related to the u.s.'s role in the war. plus conversations with memorial and museum staff as well as two world war i historians. later the commemorative ceremony hosted by the u.s. world war i centennial commission. watch american history tv prime time thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern within on lectures in history, jeffrey john on on the 1916 bombing at san francisco's preparedness day. >> what happened next, just after 2:00 p.m., half an hour into the parade, the local press would deem one of the most pathetic results of the explosion and of the parade. >> and at 10:00 on reel america, the 1915 film "on the firing line with the germans". >> look on the back. he's kneeling. one of the few times you see a

pipe. he's loading film in his camera. that's what i do. watch the guy there. he just got hit. >> sunday on american artifacts we visit the portrait gallery of the second bank of the united states in philadelphia. >> inside what we have is a fine arts exhibit where e include portraits from the 18th and 19th century to tell the story of what it was like to live in 18th century america. the world that those people knew and the world that the revolution built. >> and and the 8:00, historians discuss the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. >> washington is a horse whisperer. he himself is a person of volcanic temperament. but he learns to control himself. he learns self mastery and he's a horse whisperer who calms the very high strung, very skittish, very fast alexander hamilton. and hamilton, when washington

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c-span.org/classroom. next on american history tv, historians debate the reagan administration's legacy on global politics. they also explore how ronald reagan responded to international events throughout his presidency. from the clements center in austin texas, this is almost two hours. so i was telling my kids about this conference yesterday and they were reminding me of the movie "back to the future." and there's that wonderful moment in there where marty mcfly, michael j. fox, is talking about the scientist professor, the mad scientist professor and he asked him something about the future. and he says in the future ronald reagan will be president. what the movie actor, that's crazy. my