C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Legacy of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Congress Investigates: World War II Military Production
59 minutesIn the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.
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B.J. Hollars, "Wisconsin for Kennedy"
48 minutesAuthor B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and creating an aura of inevitability. His research uncovered oral histories with long forgotten characters in this story, including a cranberry farmer, union leader, mayor and an architect.
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Stuart Reid, "The Lumumba Plot"
1 hour, 15 minutesForeign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
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State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour
45 minutesAmerican History TV toured the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America's first diplomat, Benjamin Franklin, with author Stacy Schiff. The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, beginning in President Kennedy's administration, were designed to reflect America's history and heritage, and to provide a stage for the nation's statecraft.
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Mark Calhoun, "General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army"
1 hour, 1 minuteAuthor Mark Calhoon discussed General Lesley McNair's organizational and strategic influence on the U.S. Army during World War II. He's interviewed by author John McManus ("To the End of the Earth"). This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Legacy of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
1 hour, 8 minutesAuthors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Congress Investigates: World War II Military Production
59 minutesIn the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.
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B.J. Hollars, "Wisconsin for Kennedy"
48 minutesAuthor B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and creating an aura of inevitability. His research uncovered oral histories with long forgotten characters in this story, including a cranberry farmer, union leader, mayor and an architect.
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Stuart Reid, "The Lumumba Plot"
1 hour, 14 minutesForeign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
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State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour
42 minutesAmerican History TV toured the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America's first diplomat, Benjamin Franklin, with author Stacy Schiff. The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, beginning in President Kennedy's administration, were designed to reflect America's history and heritage, and to provide a stage for the nation's statecraft.
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Mark Calhoun, "General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army"
1 hour, 3 minutesAuthor Mark Calhoon discussed General Lesley McNair's organizational and strategic influence on the U.S. Army during World War II. He's interviewed by author John McManus ("To the End of the Earth"). This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Legacy of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Congress Investigates: World War II Military Production
59 minutesIn the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.
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B.J. Hollars, "Wisconsin for Kennedy"
51 minutesAuthor B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and creating an aura of inevitability. His research uncovered oral histories with long forgotten characters in this story, including a cranberry farmer, union leader, mayor and an architect.
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Stuart Reid, "The Lumumba Plot"
1 hour, 18 minutesForeign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
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State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour
46 minutesAmerican History TV toured the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America's first diplomat, Benjamin Franklin, with author Stacy Schiff. The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, beginning in President Kennedy's administration, were designed to reflect America's history and heritage, and to provide a stage for the nation's statecraft.
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Mark Calhoun, "General Lesley J. McNair - Unsung Architect of the U.S. Army"
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor Mark Calhoon discussed General Lesley McNair's organizational and strategic influence on the U.S. Army during World War II. He's interviewed by author John McManus ("To the End of the Earth"). This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Legacy of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe
1 hour, 3 minutesAuthors Christopher Browning ("Ordinary Men") and Alexandra Richie ("Warsaw 1944") discussed the legacy and memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. This event took place during the 2023 International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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Oral Histories: Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
14 minutesVirginia Lee Dornheggen recounted her time as a U.S. Army nurse during the Vietnam War.She described injuries she treated, the night the hospital came under fire, and the job's impact on her life. This video is courtesy of the Veterans History Project and Atlanta History Center's Kenan Research Center.
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Congress Investigates: World War II Military Production
59 minutesIn the 1940s, a Senate committee led by Senator and future President Harry Truman examined the national defense program and whether there was corruption in defense contracting.
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B.J. Hollars, "Wisconsin for Kennedy"
50 minutesAuthor B.J. Hollars revealed how Senator John Kennedy - in a political first - sought to position himself as the Democratic presidential nominee by winning the 1960 Wisconsin primary and creating an aura of inevitability. His research uncovered oral histories with long forgotten characters in this story, including a cranberry farmer, union leader, mayor and an architect.
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Stuart Reid, "The Lumumba Plot"
1 hour, 17 minutesForeign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
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State Department Diplomatic Reception Rooms Tour
44 minutesAmerican History TV toured the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America's first diplomat, Benjamin Franklin, with author Stacy Schiff. The Diplomatic Reception Rooms, beginning in President Kennedy's administration, were designed to reflect America's history and heritage, and to provide a stage for the nation's statecraft.
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James Fichter, "Tea - Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776"
1 hour, 4 minutesAuthor James Fichter talked about the role and politics of tea leading up to the American Revolution. Revolutionary Spaces in Boston hosted this program.
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Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler, "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?"
55 minutesPresidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House." Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.