Featured Programs

August 19, 2017
Declaration of Independence Manuscript Discovery

Danielle Allen and Emily Sneff spoke about their discovery in Sussex, England, of the second known parchment manuscript…
August 19, 2017
Korean War Remembered

Michael Devine gave a presentation titled “The Korean War Remembered.” Using photographs, posters and artwork,…

August 17, 2017
Don't Be a Sucker

Produced by the Department of War in 1947, this dramatized film uses the experience of a Hungarian American to warn…
August 20, 2017
1967 Newark "Rebellion"

A panel of Newark residents and activists talked about the impact of the 1967 riots and the change they prompted in New…

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Wednesday
7:14AM EDTDivisions in Modern Women's Movement
8:29AM EDTWomen of the White House
9:35AM EDTFirst Lady Florence Harding
8:00PM EDTSalem Witch Trials 101
9:10PM EDTSalem Witch Trials Legal Documents Project
10:30PM EDTSalem's "Witch City" Notoriety
Thursday
12:00AM EDTMemorializing Salem
8:00PM EDTJohn F. Kennedy's White House Campaign
9:30PM EDTJohn Quincy Adams and Slavery
10:45PM EDTNixon White House Recollections
11:50PM EDTJames Monroe's Life and Legacy
Friday
8:00PM EDTVirginia Capitol Building
8:24PM EDTHistory of the Texas State Capitol
8:31PM EDTCalifornia State Capitol
8:46PM EDTWisconsin State Capitol
8:57PM EDTPennsylvania State Capitol
9:10PM EDTKansas State Capitol
9:20PM EDTNebraska State Capitol Archives
9:30PM EDTKentucky Old State Capitol
9:42PM EDTOklahoma Capitol Building
9:57PM EDTOhio Statehouse Tour
10:07PM EDTSouth Carolina State House
10:20PM EDTMississippi's Old State Capitol
10:42PM EDTMaryland State House
10:55PM EDTNew York State Capitol Building
11:07PM EDTLouisiana Old State Capitol
11:16PM EDTLife and Death of Governor Huey Long
11:31PM EDTVirginia Capitol Building
11:55PM EDTHistory of the Texas State Capitol
Saturday
12:02AM EDTCalifornia State Capitol
12:17AM EDTWisconsin State Capitol
12:28AM EDTPennsylvania State Capitol
12:41AM EDTKansas State Capitol
12:51AM EDTNebraska State Capitol Archives
1:01AM EDTKentucky Old State Capitol
1:13AM EDTOklahoma Capitol Building
1:28AM EDTOhio Statehouse Tour
1:38AM EDTSouth Carolina State House
1:51AM EDTMississippi's Old State Capitol
2:13AM EDTMaryland State House
2:26AM EDTNew York State Capitol Building
2:38AM EDTLouisiana Old State Capitol
2:47AM EDTLife and Death of Governor Huey Long
8:01AM EDTThe Battle of China
9:05AM EDTLate 19th Century Violence in the Ozarks
10:10AM EDTSt. Elizabeths Hospital
11:10AM EDT1967 Newark "Rebellion"
12:10PM EDTTruman Administration and Latin America
12:55PM EDTSlavery and American Independence
2:00PM EDTHistorical Interpretation of Buffalo Bill
3:31PM EDTPiscataway Park
3:42PM EDTHome Front 1917-1919
4:00PM EDTShowdown
6:00PM EDTAbraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address
7:05PM EDTConversation with Lincoln Scholar Harold Holzer
9:40PM EDTNational World War I Museum and Memorial, Part 1
10:00PM EDTDon't Be a Sucker
10:36PM EDTWorld War II Veterans Discussion
Sunday
1:40AM EDTNational World War I Museum and Memorial, Part 1
2:00AM EDTShowdown
4:00AM EDTLate 19th Century Violence in the Ozarks
5:00AM EDT1967 Newark "Rebellion"
5:57AM EDTPiscataway Park
6:08AM EDTHome Front 1917-1919
6:30AM EDTHistorical Interpretation of Buffalo Bill
8:00AM EDT19 Weeks
8:45AM EDTWorld War I and Trench Warfare
10:10AM EDTCivil War, World War I, and "Total War"
11:10AM EDTWorld War II Veterans Discussion
12:35PM EDTAmerican World War II Orphans Network
1:45PM EDTKorean War Remembered
4:00PM EDTDon't Be a Sucker
4:36PM EDTWorld War II Veterans Discussion
6:00PM EDTPresidential Vehicles
6:25PM EDTBuffalo Bill Before the Wild West Shows
8:00PM EDTHerbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge
8:55PM EDTHolocaust Surviver Josaine Traum
10:00PM EDTPresidential Vehicles
10:25PM EDTBuffalo Bill Before the Wild West Shows
Monday
12:00AM EDTHerbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge
12:55AM EDTHolocaust Surviver Josaine Traum
2:00AM EDTDon't Be a Sucker
2:36AM EDTWorld War II Veterans Discussion
4:00AM EDTAmerican World War II Orphans Network
5:10AM EDTWorld War I and Trench Warfare

Most Recent American History TV Videos

July 1, 2017
African-American Poet Phillis Wheatley

English professor Barbara Lewis talked about the time in which poet Phillis Wheatley lived. She spoke about Boston’s treatment of slaves…
July 16, 2017
Challenges After Women's Suffrage

Professor Robyn Muncy talked about women’s voting rights following ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920. She…
April 23, 2017
First Lady Florence Harding

Katherine Sibley talked about how Florence Harding set new precedents as first lady by advocating for causes such as veterans'…
April 30, 2017
Women of the White House

Presidential historians talked about some of the country’s most influential first ladies, their relationships with…

August 13, 2017
Divisions in Modern Women's Movement

Marjorie Spruill talked about her book Divided We Stand, in which she chronicles the development of competing liberal and…
May 21, 2017
1790 Congressional Debate on Slavery and Race

History professor Paul Polgar talks about the federal Congress' first national debate on slavery and race held in 1790.…
July 1, 2017
Watergate Break-In 45th Anniversary

Former Senator Lowell Weicker (R-CT) and former Watergate committee staff talked about their work. Senator Weicker…
July 30, 2017
Partisan Politics and the Legacy of Newt Gingrich

Speakers talked about the historical and political legacy of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Speakers focused on two papers…