.S. and details the years-long quest to create the D.C. memorial. He's joined in the conversation by Matthew Naylor, who heads the National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, home to the nation's existing national memorial.

 

Tuesday, January 26
World War II
During the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. Navy mess attendant Dorie Miller helped the wounded aboard the USS West Virginia - and fired anti-aircraft guns at the Japanese - though he had never been trained on the weapons. As a result, this grandson of slaves became the first African American awarded a Navy Cross. Two scholars discuss Dorie Miller's story, and explore how the memory of his heroics has evolved over the years. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans hosted this event.

 

Wednesday, January 27
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27, the date in 1945 the Soviet Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest World War II Nazi death camp. To mark the anniversary, we'll air a night of programs about the Holocaust, beginning with Benjamin Ferencz, who at age 27 served as the chief U.S. prosecutor at one of the Nuremberg Trials, which sought to hold former members of the Nazi regime accountable for their crimes. In this conversation hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, he recounts his early life in New York City, his service in the U.S. Army, and his memories of Nuremberg.

 

Thursday, January 28
America's Colonial & Founding Period
University of Delaware professor Zara Anishanslin teaches a class about how colonial history is remembered through historic sites and monuments, and sometimes contested. She argues that our assumptions about Colonial America are influenced by material and popular culture, including paintings depicting early American history in the U.S. Capitol and statues of Columbus and Pocahontas.

 

Friday, January 29
Apollo Program
On April 24, 1971, approximately 175,000 people gathered on the National Mall to oppose the Vietnam War. In the days following the peaceful protest, about 45,000 anti-war activists stayed in the city to begin a series of "May Day" actions blocking access to government buildings and disrupting traffic. As stated in their widely circulated tactical manual, their goal was to shut down the federal government. The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department produced "The Whole World is Watching," a film documenting these events including the May 3, 1971 arrest of more than 7,000 people - the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.

 

American History TV. All weekend - every weekend. And also on Washington Journal this week.