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November 11, 2018
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

A French battlefield guide and an American historian toured the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in northeastern France.…
July 21, 2013
Dignified Transfer at Dover Air Force Base

Colonel John Devillier, commander of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, talked about the Port Mortuary and the importance of the dignified…

May 23, 2020
Welcome Home

Anticipating the return home of millions of service men and women after World War II, this film surveys the challenges…
May 8, 2020
V-E Day 75th Anniversary

Seventy-five years ago on May 8, 1945, the Allies accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces, bringing an end to hostilities…

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Tuesday
8:01AM EDTRichard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, "The Presidents"
9:29AM EDTThe Presidency The Presidents
12:05PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Presidents' Heads
12:37PM EDTJacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
1:30PM EDTInterpreting Abraham Lincoln
1:48PM EDTReel America Franklin Roosevelt Funeral United Newsreel - 1945
2:02PM EDTRichard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, "The Presidents"
3:31PM EDTThe Presidency The Presidents
6:07PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Presidents' Heads
6:39PM EDTJacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
7:31PM EDTInterpreting Abraham Lincoln
7:48PM EDTReel America Franklin Roosevelt Funeral United Newsreel - 1945
8:02PM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
9:34PM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
11:08PM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
Wednesday
12:42AM EDTU.S. Policymaking & Presidential Commissions
2:16AM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
3:47AM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
5:22AM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
6:56AM EDTU.S. Policymaking & Presidential Commissions
8:29AM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
10:01AM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
11:35AM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
1:10PM EDTU.S. Policymaking & Presidential Commissions
2:42PM EDTViolence in U.S. Politics
4:13PM EDTMedia, Technology & 20th Century Politics
5:47PM EDTBiography, Media & Political History
7:21PM EDTReel America Amendment to End the Vietnam War- 1970
8:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWI Meuse-Argonne Offensive
8:56PM EDTPsychological Impact on World War I Pilots
10:56PM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Lost Battalion
11:18PM EDTWorld War I U.S. Railroad Operations
Thursday
12:31AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
12:53AM EDTDomestic Unrest During & After World War I
1:52AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWI Meuse-Argonne Offensive
2:49AM EDTPsychological Impact on World War I Pilots
4:49AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Lost Battalion
5:10AM EDTWorld War I U.S. Railroad Operations
6:17AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
6:40AM EDTDomestic Unrest During & After World War I
9:16PM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Chapel Hill, North Carolina
10:31PM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Amarillo, Texas
11:41PM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits San Antonio, Texas
Friday
12:50AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Bryan-College Station, TX
2:41AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Chapel Hill, North Carolina
3:56AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Amarillo, Texas
5:06AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits San Antonio, Texas
6:08AM EDTC-SPAN Cities Tour Visits Bryan-College Station, TX
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
9:11PM EDTLectures in History Early Cold War U.S. Politics and Economics
10:16PM EDTLectures in History African Americans, Emancipation & Defining Freedom
11:10PM EDTLectures in History History of Abortion Legislation
Saturday
12:41AM EDTLectures in History 1890s Growing American Internationalism
1:52AM EDTReel America "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
2:08AM EDTLectures in History Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
3:19AM EDTLectures in History Early Cold War U.S. Politics and Economics
4:25AM EDTLectures in History African Americans, Emancipation & Defining Freedom
5:18AM EDTLectures in History History of Abortion Legislation
6:43AM EDTLectures in History 1890s Growing American Internationalism
7:55AM EDTReel America "Meet Your Federal Government" - 1946
8:00AM EDTReel America "Discover America" - 1967
8:45AM EDTReel America "Wonderful World" - 1959
9:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The Road to Berlin Part 1
10:05AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Mobile, Alabama African American Heritage Trail - Part 1
11:00AM EDTClotilda Slave Ship Descendants' Reunion
11:40AM EDTReel America "Welcome Home" - 1945
12:00PM EDTJacqueline Kennedy Televised White House Tour
12:55PM EDTSuffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2:00PM EDTU.S. Politics & Government in the 1790s
3:35PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Pocahontas & American Indian Imagery
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
5:00PM EDTThe Civil War U.S. Constitution and Secession
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
6:55PM EDTHistorical Perspectives on Pandemics
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Spanish-American War
9:10PM EDTHistory Bookshelf David King, "The Trial of Adolf Hitler"
10:00PM EDTReel America "A National Program in the Tennessee Valley" - 1936
10:50PM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
11:05PM EDTReel America "Let's Go America!" - 1936
11:15PM EDTSupreme Court Dissenting Opinions
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Spanish-American War
1:10AM EDTThe Civil War The Union Army's Irish Brigade
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Sheila Tate, "Lady in Red"
3:00AM EDTThe Civil War U.S. Constitution and Secession
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Civil War Origins of Frontier Outlaws
4:55AM EDTHistorical Perspectives on Pandemics
6:00AM EDTThe Civil War The Union Army's Irish Brigade
6:50AM EDTLectures in History Spanish-American War
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Stephen Coss, "The Fever of 1721"
9:00AM EDTAmerican Relief Administration & 1921-22 Soviet Famine
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Ulysses S. Grant
11:05AM EDTOrigins of Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Nixon, Ford & the Constitution
1:20PM EDTReel America "Victory Round-Up" - May 1945 United Newsreel
1:35PM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
2:30PM EDTLatino Americans & U.S. Politics
4:00PM EDTReel America "A National Program in the Tennessee Valley" - 1936
4:50PM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
5:05PM EDTReel America "Let's Go America!" - 1936
5:15PM EDTSupreme Court Dissenting Opinions
6:00PM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
6:55PM EDTReel America "All-American News" March 1944
7:05PM EDTRace and Education in Fascist Italy
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency LBJ "Peace Without Conquest" Vietnam Speech
8:35PM EDTStalin's Correspondence with Roosevelt & Churchill
9:45PM EDTReel America "The Year 1945" United Newsreel
10:00PM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
10:55PM EDTReel America "All-American News" March 1944
11:05PM EDTRace and Education in Fascist Italy
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency LBJ "Peace Without Conquest" Vietnam Speech
12:35AM EDTStalin's Correspondence with Roosevelt & Churchill
1:45AM EDTReel America "The Year 1945" United Newsreel
2:00AM EDTReel America "A National Program in the Tennessee Valley" - 1936
2:50AM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
3:05AM EDTReel America "Let's Go America!" - 1936
3:15AM EDTSupreme Court Dissenting Opinions
4:00AM EDTAfrican American Soldiers & Post-World War I Activism
4:55AM EDTReel America "All-American News" March 1944
5:05AM EDTRace and Education in Fascist Italy
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency LBJ "Peace Without Conquest" Vietnam Speech
6:35AM EDTStalin's Correspondence with Roosevelt & Churchill
7:45AM EDTReel America "The Year 1945" United Newsreel

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