Upcoming Programs

September 21, 2019
Playwright August Wilson and Fences

Tulane University professor John “Ray” Proctor teaches a class about playwright August Wilson, his contribution to…
September 21, 2019
Cumberland Valley Railroad

The Gettysburg Heritage Center hosts a series of talks on various aspects of the Civil War.

Featured Programs

September 14, 2019
Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial

Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt taught a class about anti-Semitism in America and Holocaust denial. She shared the…
August 28, 2019
American Cartoons in World War II

Pace University professor Durahn Taylor taught a class on American cartoons in World War II and the ways they supported…

TV Schedule

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Saturday
8:01AM EDTReel America 1972 McGovern for President Campaign Film
8:29AM EDTReel America "Ronald Reagan, Citizen Governor" - 1968
9:10AM EDTShakespeare & U.S. Politics
10:15AM EDTAmerican Artifacts "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
11:25AM EDTOak Ridge, Tennessee After the Manhattan Project
12:35PM EDTThe Presidency FDR & Presidential Adviser Robert Jackson
1:35PM EDTLibrary of Congress in the Digital Age
2:50PM EDTPioneer Mother Statues & Monuments
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jan Van Meter, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
4:55PM EDTResearching the 1948 Lizzie Borden Ballet
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Cumberland Valley Railroad
7:00PM EDTThe Civil War Union Seventh West Virginia Infantry After the War
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Playwright August Wilson & "Fences"
9:15PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Margaret Creighton, "The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City"
10:00PM EDTReel America "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film
10:50PM EDTAlexander Hamilton's Military Career
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Playwright August Wilson & "Fences"
1:15AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Margaret Creighton, "The Electrifying Fall of Rainbow City"
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jan Van Meter, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
2:55AM EDTResearching the 1948 Lizzie Borden Ballet
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Cumberland Valley Railroad
5:00AM EDTThe Civil War Union Seventh West Virginia Infantry After the War
5:45AM EDTNew Research on Alexander Hamilton
6:50AM EDTOak Ridge, Tennessee After the Manhattan Project
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Pete Hegseth, "In the Arena"
9:00AM EDT1960s Black Freedom Movement
10:05AM EDTThe Civil War 1863 Tullahoma Campaign
11:00AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Violence
12:05PM EDTShakespeare & U.S. Politics
1:15PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Bradley Birzer, "Russell Kirk"
2:00PM EDTJames Turner & the Origins of Lansing
3:01PM EDTAmerican History TV
4:00PM EDTReel America "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film
4:50PM EDTAlexander Hamilton's Military Career
6:00PM EDTFirst Enslaved Africans 400th Anniversary
7:15PM EDT400th Anniversary of Virginia General Assembly - Part 2
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover's World War I Relief Work
8:45PM EDTAfrican American Activism Since 1619
10:00PM EDTFirst Enslaved Africans 400th Anniversary
11:15PM EDT400th Anniversary of Virginia General Assembly - Part 2
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover's World War I Relief Work
12:45AM EDTAfrican American Activism Since 1619
2:00AM EDTReel America "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film
2:50AM EDTAlexander Hamilton's Military Career
4:00AM EDTJames Turner & the Origins of Lansing
5:01AM EDTAmerican History TV
6:00AM EDTFirst Enslaved Africans 400th Anniversary
7:15AM EDTReel America "Motor Convoy" 1919 Silent Army Film

Most Recent American History TV Videos

September 15, 2019
Library of Congress in the Digital Age

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden talked with journalist Ray Suarez about running the library in the digital age. New York…
September 15, 2019
FDR and Presidential Adviser Robert Jackson

William Casto talked about FDR’s relationship with Robert Jackson, who served during his administration as solicitor general,…
September 15, 2019
Pioneer Mother Statues and Monuments

University of North Dakota History Professor Cynthia Culver Prescott talked about her book, Pioneer Mother Monuments:…
September 15, 2019
"Rockwell, Roosevelt, and the Four Freedoms" Exhibit

In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined what became known as the "Four Freedoms":…

September 14, 2019
Shakespeare and U.S. Politics

Shakespeare enthusiast and U.S. Senate Finance Committee Democratic Chief Counsel Michael Evans discussed how the Bard…
September 14, 2019
Ronald Reagan, Citizen Governor

This Citizens for Reagan Committee film promotes the California governor for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. The…
September 14, 2019
1972 McGovern for President Film

This 1972 campaign film paid for by the McGovern for President Committee features Democratic nominee Sen. George…
September 15, 2019
Oak Ridge, Tennessee After the Manhattan Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory veteran Al Ekkebus talked about the World War II nuclear weapons program known as the Manhattan…