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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

September 17, 2017
Drafting the U.S. Constitution

Jeffrey Rosen gave a tour of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia and spoke about the creation of the U.S.…
January 20, 2019
Battle of Little Bighorn

American History TV toured the National Museum of the American Indian “Americans” exhibit with curator Cecile…
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…

April 21, 2018
Billy Graham and the Cove

Pastor Billy Graham built a religious retreat in Asheville, North Carolina, called the Cove. His first child, Virginia “Gigi” Graham, talked…
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…
May 1, 2021
Washington, D.C., Tidal Basin and Cherry Blossoms

Every spring, thousands of people visit the Washington, D.C., Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. Memorials to Thomas…