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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."

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August 9, 2020
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During the Great Depression and World War II, photographers working for the U.S. Government’s Farm Security…
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1930s-40s Color Photographs, Part 1

During the Great Depression and World War II, photographers working for the U.S. Government’s Farm Security…
August 2, 2020
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit

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June 17, 2018
World War II Museum "Road to Tokyo" Exhibit

New Orleans is the home to the National World War II Museum. Senior Historian Rob Citino gave a tour of the “Road to Tokyo” exhibit,…
October 20, 2019
World War II U.S. Army Battalion Aid Station

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January 26, 2020
Civil War Surgery and Embalming

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