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November 24, 2011
History of the White House Thanksgiving Turkey Pardons

A short history was shown of presidential turkey pardons on Thanksgiving.
November 22, 2020
Virtual Mayflower Project

Director Robert Stone talked about the Virtual Mayflower Project which uses virtual reality to recreate the ship that…

November 21, 2020
The Pilgrims

This classroom film dramatizes the Pilgrim’s flight from religious persecution in England to the Netherlands, then 12…
November 2, 2020
Electoral College

University of Utah Political Science Professor James Curry taught a class about the creation of the Electoral College…

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Thursday
8:00AM ESTVirtual Mayflower Project
8:35AM ESTPilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
9:15AM ESTWampanoag People
10:05AM ESTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
10:15AM ESTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
10:37AM ESTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
10:53AM ESTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
11:03AM ESTReel America "The Beginning at Plymouth Colony" - 1954
11:19AM ESTFormer Senator Sam Nunn D-Georgia - the Cold War at 75
12:25PM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
1:15PM ESTGlobal History of the 19th Amendment
2:19PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
3:16PM ESTReel America "Discover America" - 1967
4:02PM ESTReel America "Wonderful World" - 1959
4:46PM ESTReel America "Welcome Home" - 1945
5:06PM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Florence Harding
6:00PM ESTSlavery & the Constitution
7:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 1
7:28PM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 2
8:00PM ESTVirtual Mayflower Project
8:35PM ESTPilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
9:15PM ESTWampanoag People
10:05PM ESTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
10:15PM ESTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
10:36PM ESTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
10:52PM ESTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
11:03PM ESTReel America "The Beginning at Plymouth Colony" - 1954
11:20PM ESTFormer Senator Sam Nunn D-Georgia - the Cold War at 75
Friday
12:25AM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
1:15AM ESTGlobal History of the 19th Amendment
2:18AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
3:15AM ESTReel America "Discover America" - 1967
4:01AM ESTReel America "Wonderful World" - 1959
4:45AM ESTReel America "Welcome Home" - 1945
5:05AM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Florence Harding
6:00AM ESTSlavery & the Constitution
7:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 1
7:28AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 2
8:00AM ESTOrigins of U.S. Policies Toward Native Americans
8:35AM ESTChief Justice John Marshall & the Cherokee Cases
9:45AM ESTTrail of Tears
10:25AM ESTSlavery & Native American Displacement
11:10AM ESTCherokee Nation After The Trail of Tears
12:15PM ESTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
1:20PM ESTNative American Activist Vine Deloria
2:25PM ESTNational Native American Veterans Memorial Design
3:20PM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian Photo Collections
4:01PM ESTOrigins of U.S. Policies Toward Native Americans
4:35PM ESTChief Justice John Marshall & the Cherokee Cases
5:45PM ESTTrail of Tears
6:25PM ESTSlavery & Native American Displacement
7:10PM ESTCherokee Nation After The Trail of Tears
8:15PM ESTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
9:20PM ESTNative American Activist Vine Deloria
10:25PM ESTNational Native American Veterans Memorial Design
11:20PM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian Photo Collections
Saturday
12:01AM ESTOrigins of U.S. Policies Toward Native Americans
12:35AM ESTChief Justice John Marshall & the Cherokee Cases
1:45AM ESTTrail of Tears
2:30AM ESTSlavery & Native American Displacement
3:15AM ESTCherokee Nation After The Trail of Tears
4:15AM ESTSouthern Native American Culture Before Europeans
5:20AM ESTNative American Activist Vine Deloria
6:25AM ESTNational Native American Veterans Memorial Design
7:19AM ESTAmerican Artifacts National Museum of the American Indian Photo Collections
8:01AM ESTReel America "The Pilgrims" - 1955
8:22AM ESTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
8:38AM ESTReel America "Early Settlers of New England, Salem, 1626-1629" - 1940
8:49AM ESTReel America "The Beginning at Plymouth Colony" - 1954
9:01AM ESTReel America "The Voyage of the Mayflower II" - 1957
9:10AM ESTVirtual Mayflower Project
9:45AM ESTPilgrim Story & Mayflower II Tour
10:30AM ESTWampanoag People
11:25AM ESTThe Presidency Harry S. Truman - The Accidental President
12:25PM ESTSlavery & the Constitution
1:30PM ESTTheodore Roosevelt on Race and Women
2:31PM ESTTheodore Roosevelt and the Navy
3:43PM ESTReel America "Plymouth Colony - The First Year" - 1980
4:00PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
5:00PM ESTWilliam Bradford & Plymouth Colony
6:02PM ESTThe Civil War Labor, Money & Manpower During the Civil War
7:00PM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
7:49PM ESTMorehead Planetarium & Science Center
8:00PM ESTLectures in History James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
9:04PM ESTMayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
10:02PM ESTReel America "Crisis in Levittown, PA" - 1957
10:33PM ESTReel America "All the Way Home" - 1957
11:03PM ESTReel America "In the Suburbs" - 1957
11:22PM ESTReel America "American Look" - 1958
Sunday
12:00AM ESTLectures in History James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
1:05AM ESTMayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
2:02AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Nathaniel Philbrick, "Mayflower"
3:00AM ESTWilliam Bradford & Plymouth Colony
4:00AM ESTThe Civil War Labor, Money & Manpower During the Civil War
5:05AM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
5:55AM ESTLectures in History James Buchanan & William Rufus King Relationship
6:58AM ESTMayflower Compact & Religious Liberty
8:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Lawrence Kudlow & Brian Domitrovic, "JFK and the Reagan Revolution"
8:55AM ESTHistorical Research in Fiction & Nonfiction
10:00AM ESTCivil War Veterans & Opiate Addiction
11:15AM ESTVeterans and Nuclear Radiation Exposure
11:50AM ESTLectures in History New Deal Politics & Public Opinion
12:45PM ESTLeprosy Treatment & Stigma
1:50PM ESTU.S. Domestic Politics & Treaty of Versailles
3:00PM ESTNational Army Museum Opening Ceremony
3:34PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Arlington National Cemetery 1915 Memorabilia Box
4:00PM ESTReel America "Crisis in Levittown, PA" - 1957
4:31PM ESTReel America "All the Way Home" - 1957
5:01PM ESTReel America "In the Suburbs" - 1957
5:20PM ESTReel America "American Look" - 1958
5:49PM ESTTexas A&M Corps of Cadets
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts JFK Assassination Records
6:30PM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
7:20PM ESTNational Army Museum Opening Ceremony
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
9:00PM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts JFK Assassination Records
10:30PM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
11:20PM ESTNational Army Museum Opening Ceremony
11:54PM ESTHistory of UNC
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
1:00AM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
2:00AM ESTReel America "Crisis in Levittown, PA" - 1957
2:31AM ESTReel America "All the Way Home" - 1957
3:01AM ESTReel America "In the Suburbs" - 1957
3:20AM ESTReel America "American Look" - 1958
3:48AM ESTIndigenous People of the Great Plains
4:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts JFK Assassination Records
4:30AM ESTFormer Secretary of State James Baker on Leadership & His Career
5:20AM ESTNational Army Museum Opening Ceremony
6:00AM ESTThe Presidency Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum
7:00AM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
8:01AM ESTGlobal History of the 19th Amendment
9:04AM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
10:04AM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Florence Harding
10:49AM ESTSouthern White Women Slave Owners
11:51AM EST"Suffrage - Women's Long Battle for the Vote"
12:50PM ESTGlobal History of the 19th Amendment
1:52PM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
2:51PM ESTThe Presidency First Lady Florence Harding
3:35PM ESTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
3:52PM ESTSouthern White Women Slave Owners
4:54PM ESTGlobal History of the 19th Amendment
5:57PM ESTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
6:56PM ESTSouthern White Women Slave Owners
8:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Warren Commission Records
8:53PM ESTReel America "Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President, The Tragic Death of President Kennedy"
9:04PM ESTThe Presidency The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
11:15PM ESTAmerican Artifacts JFK Assassination Records
11:45PM ESTReel America Candlelight Memorial Service for President Kennedy - 1963
Tuesday
1:25AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Warren Commission Records
2:19AM ESTReel America "Lyndon B. Johnson Becomes President, The Tragic Death of President Kennedy"
2:29AM ESTThe Presidency The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
4:41AM ESTAmerican Artifacts JFK Assassination Records
5:10AM ESTReel America Candlelight Memorial Service for President Kennedy - 1963
8:00PM ESTWomen and the Apollo Program
8:53PM ESTApollo's Political & Foreign Policy Impact
10:19PM ESTReel America Houston, We've Got a Problem"
10:48PM ESTApollo Spacesuits
11:47PM ESTGeoscience Lessons from Apollo 11
Wednesday
1:30AM ESTWomen and the Apollo Program
2:23AM ESTApollo's Political & Foreign Policy Impact
3:49AM ESTReel America Houston, We've Got a Problem"
4:18AM ESTApollo Spacesuits
5:17AM ESTGeoscience Lessons from Apollo 11
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Jacqueline Kennedy & the Mona Lisa
8:47PM ESTReel America "Fresh Colors" - 1970
9:08PM ESTInterpreting the American Revolution & Civil War
10:54PM ESTPainting Abraham Lincoln
Thursday
12:10AM ESTReel America "American Illustrator" - 1962
12:34AM ESTWorld War II and Innovations in Art
1:26AM ESTThe Presidency Jacqueline Kennedy & the Mona Lisa
2:14AM ESTReel America "Fresh Colors" - 1970
2:35AM ESTInterpreting the American Revolution & Civil War
4:20AM ESTPainting Abraham Lincoln
5:24AM ESTReel America "American Illustrator" - 1962
5:49AM ESTWorld War II and Innovations in Art

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