this is american history tv, only on c-span3. >> on sunday, we visit the national museum of united statesrmy and -- in virginia to seem exhibit that looks at the army's role in shaping the national character and how it is reflecting changes in society. here's a preview. >> hello. my name is paul and i'm chief curator here at the national museum of the united states army. the museum's mission is to tell the armies story through the eyes of american soldiers. from 1775 to present day, the stories and artifacts that you find in this museum are very compelling. not only reflects the history of the army but the history of the united states as well. today, we are standing in the army society gallery which focuses on the relationship between the american public and the army. this is a very unique calorie. it is a standalone gallery, separate from our fighting for the nation gallery which is inside the wars, battles, and campaign soldiers have fought since the revolutionary war into afghanistan. military tactics, weapons, the type of uniforms they wore, punctuated with individual stories that tal

national women history museum is continuing to tell more of these stories. >> our hope building a national women's history museum on the national maul will not only educate and inspire, but help complete the story of american history. >> you can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website. cspan.org/history. >>> live this morning here on c-span3 fbi director christopher wray set to testify on the response to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. member of the senate judiciary committee expected to ask what mr. wray knew about the potential for violence on that day. this is his first testimony since that attack. you're watching live coverage of the hearing expected to start shortly right here on c-span3.

artifacts a visit to the a visit to the seminal seminal nation museum nation museum and in oklahoma to oklahoma to learn the story learn the story of the of the western tribe western tribe. >> hello, my. go >> oh name is lewis my johnson, i am name is lewis a seminole johnson i'm a tribal tribal member member with the seminole here with nation of oklahoma and we are here oklahoma. we are here today today at the seminole at the museum nation museum located located in the at the capital of the seminole nation of oklahoma capital of the seminal nation of oklahoma with woke oklahoma. so what we so what we have here today is have here today different exhibits that portrayed the history of the seminole people. as a people, before we are separated from our homes in florida, i'm actually -- which means like the twin chief. i'm the assistant chief of the seminole in oklahoma. i came into office in 2013, i'm in my second term here in 2019 and i have two more years to fulfill the second term. i think, you know, in many tribes of over 500 native tribes in america, that the seminoles are tribe that

doug the camel the national museum of civil war medicine hosted this program and provided the video. in 50 minutes mccormick civil war institute director jonathan noelis details union spy, rebecca wrights involvement in planning the battle of winchester and how this action impacted the rest of her life. and in two hours on lectures in history university of virginia professor william hitchcock teaches a class about the dawn of the cold war in the immediate aftermath of world war ii. hi there. i'm brad stone with the national museum of civil war medicine, and i'm here today to talk about the role that animals play during the civil war. they affected nearly every major aspect of the war and i'm really fortunate to be doing it today at this wonderful farm south mountain creamery in middletown, maryland the pharmacist historic and it's surrounded by a number of really important historic civil war sights in this area if you go a few miles to the east in historic frederick, you'll see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go if you'd like to have a fun wa

stone with the national museum of civil war medicine, and i'm here today to talk about the role that animals play during the civil war. they affected nearly every major aspect of the war. and i'm really fortunate to be doing it today at this wonderful farm, south mountain creamery in middle town, maryland. the pharmacist stork and it's surrounded by a number of really important historic civil war sites in this area. if you go a few miles to the east, and historic frederick, you'll see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go. if you'd like to have a fun way of going about how medical advances made in the civil war impact us in a beneficial way even today, near by that is the battlefield and monoxide and portland battled the civil war. now, if you go a bit west from this farm, you'll see the battlefield of antietam. one of the battles of the civil war, and now on that is harbors very. another prime historic site in the united states. so all of this is in this area. if you're visiting these prices, the farm here at south mountain creamery is a great

in with the national museum of civil war medicine. i am here to talk about the role of animals during the civil war. i'm really fortunate to be doing it today at this wonderful farm and mineral town -- in middletown, maryland. the farm is historic and surrounded by a number of really important historic sites in this area. if you go a few miles to the east, you will see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go to have a fun way to learn about the civil war, how it impacts us. if you go a bit west from this farm, you will see the battlefield of antietam, and not far beyond that, a harpers ferry , another hot historic site in the united states. so, all of this is in this area. the funding here in south mountain creamery, it's a great place to stop by. i highly recommend it. and we are really fortunate to have the owner of south mountain creamery here. tony, would you like to tell us a little bit about the history of the farm and what people can see and experience when they come here? tony: so, south mo

i'm the chief curator here at the national museum of the united states army. the museum is mission is to tell the army story through the eyes of american soldiers. from 1775 to present day the stories and the artifacts that you find in this museum are very very compelling not only reflects the history of the army. but the history of the united states as well. and today we are standing in the army society gallery which focuses on the relationship between the american public and the army. or this is a very unique gallery and it is a standalone gallery separate from our fighting for the nation galleries, which gives insight on the wars and the battles and the campaigns soldiers have fought since the revolutionary war up in afghanistan the military tactics the weapons the type of uniforms they were punctuated with individual soldier stories that not only talk about what the soldiers went through but also more context about the battles and or wars that they fall in kind of complementing that and strut, you know, the theme we stress here at the museum is the army va

in with the national museum of civil war medicine. i am here to talk about the role of animals during the civil war. i'm really fortunate to be doing it today at this wonderful farm and mineral town -- in middletown, maryland. the farm is historic and surrounded by a number of really important historic sites in this area. if you go a few miles to the east, you will see the national

in 30 minutes lora vogt with the , national world war i museum and memorial the correlations discusses the correlations between the 1918 pandemic and today's global crisis. joined by nancy bristow from the she isjoined by nancy bristow from the university of puget sound. and into hours on reel america, three films that were nominated for or won academy awards. fmr mayor riley: hello. i of joe riley, the former mayor of charleston, south carolina. i have been active in creating the international african-american museum to help create african-american history, american history, to present it to this region at our country. i am honored to be with dr. cleveland sellers and am proud to say a friend of long-standing and one of the heroes of the civil rights movement, a leader of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and a part of a peaceful protest to protest segregated bowling alleys at -- a segregated bowling alley at artwork, south carolina in 1968. he along with 40 other peaceful protesters were injured. he was shot, and three were killed and one of the most tragic moments in ou

eastern on american artifacts, we visit the national museum of the u.s. army in virginia. this masonic secretary and ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story, exploring the american story, watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. >> senators michael bennett and john hickenlooper and representative joe the ambiguous joined state and local officials to talk about r

when i helped build the national geographic museum of culture is because i thought race needed to be centered in the place where the world understands what it means to be an american in the national mall. it also means here's an opportunity to say, here are ways as john franklin used to say, this history needs to be corrected. and i would argue that removing confederate statues are not erasing history at all. in fact, it's helping us find a truer, more accurate history. i would argue that there are some statues that ought to be preserved in museums because they help us understand this moment we're in, but i'm a big believer that if you're in search of accuracy, confederate statues help you understand history a bit, but removing them does not challenge -- does not change our historical narrative. it corrects it. >> yeah. what he said. if you just go back and means test when that statue was built was it was built in the 1880s or 1890s. what was happening then? well, reconstruction, which has come down to a bad period. the collapse was a tragedy because in the wake, in the absence of fed

civil war, brad stone from the national museum of civil war medicine looks at the role animals served in the civil war from transporting supplies to acting as mascots. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the life and legacy of sojourner truth. a woman who self-emancipated in 1786 and spoke out on women's rights. on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies which give a behind-the-scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> next, kirstin downey talks about her book "the woman behind the new deal." in that role, she helped to create new deal legislation including social security, unemployment insurance and the minimum wage. the author spoke at the ninth annual book festival which is library of congress hosted on the national mall. >> this is very interesting and personally meaningful to me because the genesis of my entire book, which is the woman behind the new deal. it's the life of francis perkins -- i'll explain to you how that happened. an

air force museum in dayton, ohio, as well as material on him in the national air and space museum in washington. so yes, mumater would the logical place, because in many respects, he was at the center of all of the soirl during that time. >> i love the way you put that. >> it's amazing. everyone's near royalty, picasso, you name, it they're all in momater and they're all in his club. it's just an amazing place to be. >> another good question. the question we always get asked as historian, john, from tracy sherry, where can i learn more about bullard and his service. is there a book published or other resource that allows me to fill in more gaps? >> historians should always come equipped with these kinds of stories. >> and have you come equipped professor? >> could i recommend two books, one is by craig lloyd, a professor emeritus at columbus state in georgia and is a man traced, it is entitled "eugene bullard," but it's called "black expatriate in jazz age paris," that actually concentrates a lot more on the expatriate, time which is a fascinating time and you realize how many people

national museum and i used to say it's my museum because i am one of the very rare people who used to go to the museum almost everything. studied art in damascus and wrote for a children's magazine she's also a successful children's book author. she suffered under bashar al assad's regime until 2011 when the antigovernment protests known as the arab spring began. worm's arabic spring star. it's give me a hope. that time to change. the situation we live in or we live with since very long time. joined in the demonstrations and fought for change but the protests were brutally suppressed. it was repeatedly arrested and eventually fled her home and it was the hardest decision my life because i didn't want. her hopes for a new syria dashed. to leave all her friends and fellow protesters behind. she hasn't heard a word from many of them sense. were they arrested or abducted. are they even still alive. her art works to picture this sense of loss. it's mostly. maybe because they're working for the ones who they are here. now she's found her mission 2015 not long after her arrival germany took

artwork with a political message a jury made up of members of amnesty international and the urban nation museum in berlin chose catarina veyron enos design. but i really like about my profession that is you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the varsity us of being in the paper because i'm not doing we're all so in my daily routine life and some very small illustrations and sketches and. it's also very nice to see you with a size so far 1. for an ina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. yes the result is what's being called a brave wall named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 28 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story has had an impact on catherine of our own nina as well. all along i wanted to make. a scene where to focus. possibilities of women sh

on the civil war, from the national museum of civil medicine looks at the role that animals served duringhe war. on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the life and legacy of sojourner truth, a slave woman that self emancipated in 1826 and spoke out on abolition and women's rights and at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and the national security advisor held a meeting -- held a briefing today. outlining common interests in the end of pacific region. the press secretary reiterated the president support of ongoing investigations into accusations of sexual harassment eight against andrew cuomo but did not joint other democrats calling for him to resign. she also clarified that the july 4 goal made in the president's primetime address last night meant small gatherings for the holiday. this is about hour.

the national world war ii museum provided this video my name is abbie edens. i'm director of education at the national world war ii museum and our program this evening is an observance of international holocaust remembrance day. this program is sponsored by toby philanthropist and as part of the toby family holocaust program at the national world war ii museum. tonight i am honored to introduce our speaker mr. steven hess steven and his twin sister marion were born less than a minute apart on january 14th, 1938 and amsterdam holland. they were the children of german jewish refugees who had fled the nazis following the invasion an occupation that has family had taken was taken to the dutch transit camp of westerbourg before being sent to bergen-belsen. they are among the fewer than 5% of jews deported from holland and still live at war's end and they are among the few twins who survived the concentration camps and at this point possibly the last so tonight, mr. hess will be discussing he and his family's experience during world war ii and healthy survived agains

churchill family members commenting and if you want more go to our youtube channel for america's national churchill museum, and you'll see you'll see much more about this really rich and important topic and what's the website we can go to national churchill museum.org well, we'd like to thank everyone who's joined us both here on washington journal and on american history tv tv for this conversation this morning we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning he is the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum timothy. thank you so much for being with us this morning. thank you very much. it was 75 years ago in march 1946 that former british prime minister winston churchill deliberate his iron curtain speech at westminster college in fulton, missouri. next former british prime minister margaret thatcher marked the 50th anniversary of the speech in a lecture at the college in 1996. she discussed how the world changed in 50 years and about the collapse of the soviet union in 1991.

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eastern on american artifacts we visit the national museum of the u.s. army in virginia. and smith sewngen secretary lonny bunch and documentary filmmaker ken burns, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> up next, lonnie bunch and documentary filmmaker ken burns discuss the complex challenge of telling america's story. the university of virginia's democracy initiative hosted this discussion and provided the video. >> anthropologist clifford garrets once said that culture is the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. what are those stories in the united states? how have they been shaped and told, sustained and valued and by whom? and how do they affect our culture memory and our future? this afternoon we have an extraordinary group of three people who will engage in those questions and others. lonnie bunch is the 14th secretary of the smithsonian, the world's largest museum, education and research complex. and he's the founding director of the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture which has

thank you so much and good bye from the national world war ii museum. pril of 1915, while we're war one was raging, more than 1000 women from neutral nations gathered in netherlands to discuss how to end the war. believing women's suffrage was necessary to bring about peace. the women's international league for peace and freedom was born. up next crossing borders, the woman's lead of peace and freedom, using extensive interviews with early members. this film documents d

air force museum in dayton ohio, as well as material on the national airspace museum in washington. yes, that would be the logical place because it many respects, he was at the center of all the swirl in those 20 years. >> i love the way you put that. this world, that's really good to put that. >> it's amazing, everybody is there, royalty, picasso, you name it. they're all in my mouth and they're all in this. it's just an amazing place to be. >> another good question, the question we always get asked. tracy sheridan, where can i learn more about his service, is there a book published or other resources that tells us more? >> have you come equipped? >> could i recommend two books? one is by greg lloyd, who is a professor at the columbia state in georgia and it's a man who but -- it's entitled eugene blurred, but it's called black expatriate and jazz age perez. so it concentrates a lot more on the expatriates, which is a fascinating time and you realize how many people really knew. the other one, i would recommend is all blood runs red. one he flew in world war i, he put the lettering

eastern on american artifacts, we visit the national museum of the u.s. army in virginia. at 6:45 p.m. eastern, smithsonian secretary lonnie bunch and documentary filmmaker ken burns discuss the challenge of telling america's story. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, lonnie bunch, secretary of the smithsonian institution, and documentary filmmaker ken burns discuss the complex challenge of telling america's story. they're joined by pbs "newshour" amna nawaz. >> anthropologist clifford garretts once said culture is the story we tell ourselves about ourselves. what are those stories in the united states?

the national museum of civil war museum provided this video. >> thank you all for tuning in with us we are here with the tattooed historian john heckling. he's my great friend, and i just want to get in a little bit as well before we get into the topic that we're covering today which is hygiene with soldiers. please tell us a little bit about who you are when you bring to the history table. i think you bring unique perspective and some great ideas. >> thank you jake. well, i started out as a historian and ironed might be in mma in history from the university of pennsylvania, and i went on to work alongside the u.s. army corps of engineers as a historian and archivist. about a year into that i began the tattooed historian on facebook. i used it as a way to showcase some of the archival things that we were finding, and i was really employ enjoying that process. we were doing an archival assessment, going through the archives, trying to see what was in them and the tradition that about them. i was taking photographs of different artifacts, papers documents, showcase to the public who may

and on american artifacts, we visit the national museum of the u.s. army. at 6:45 p.m. eastern, lonnie bunch and ken burns discuss the challenge of telling america's story. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> rick murphy talks about his book "arrival of the first africans in virginia." this group included murphy's own ancestors. the virginia museum of history and culture hosted this event and provided the video. >> today's lecture takes place about 200 years prior to that event of creole in 1619, a group of 32 african women, men and children arrived on the shores of virginia. they had been kidnapped in the city in angola and forced aboard the spanish slave ship san juan bautista. they were taken to their new world colony. but this group has been shrouded in controversy ever since. today our speaker is ric murphy who is an acclaimed historian and award-winning author who explores the rich contributions made by african-americans in united states history. ric has a bachelor's degree's from the university of massachusetts and

churchill family members commenting and if you want more go to our youtube channel for america's national churchill museum, and you'll see you'll see much more about this really rich and important topic and what's the website we can go to national churchill museum.org well, we'd like to thank everyone who's joined us both here on washington journal and on american history tv tv for this conversation this morning we would like to thank timothy riley for being on with us this morning he is the director and chief curator of americans national churchill museum timothy. thank you so much for being with us this mor

he is the founding director of the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture, which has attracted over 4 million visitors and become a pilgrimage for so many of us. ken burns is one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of our time. his work crisscrosses american life, from the brooklyn bridge, to baseball, to jazz, to the civil war, to country music. today's moderator is amna nawaz, the senior national correspondent dan primary substitute anchor for pbs's news hour, a former foreign correspondent, who's reporting includes education, politics, sports, and culture. now, i'm going to turn it over to you, amara. >> thank you so much for that very kind introduction. i think my kids would disagree. they have a different nickname for me in this household. i am more of a nagging, annoying soundtrack to their lives. but i'm so pleased to be here today. i want to thank everyone for joining us on the webinar and the webcast, and i'm honored and delighted to be in conversation both with canned burns and secretary lonnie bunch. how are you, secretary bunch? >> i am alw

it is a question we get asked every day at america's national churchill museum.hy in the world would winston churchill visit westminster college in central missouri, in the heart of america? i guess the simple answer is the college asked him to come. the longer answer is a little more complicated. it would take you back really to the end of world war ii. there was v.e. day in europe at the end of 1945. the allies had been victorious in europe. rings were looking good for churchill, for harry truman, and of course the other of the big three in the alliance, joseph stalin in the soviet union. they had won the war in europe. shortly thereafter, there was an election in britain, a general election. and churchill's party lost the election. so arguably the most recognizable figure in the world, winston churchill, is denied a job. he is no longer prime minister. and he is by all accounts someone taken aback, somewhat depressed. his wife, clementine churchill, famously said to winston, winston, this is a blessing in disguise, to which winston replied, "well, it's very ef

eastern on american artifacts, the national museum of the u.s. army and fort bell water virginia 645 eastern smithsonian secretary documentary filmmaker ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story, exploring the american story, watch american history tb this weekend on c-span three. >> majority leader schumer outlined what the senate will work on the two-week break he spoke with reporters for about 20 minutes. the back while i'm going to read my statement and not take any questions,. [laughter] i am allowed to still take off by mass, you have not change that rule again, right? you just see the mask everyone? i was in ithaca on monday they gave it to me if the cut was gorgeous. i took a course up in ithaca when i was in high school they still have this expression, buttermilk state park, my first true love, one of my first girlfriends, she is a true love. okay, in any case, nice to see you all. [laughter] [background noises] okay, let's be serious. okay, thank you everyone for coming. well, as you know we have had a busy and extrem

eastern on american artifacts, we visited the national museum of the u.s. army in fort bellmore, virginia and at 6:45 eastern, smithsonian secretary, a documentary filmmaker ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your hunter -- unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television company in 1979. we provide c-span to viewers as a public service. host: rebecca reports on technology policy. she joined us about the hearing that took place on capitol hill featuring the heads of major technology companies. good morning to you. guest: can you -- good morning. host: who appeared before congress. guest: yesterday, we had the ceo of facebook, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey, and the ceo of google

john morrow jr., wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum and convene her of the counselors is the franklin professor and chair of the history department at the university of georgia in athens where he teaches courses on modern european warfare and society. he has contributed to the education of faculty and students at the national war college, the u.s. military academy at west point. chaired the history advisory committee to secretary of the air force and research advisory committee and the national museum of american history, and served on the advisory committee and department of the army. something we share. i am currently the chair of the august body. the work continues. prof. morrow: very good. robert: john was the 13th recipient of the pritzker military museum and library award for lifetime achievement in military writing. when we heard that announcement there were many in the field who slapped high fives in your honor. it could not have gone to a more deserving individual. welcome. prof. morrow: thank you very much, robert. pleasure to be with you and with all the gue

the beneath a national museum showcases the history of the famous been in bronzes what little museumdirector feel for those on the by explains their significance robert byrd's heads the wells overalls blocks here and i would run to use for their. shrines and the past of the of all that is now roses removed not just for the statics as the pots was sick. add remove the t.v. seal and it tells a story. so they broadcast as we're part of the crew the class of the history of given the history of a state. immortalized in bronze the newly renovated museum houses works made after the british conquest of the older works are in europe and the us you have just taken a road map to tell a story because part of the time. you say we live in trees. we're more is. we have these and that without cause our we're british savages and so on the sofa what is on the orgasm broads. the change the narrative about. germany's ethnological museums are brimming with artifacts amassed overseas bought traded gifted and looted well over 1500000 of them. but only 5 percent have ever been put on display in many instanc

artwork with a political message a jury made up of members of amnesty international and the urban nation museum in berlin shows catarina veyron enos design. what they really like about my profession that you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the varsity hours of being in the states or because i'm not doing we're all so in my daily routine life and some very small illustrations and sketches and . it's also very nice to see you. size the floor 1. for a nina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. and the result is what's being called a brave well named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 20 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story has had an impact on catherine of our own nina as well. all along i wanted to make. a scene where to focus with possibilities o

eastern on the civil war brad stone from the national museum of civil war medicine looks at the roleobserved. from transporting supplies to acting as mascots. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern the life legacy of sojourner truth who spoke out on abolition and women's rights. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ announcer: book tv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, editor charles kessler talks about his book "prices of the two constitutions: the rise, decline, and recovery of american greatness." he is interviewed by law professor ilya soman. walter isaacson looks at the developer of the crisper method for the genome editing in his book "code breaker." in her book "the daughters of kobani" we look at kurdish female warriors in syria. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. announcer: next arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michig

nail is a professor at the national museum of natural history in paris he's responsible for the meteorite collection. but not through the sentiment it's all through the 17th and 18th centuries there was an idea that meteorites might be thunderstorms or lightning which don't even assume the god of a some scholars who could conceive of rocks falling from the heavens but they couldn't think of anything beyond the atmosphere. in 794 german mathematician and shred me was the 1st to propose that their origin was outside the atmosphere little by little the entire scientific community accepted the idea that meteorites come from bodies of rock traveling through the soda system . in 1801 italian astronomer drew seppi p.s.c. mapped the stiles on january 24th he detected the shadow of a planet his calculations told him should exist between mars and jupiter. in fact he had just discovered ceres the largest. asteroids in our solar system other discoveries followed palace do you know vesta in 868100 objects were detected. today we've counted nearly a 1000000 asteroids which all bit between mars and jupi

is a professor at the national museum of natural history in paris. he's responsible for the meteorite collection. but not true the sentiment of all through the 17th and 18th century is that there was an idea that meteoroids might be thunderstorms or lightning stone it was cynical over some scholars who could conceive of rocks falling from the heavens and that they couldn't think of anything beyond the atmosphere. in 794 german mathematician and me was the 1st to propose that their origin was outside the atmosphere little by little the entire scientific community accepted the idea that meteorites come from bodies of rock traveling through the solar system. in 1801 italian astronomer drew seppi p.s.c. mapped the stars on january 24th he detected the shadow of a planet his calculations told him should exist between mars and jupiter. in fact he had just discovered ceres the largest asteroid in our solar system other discoveries followed juno vesta in 868100 objects were detected. today we've counted nearly a 1000000 asteroids which all bit between mars a

on american artifacts, we visit the national museum of us army. at 6:45 p.m. eastern, the smithsonian secretary and ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. graded by america's cable television companies in 1979. today we are brought to companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. >> now president biden in his first news conference. from the east room of the white house. this is just over an hour.

naylor is a professor at the national museum of natural history in paris he's responsible for the meteorite collection. through descent to minutes all through the 17th and 18th centuries there was an idea of them. meteoroids might be thunderstorms or lightning stone even cynical over some scholars who could conceive of rocks falling from the heavens and they couldn't think of anything beyond the atmosphere. in 794 german mathematician and me was the 1st to propose that their origin was outside the atmosphere little by little the entire scientific community accepted the idea that meteorites come from bodies of rock traveling through the solar system. in the 1801 italian astronomer drew seppi p.m.c. map to the stars on january 24th he detected the shadow of a planet his calculations told him should exist between mars and jupiter. in fact he had just discovered ceres the largest asteroid in our solar system other discoveries followed palace juno vesta in 868100 objects were detected. today we've counted nearly a 1000000 asteroids which all bit between mars and jupiter in the so-called asteroid

timothy riley joins us from america's national churchill museum at westminster college. timothy, good morning. timothy: good morning. thank you for having me on. host: i want to remind our viewers that we are not only here on "washington journal," but we are simulcasting on american history tv on c-span3 right now as well. so timothy, explained to us what winston churchill was doing in fulton, missouri on march 5, 1946. in fulton, missouri on march 5, 1946. timothy: 75 years ago and a day. it is a question we get asked churchill visit westminster college in central missouri, in the heart of america? i guess the simple answer is the college asked him to come. the longer answer is a little more complicated. it would take you back really to the end of world war ii. there was v.e. day in europe at the end of 1945. the allies had been victorious in europe. rings were looking good for churchill, for harry truman, and of course the other of the big three in the alliance, joseph stalin in the soviet union. they had won the war in europe. shortly thereafter, there was an election

the beneath the national museum showcases the history of the famous bin mean bronzes. useum director feel for those on the buy explains their significance while abroad head to where i was a liberal blogs here and i would go usually used for their. shrines the past of the of all that is now roses removed not just for us that x. is. sick and really more t.v. seal and it tells the story. so the bronze castles were part of the crew the class of the history of good in the history of est. immortalized in bronze the newly renovated museum houses works made after the british conquest the older works are in europe and the us you are just taking our world have to tell our story . because part of the time. is so when living on trees. with a monkey is. with these when they're out there without culture we're british savages so and also for what is on the orgasm broads the change i'm not getting about that. germany's ethnological museums are brimming with artifacts amassed overseas bought traded gifted and looted well over 1500000 of them. but only 5 percent have ever been put on dis

years at one of the cold war's most iconic speeches period with timothy riley of america's national churchill museum. he joined us from fulton, missouri.

eastern on the civil war, brad stone from the national museum of civil war medicine looks at the role animals served in the civil war from transporting supplies to acting as regimental mascots. sunday 2:00 p.m. eastern the life and legacy of sojourner truth, an enslaved woman who self-emancipated and spoke out on abolition and womens rights. and 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies which give a behind the scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv charlotte waisman and jill talk about their book, her story, a time line of women who changed america. their profiles include suffragist susan b. anthony, margaret sanger and madam c.j. walker. this was recovered in denver in 2008. it's about 40 minutes. >> thank you and good evening. i'm honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte and jill, authors of "her story a time line of women who changed america." i met jill when we first moved to

artwork with a political message a jury made up of members of amnesty international and the urban nation museum in berlin chose catarina veyron enos design. but i really like about my profession that is you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the over our city hours of being in the illustrator because i'm not doing we're also in my daily routine life and i can draw some very small illustrations and sketches and it's also very nice to feel me sized the floor 1. for an ina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. yes the result is what's being called a brave while named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 20 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story has had an impact on catarina voronin as well. i wanted to make. a scene where to focus. possibilities of women

we visit the national museum of the u.s. army in fort bellmore.nd ken burns discussed the challenge of telling america's story. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> joshua greenberg discusses his book, banknote and shin plasters, the rage for paper money in the early republic. which examines the design and use of paper money in the antebellum era. he explains that before the federal government began to issue a national currency, americans navigated a vast and complex system of bank and business produced notes. the historical society hosted the event and provided the video. >> hello everyone and thank you for joining us. my name is gavin cleese. we have a special event this evening. we will explore the -- prior to the establishment of greenbacks and the national bank network, and avoid a plethora of counterfeit bills as well as countless shin plasters of questionable and legal issue. there were released by unregulated merchants, firms and nissa valdez.

eastern on the civil war, brad stone from the national museum of civil war medicine looks at the role animals served in the civil war from transporting supplies to acting as mascots. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the life and legacy of sojourner truth. a woman who self-emancipated in 1786 and spoke out on women's rights. on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies which give a behind-the-scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> next, kirstin downey talks about her book "the woman behind the new deal." in that