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April 24, 2021
1864 Presidential Election

Christopher Newport University professor Jonathan White teaches a class about the 1864 presidential election pitting…
April 25, 2021
Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum

Director Kurt Graham talks about the renovation of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence,…

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Bay of Pigs 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, on April 17, 1961, a force of more than 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on…
April 10, 2021
Vietnam, Walter Cronkite and Public Opinion

On February 27, 1968, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite closed a special report on Vietnam with a pessimistic assessment of the U.S. war effort. Mr.…

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Thursday
6:58AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
8:18AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
8:01PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
9:03PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
9:49PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
10:08PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
11:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
Friday
12:01AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
1:33AM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
2:35AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
3:21AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
3:40AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
4:32AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
5:33AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
7:06AM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
8:07AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
8:53AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
9:13AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
10:05AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
11:06AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
12:39PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:41PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
2:27PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
2:47PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
3:38PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
4:40PM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
6:13PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
7:15PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
8:01PM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
9:11PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
9:32PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
10:00PM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
11:02PM EDTBaseball & American Cities
Saturday
12:01AM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
1:11AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
1:31AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
2:00AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
3:02AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
4:01AM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
5:11AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
5:31AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
6:00AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
7:02AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
8:00AM EDT19th Century Irish Immigration
9:10AM EDTTribute to Walter Mondale
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
10:30AM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
11:10AM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
11:46AM EDTGlass City
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
12:40PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
1:25PM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
1:45PM EDTBasque Culture in Nevada
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
3:25PM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
4:55PM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
7:00PM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
8:00PM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
9:20PM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
10:00PM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
Sunday
12:05AM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
1:25AM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
2:05AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
3:00AM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
4:05AM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
5:05AM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
6:05AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
7:30AM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Linda Greenhouse, "The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right"
9:00AM EDTJames Baker & the End of the Cold War
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
11:10AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
12:00PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:00PM EDTHispanic American Soldiers in World War II
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:40PM EDTRapid City Flood of 1972
3:55PM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Washington, DC Tidal Basin & Cherry Blossoms
6:30PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
9:00PM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Washington, DC Tidal Basin & Cherry Blossoms
10:30PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
1:00AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
4:05AM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
5:05AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
5:59AM EDTJay Smith "Cheated"
6:15AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
8:00PM EDTCivil Rights Activism and 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
8:25PM EDTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
9:24PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Gretchen Sorin, "Driving While Black"
10:01PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Adrian Miller, "The President's Kitchen Cabinet''
10:40PM EDTReconstruction and Jim Crow Laws
11:24PM EDTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
Tuesday
12:12AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kent Garrett & Jeanne Ellsworth, "The Last Negroes at Harvard"
1:08AM EDTCivil Rights Activism and 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
1:34AM EDTAfrican American Women's Activism & Suffrage
2:32AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Gretchen Sorin, "Driving While Black"
3:10AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Adrian Miller, "The President's Kitchen Cabinet''
3:48AM EDTReconstruction and Jim Crow Laws
4:33AM EDTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
5:21AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kent Garrett & Jeanne Ellsworth, "The Last Negroes at Harvard"
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency President Ronald Reagan Economic Address to Congress
8:46PM EDTThe Presidency President Bill Clinton Economic Address to Congress
9:51PM EDTThe Presidency President George W. Bush Economic Address to Congress
10:50PM EDTThe Presidency President Barack Obama Economic Address to Congress
Wednesday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency President Ronald Reagan Economic Address to Congress
12:46AM EDTThe Presidency President Bill Clinton Economic Address to Congress
1:51AM EDTThe Presidency President George W. Bush Economic Address to Congress
2:50AM EDTThe Presidency President Barack Obama Economic Address to Congress
3:49AM EDTThe Presidency President Ronald Reagan Economic Address to Congress
4:35AM EDTThe Presidency President Bill Clinton Economic Address to Congress
5:40AM EDTThe Presidency President George W. Bush Economic Address to Congress
6:40AM EDTThe Presidency President Barack Obama Economic Address to Congress
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
8:29PM EDTHistoric Washington, D.C. Area Trees
9:17PM EDTGardening at Monticello
9:40PM EDTLectures in History Laura Watt on Landscape Preservation and National Parks
10:50PM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits National Parks
Thursday
12:16AM EDTThe Presidency White House Gardens
1:42AM EDTAmerican Artifacts U.S. Botanic Garden History
2:11AM EDTHistoric Washington, D.C. Area Trees
2:59AM EDTGardening at Monticello
3:23AM EDTLectures in History Laura Watt on Landscape Preservation and National Parks
4:32AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits National Parks
5:58AM EDTThe Presidency White House Gardens

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