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Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.

In January, 2011, C-SPAN expanded its programming offerings with a new history-based service airing weekends on C-SPAN3. American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story.

C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations in January 2001 as a digital service. C-SPAN3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable TV households and is streamed live online at C-SPAN.org.

At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers."

Most Recent American Artifacts Videos

December 5, 2015
Dissolving the House of Burgesses

Colonial Williamsburg interpreters portrayed a scene from May 26, 1774, the day Lord Dunmore, Virginia’s royal governor,…
January 31, 2021
Plymouth Colony Pilgrims

At Plimoth Patuxet in Plymouth, Massachusetts, we explored the recreated 17th-century colonial village and spoke with…
June 17, 2017
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Top Cottage

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2017 LCV Cities Tour” in Hyde Park, New York, from May…

September 11, 2016
Flight 93 National Memorial

National Park Service Ranger Adam Shaffer gave a tour of the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville,…
June 15, 2019
Motor City Exhibit

Detroit’s auto industry began in the 1890s, and by the early 1900s the city was attracting workers from around the world looking for high paying factory jobs. Joel…
July 19, 2020
Fort Monroe Casemate Museum

Fort Monroe Casemate Museum director Robin Reed gave a tour showcasing the coastal Virginia fort’s history from the…