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Saturday
8:01AM EDTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
8:17AM EDTReel America "The United Nations and World Disputes" - 1950
8:38AM EDTReel America "Seeds of Destiny" - 1946
8:58AM EDTReel America "Army in Action - The Cobra Strikes" - 1965
9:27AM EDTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
9:40AM EDTThe Presidency Lou Hoover's 1921 Cross Country Road Trip
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
10:55AM EDTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. Al Gore
12:35PM EDTThe Presidency The Presidency as an Institution
1:35PM EDTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
1:55PM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
2:34PM EDT20th Century African American Activism in Detroit
3:11PM EDTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jonathan Darman,"Landslide" & Chase Untermeyer, "When Things Went Right"
4:45PM EDTNational World War I Memorial
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Black Religious Politics After Emancipation
6:55PM EDTThe Civil War Little Round Top & Union Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
9:15PM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
10:00PM EDTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
10:16PM EDTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
10:34PM EDTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
11:04PM EDTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
1:15AM EDTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
1:45AM EDTNational World War I Memorial
1:57AM EDTAmerican History TV
2:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf
3:04AM EST"Dogfight Over Tokyo"
4:00AM ESTThe Civil War Black Religious Politics After Emancipation
4:55AM ESTThe Civil War Little Round Top & Union Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
6:00AM ESTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
7:15AM ESTKenneth Gibson, Newark's First Black Mayor
8:00AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Ian Buruma, "Year Zero"
9:15AM ESTThe Presidency John F. Kennedy & Women's Rights
10:00AM ESTThe Civil War Interpreting Appomattox
10:54AM ESTThe Civil War Civil War Monuments
11:48AM ESTReel America "The Vote" - 1963
12:00PM ESTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - Al Gore v. George W. Bush
1:34PM ESTSpeaker of the House Elections
2:30PM ESTPresidential Debates 2004 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. John Kerry
4:00PM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
4:17PM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
4:35PM ESTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
5:04PM ESTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
6:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Congress Hall
6:35PM ESTAfrican American Voting Rights
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt
9:20PM ESTReel America President Richard Nixon "Silent Majority" Speech on Vietnam War
10:00PM ESTAmerican Artifacts Congress Hall
10:35PM ESTAfrican American Voting Rights
Monday
12:00AM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt
1:19AM ESTReel America President Richard Nixon "Silent Majority" Speech on Vietnam War
1:51AM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
2:01AM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
2:17AM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
2:35AM ESTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
3:05AM ESTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
3:55AM ESTAfrican American Businessman John Hervey Wheeler
4:45AM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
4:55AM ESTPresidential Debates 2000 Presidential Debate - Al Gore v. George W. Bush
6:30AM ESTPresidential Debates 2004 Presidential Debate - George W. Bush v. John Kerry
9:31AM ESTLectures in History Presidential Debates
10:28AM ESTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
11:23AM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
11:41AM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
1:30PM ESTLectures in History Presidential Debates
2:28PM ESTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
3:22PM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
3:41PM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
5:30PM ESTLectures in History Presidential Debates
6:27PM ESTLectures in History Presidents & Campaign Communications Since 1900
7:22PM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
7:41PM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
8:00PM ESTPresidential Campaign Commercials
9:30PM ESTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
10:45PM ESTLectures in History Electoral College
11:51PM ESTRoad to the White House John F. Kennedy Address on Church & State
Tuesday
12:35AM ESTReel America "The Myth of the Great Society" - 1966
1:19AM ESTPresidential Campaign Commercials
2:50AM ESTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
4:04AM ESTLectures in History Electoral College
5:10AM ESTRoad to the White House John F. Kennedy Address on Church & State
5:59AM ESTPresidential Campaign Commercials
9:07AM ESTLectures in History Presidential Campaign Advertising
10:21AM ESTLectures in History Electoral College
11:27AM ESTRoad to the White House John F. Kennedy Address on Church & State
8:00PM ESTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Life & Legacy
10:54PM ESTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
11:46PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Jared Cohen, "Accidental Presidents"
Wednesday
12:50AM ESTDwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Dedication
2:22AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
3:04AM ESTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Life & Legacy
4:01AM ESTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
4:53AM ESTHistory Bookshelf Jared Cohen, "Accidental Presidents"
5:57AM ESTDwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Dedication
7:29AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
8:00AM ESTThe Presidency Thomas Jefferson's Life & Legacy
8:56AM ESTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt's Life & Legacy
8:00PM ESTSpeaker of the House Elections
8:57PM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
9:28PM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 20th Century
10:12PM ESTProgressive Era Tax Reform
11:10PM ESTPolitics of Income Tax, 1930s-1980s
Thursday
12:07AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 1
12:37AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 2
1:09AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
1:40AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
2:11AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 20th Century
2:56AM ESTProgressive Era Tax Reform
3:55AM ESTPolitics of Income Tax, 1930s-1980s
4:54AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 1
5:24AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 2
5:56AM ESTSpeaker of the House Elections
6:53AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 19th Century
7:24AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of African Americans in Congress - 20th Century
8:10AM ESTProgressive Era Tax Reform
9:08AM ESTPolitics of Income Tax, 1930s-1980s
10:07AM ESTAmerican Artifacts History of Women in Congress Part 1
8:00PM ESTThe Civil War Elmira Union Prisoner of War Camp
8:43PM ESTThe Civil War Fort Sumter and First Shots of the Civil War
9:27PM ESTThe Civil War 1862 Loudoun Valley Campaign
10:11PM ESTThe Civil War Disease, Death and Civil War Medicine
10:55PM ESTThe Civil War Union Gen. George Sears Greene at Gettysburg
11:43PM ESTThe Civil War 1862 Confederate Raid on Chambersburg
Friday
12:30AM ESTThe Civil War Elmira Union Prisoner of War Camp
1:13AM ESTThe Civil War Fort Sumter and First Shots of the Civil War
1:57AM ESTThe Civil War 1862 Loudoun Valley Campaign
2:41AM ESTThe Civil War Disease, Death and Civil War Medicine
3:25AM ESTThe Civil War Union Gen. George Sears Greene at Gettysburg
4:13AM ESTThe Civil War 1862 Confederate Raid on Chambersburg
5:01AM ESTThe Civil War Elmira Union Prisoner of War Camp
5:45AM ESTThe Civil War Fort Sumter and First Shots of the Civil War
6:28AM ESTThe Civil War 1862 Loudoun Valley Campaign
7:12AM ESTThe Civil War Disease, Death and Civil War Medicine
8:00PM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
8:10PM ESTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
8:29PM ESTReel America "The United Nations and World Disputes" - 1950
8:51PM ESTReel America "Seeds of Destiny" - 1946
9:13PM ESTReel America "Army in Action - The Cobra Strikes" - 1965
9:44PM ESTHistory Bookshelf Ian Buruma, "Year Zero"
10:59PM ESTReel America "World Charter Signed" - 1945
11:09PM ESTReel America U.S. Information Service Film, "San Francisco 1945"
11:28PM ESTReel America "The United Nations and World Disputes" - 1950
11:50PM ESTReel America "Seeds of Destiny" - 1946
Saturday
12:13AM ESTReel America "Army in Action - The Cobra Strikes" - 1965
12:15AM ESTReel America "Army in Action - The Cobra Strikes" - 1965
8:01AM ESTReel America "Tuesday in November" - 1945
8:20AM ESTReel America "The Election of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States" - 1960
8:40AM ESTReel America "Richard M. Nixon - the New President" - 1968
9:10AM ESTReel America "Election 1976 - Day of Decision"
10:00AM ESTAmerican Artifacts Congress Hall
10:35AM ESTAfrican American Voting Rights
12:00PM ESTThe Presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt
1:17PM ESTAmerican History TV

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