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August 17, 2018
Aisne-Marne Cemetery World War I Memorial Ceremony

The U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, but it was a year later when American Army soldiers and Marines saw their…
July 21, 2018
The Vietnam War, 1965-75

San Diego State University professor Pierre Asselin taught a class on the Vietnam War, looking at the conflict from…

August 4, 2018
Honor, Dueling, and Slavery in the Antebellum South

Suffolk University professor Kenneth S. Greenberg taught a class on the role of honor and dueling in the lives of slave…
August 12, 2018
Why We Fight, Prelude to War

This is the first of seven films in the “Why We Fight” series, covering the outbreak of World War II to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The…

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Tuesday
7:25AM EDTLectures in History 20th Century UFO Conspiracies
8:42AM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
9:38AM EDTBorn for a Storm Exhibit
1:02PM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
1:58PM EDTLectures in History Jacksonian Democracy
3:48PM EDTHermitage
4:01PM EDTBorn for a Storm Exhibit
4:21PM EDTLectures in History Jacksonian Democracy
6:09PM EDTThe U.S. Army Before and After Andrew Jackson
8:02PM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
9:00PM EDTLiveLIVE Viewer Call-in with Jonathan Barth on Andrew Jackson's Presidency
9:46PM EDTLectures in History Jacksonian Democracy
11:35PM EDTHermitage
11:49PM EDTBorn for a Storm Exhibit
Wednesday
12:10AM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
1:05AM EDTLectures in History Jacksonian Democracy
2:54AM EDTHermitage
3:08AM EDTBorn for a Storm Exhibit
3:29AM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
4:24AM EDTLectures in History Jacksonian Democracy
6:13AM EDTHermitage
6:27AM EDTBorn for a Storm Exhibit
6:48AM EDTLectures in History Jonathan Barth on the Presidency of Andrew Jackson
8:00AM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
8:53AM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
10:15AM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
11:55AM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
12:46PM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
2:07PM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
3:50PM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
4:26PM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
4:41PM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
6:09PM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
7:00PM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
8:48PM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
9:39PM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
11:00PM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
Thursday
12:43AM EDTLectures in History African Americans During Reconstruction
1:19AM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
1:34AM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
3:05AM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
4:26AM EDTLectures in History Peter Kastor on U.S. From Reconstruction to the Progressive Era
6:12AM EDTLectures in History Historical Interpretations of Reconstruction
9:20AM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
10:39AM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
12:55PM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
2:14PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
4:27PM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
5:46PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
9:20PM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
10:39PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
Friday
12:52AM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
2:11AM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
4:27AM EDTLectures in History The Vietnam War, 1965-75
5:46AM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War's Operation Rolling Thunder
8:00AM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
9:03AM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
9:53AM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
11:16AM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
12:19PM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
1:09PM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
2:32PM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
3:35PM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
4:25PM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
5:48PM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
6:52PM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
8:00PM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
9:03PM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
9:53PM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
11:16PM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Saturday
12:19AM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
1:09AM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
2:32AM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
3:35AM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
4:25AM EDTLectures in History Luis Alvarez on Zoot Suits & Race Relations During World War II
5:48AM EDTLectures in History African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
6:52AM EDTLectures in History Federal Surveillance & Civil Rights
8:01AM EDTReel America Why We Fight, Divide and Conquer - 1943
9:00AM EDTPsychiatry & World War I Shell Shock
9:50AM EDTFDR Home Movie Collection
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts WWII Museum Road to Tokyo Exhibit
10:30AM EDTElizabeth Betty McIntosh & Operation Black Mail
11:40AM EDT1830s Cholera Epidemic and Indian Removal
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Harry S. Truman, Russia & the Cold War
1:48PM EDTIntegrating Department Store Workforces
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Women in Congress - Eva Clayton Interview
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Ann Blackman, Wild Rose
4:45PM EDTSouthern Black Educators & Desegregation
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Gettysburg - Devil's Den
7:00PM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Gettysburg - The Wheatfield
8:00PM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
9:10PM EDTDwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Colt
10:00PM EDTReel America Why We Fight, The Battle of Britain - 1943
10:55PM EDTAmerican Soldiers on the Western Front
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
1:10AM EDTDwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Colt
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Ann Blackman, Wild Rose
2:45AM EDTSouthern Black Educators & Desegregation
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Gettysburg - Devil's Den
5:00AM EDTThe Civil War Battle of Gettysburg - The Wheatfield
6:00AM EDTLectures in History Post-Vietnam War Refugees
7:10AM EDTDwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Colt
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Dan Hampton, The Flight
8:55AM EDTWashington DC's Lafayette Square
10:00AM EDTOral Histories Women in Congress - Helen Delich Bentley Interview
11:25AM EDTThe Civil War Civilian John Burns at the Battle of Gettysburg
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Environmental Movement & Litigation
1:10PM EDTCentennial of Quentin Roosevelt's Death
2:00PM EDTGettysburg National Park, 1917-18
3:20PM EDTWoodrow Wilson & World War I
4:00PM EDTReel America Why We Fight, The Battle of Britain - 1943
4:55PM EDTAmerican Soldiers on the Western Front
6:00PM EDTOral Histories Women in Congress - Helen Delich Bentley Interview
7:45PM EDT1830s Cholera Epidemic and Indian Removal
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Harry S. Truman, Russia & the Cold War
9:40PM EDT1915 & 1939 San Francisco World's Fairs
10:25PM EDTOral Histories Women in Congress - Helen Delich Bentley Interview
11:45PM EDT1830s Cholera Epidemic and Indian Removal
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Harry S. Truman, Russia & the Cold War
1:40AM EDT1915 & 1939 San Francisco World's Fairs
2:00AM EDTReel America Why We Fight, The Battle of Britain - 1943
2:55AM EDTAmerican Soldiers on the Western Front
4:00AM EDTDesegregation of the U.S. Military
5:10AM EDTFDR Home Movie Collection
5:20AM EDTGettysburg National Park, 1917-18
6:40AM EDTOral Histories Women in Congress - Helen Delich Bentley Interview

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