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October 1, 2017
U.S. Capitol Historical Society Presents Freedom Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society presented its 2017 Freedom Award to playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda for his work on the…
July 4, 2020
Fresh Colors

Directed and narrated by Czech political refugee and animator Paul Fierlinger, this film shows his arrival in the…

June 28, 2020
Traci Parker on the 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

In 1960, four African American students sat down at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launching…
March 21, 2020
Rethinking America's Founding Narrative

Constitutional law Professor Kermit Roosevelt presented a talk titled: “The Constitution and Declaration of Independence: A…

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Monday
7:35AM EDTReel America "American Illustrator" - 1962
8:00AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mamie Eisenhower
9:34AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Jacqueline Kennedy
11:38AM EDTJacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
12:31PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower's Life and Legacy
1:44PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Mamie Eisenhower
3:17PM EDTReel America All American News - January 1945
3:23PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Jacqueline Kennedy
5:27PM EDTJacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
6:20PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower's Life and Legacy
7:32PM EDTReel America All-American News - March 1945 Vol. 2
7:39PM EDTReel America "The Life of President Eisenhower" - 1953
11:06PM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
Tuesday
12:17AM EDTReel America All American News - January 1945
12:21AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
4:18AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
5:29AM EDTReel America All American News - January 1945
5:34AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
9:30AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
10:42AM EDTReel America All American News - January 1945
10:46AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
2:43PM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
3:58PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
9:35PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
Wednesday
12:08AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
2:54AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
5:27AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
8:12AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
10:44AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
9:35PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
11:57PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
Thursday
1:12AM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
2:03AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
3:38AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
7:15AM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
8:06AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
9:41AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
12:04PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
1:18PM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
9:35PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
Friday
12:37AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
1:22AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
2:57AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
5:59AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
6:44AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
8:19AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
11:22AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
10:44PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
Saturday
12:03AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
2:47AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
4:06AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
6:50AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
8:00AM EDTReel America "Fresh Colors" - 1970
8:25AM EDTReel America "Vision USA" - 1974
8:50AM EDTReel America "Vision USA" - 1978
9:20AM EDTThomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
9:45AM EDTAmerican Artifacts American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 1
10:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 2
11:00AM EDTReel America "American Illustrator" - 1962
11:25AM EDTAmerican Artifacts "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
12:15PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Grace Coolidge
1:50PM EDTReel America "United Nations Aids Republic of Korea in Her Fight Against Aggression" - 1950
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Courtland Cox
3:45PM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
4:45PM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
5:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
7:00PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
10:00PM EDTReel America "The American Revolution of '63" - NBC News Report
11:15PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran John Jefferies
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
2:45AM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
3:00AM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
4:45AM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
5:00AM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
6:00AM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf "For Liberty & Equality"
8:55AM EDTOral Histories Gloria Grinnell, Civil Rights History Project
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
10:50AM EDTNazi Germany & the Western Front
12:05PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam Anti-War Movement
1:15PM EDTU.S. Military Animals in World War II
2:05PM EDTThe Presidency Edith Roosevelt's Racial Views
3:00PM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge
4:00PM EDTReel America "The American Revolution of '63" - NBC News Report
5:15PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran John Jefferies
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
7:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
9:00PM EDTAHTV - Abraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
11:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
1:00AM EDTAHTV - Abraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership
2:00AM EDTOral Histories Courtland Cox
3:45AM EDTThe Presidency "Mrs. Roosevelt - Her Life in Pictures"
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
5:00AM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
7:00AM EDTAHTV - Abraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership

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