pledge. if i fail to do so, i expect the american people to hold me accountable for that failure. but while i will never raise false expectations, my deepest hope as i speak to you tonight is that we shall be able to look back on this day at that critical turning point, when american initiative moved us off dead center, and forward to the time when this war would be brought to an end, and when we shall be what to devote the unlimited energies and dedication of the american people to the exciting challenges of peace. thank you. and good night. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend. archivedr programs are on our website, www.c-span.org.

you can watch tours of historic and seerchival films our schedule of upcoming programs. that's www.c-span.org/history. >> this weekend, american history tv joins our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of milwaukee. to watch more video, visit /citiestour.journa www.c-span.og we continue with our history of milwaukee. >> we toured the city on one of its biggest exports -- the harley davidson motorcycle. i'm here with tim mccormick. what is hardly's ties -- harley's ties to wisconsin? home've called wisconsin for 116 years now. >> very cool. i can think of no better way to

see the city of milwaukee than on the back of one of the motorcycles. >> we have a 2019 heritage soft tail. we will be writing and style -- riding in style throughout milwaukee today. with lake michigan surrounding us, we crossed the bridge. immersedfind ourselves in the city. downtown toop is learn about the city's place in pop culture. tuesday, wednesday, happy days ♪ days wasct that happy set in milwaukee is a point of pride for our city. we are standing on milwaukee's riverwalk. we are in the heart of downtown

milwaukee. behind me is the milwaukee river, which stretches from the north side into lake michigan. of course, you have all the great downtown architecture behind me. days was set here in milwaukee. were08, we decided we going to commission a statute to commemorate the fonz for everything he had done to put milwaukee on the map. as you can see, this is one of the most popular tourist spots in the city. it's one of the most wonderfully random things we have on the riverwalk. pictureske to take giving the thumbs up. happy days was definitely a slice of life of what it was

like in milwaukee at that time. >> next, it's on to the banks of the milwaukee river to learn brewers. fictional ♪ ♪ were going to make our dreams come true doing it our way ♪ >> we are at lakefront brewery on the banks of the milwaukee river just north of downtown. we are a small brewery, one of the more innovative breweries in town. our tour does have pop-culture involved. we have laverne & shirley at the end. everyone gets to raise their fist. laverne & shirley is a tv

program from the 1970's. four years in a row, it was the number one tv show in the united states. it was about two ladies who worked at a brewery in milwaukee. the show was representative of milwaukee because they were a common people. they worked on the floor of the brewery, which a lot of people can relate to. they were very fun and energetic. people enjoyed them in general. it was someone everyone could look to and find a part of them in. staff cities tour recently traveled to milwaukee to learn about its rich history. www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. next, a talk cohosted by the

harry s truman presidential library and museum and the library institute on alice dunnigan, discussing her life and legacy as a trailblazing journalist. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the truman presidential library and museum. i am kurt graham, the museum director. i appreciate you being here to enjoy this program and to celebrate an important legacy with us. we are in the legacy business and when we celebrate harry truman's legacy we find that we end up celebrity a lot of legacies as well, and i think that speaks volumes about who harry truman was. i want to begin by thanking some folks tonight -- the truman library institute who sponsored so much of what we do.