learn more about slavery in new england this sunday at 6:55 eastern here on american history tv. h week, american history tv's america" brings you archival films that provide context for today's issues. ♪ narrator: one year ago, the entire world awaited the fateful outcome as the armies of nazi germany lashed out in a counteroffensive in the arden nes. this was the battle of the bulge. counter the 11th hour attack on which germany gambled smashed allied equipment littered the roads. the year 1944 was dying. 1945 was beginning an atmosphere of doubt and cruel anxiety" and hunger and death. ♪ from the west,ck the yanks and british moved forward in the fighting. they landed in norman, cut their way to german borders, absorbed the roughest punishment the germans could hand out. and central europe, along enslaved people of the balkans moved against a common enemy. now with airpower in the lead, they started on the last long drive to victory. ♪ american forces on the west end south of the bulge carved up cht.e units of the werma the british in the north were unmovable. together the migh

eastern here on american history tv. ♪ narrator: here on the black sea near the city of yalta is theeeting place of the leaders of britain, russia, and the united states, the most successful international conference of the war. ♪ narrator: the castle, once a summer palace, is where the crimean conference is to take place. the surrounding countryside is busy with preparation. military convoys bring necessary supplies. ♪ narrator: special communications lines are strung to the palace. ♪ narrator: under three flags at a nearby airfield, russian officials await the arrival of the british and american delegations. ♪ narrator: anthony eaton, british foreign minister. ♪ narrator: edward stettinius, the united states secretary of state. ♪ narrator: harry hopkins, advisor to president roosevelt, with the united states ambassador to russia. ♪ narrator: and winston churchill, prime minister of great britain. ♪ narrator: also arriving by plane after a 6000 mile trip is franklin d. roosevelt, president of the united states. ♪ narrator: the first of eight days of day and night conferences at the c

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american history tv. every weekend beginning saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, we bring you 48 hours of unique programming, exploring our nation's past. american history tv is only on c-span3. >> 75 years ago, on february 19, 1945, the u.s. navy, coast guard, and marines launched an invasion of a heavily-fortified japanese island named iwo jima. next on "reel america," the academy-award nominated documentary "to the shores of iwo jima." it tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle in which nearly 7000 marines were killed. contains graphic that may war and death disturb some viewers. ♪ [orchestral music] narrator: this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortress-studded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. it is the most heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins to soften up the island so we can land. [explosions] planes from our carrier force take off to straf

on american history tv. george: thanks for having me. history tv,merican featuring events, interviews, archival film and visits to college classrooms, museums and historic places. exploring our nation's past, every weekend, on c-span3. >> tonight, on lectures in history, we visit the james madison university classroom of professor andrew witmer to hear about how rural areas evolved after the civil war. using his hometown in maine as a case study, he looks at rural industries and the rise of tourism aided by the expansion of the railroads. here's a preview. haines wrote, flower gardens are numerous. ornamental grounds are often seen. and find cottage homes and villas, dust such as one would expect love and happiness to dwell in, are found upon every street. it sounds like a thomas kincaid painting, doesn't it? it sounds almost too good to be true. depicted small town, as the opposite of the ills of the city. outn, it is like stepping of modern life, with all of its problems. and being able to recharge your batteries for a week in the count

eastern on american history tv. next, a postdoctoral research associate at princeton university explores the history of medicaid and medicare in the united states explaining how discussions on universal health care have evolved since the 1960's. this interview was recorded at the american historical association meeting. >> george aumoithe is joining us from our studios in new york. thanks for being with us on american history tv. >> thanks for having me. >> you have devoted a considerable amount of time studying medicare and medicaid. take us back to that time period and how this legislation was significant at the time and how it has evolved. >> that's a great question to start off with. passed innd medicaid july 1965. medicaid was really an afterthought in the legislative drafting process. laws ratification shortly after the assassination of president john f. kennedy meant that there was a greater focus on the medicare law and there were certain historical reasons for this. medicare grew out of the criminals act in

eastern here on american history tv. >> tonight on q&a, we discussed notable speakers of the house withf america political science professor matthew greene. >> we have, a lot of -- a long way from the days of sam rayburn and dwight eisenhower, the idea that you are together even if you are together even if you're in separate elected institutions and this idea that the speaker in particular should be deferential to the president. that is just not what we are seeing now. there is a way in which that is a sign of a healthy vigorous partisan differences, if you disagree with the president or the speaker you should not be afraid to say so. but i think, and this is what troubles me and i have written about this but there are certain ways in which our elected officials, we expect to kind of share some common agreement on issues, released a sense that they have these important role to play, these institutional roles that should rise above their policy differences. >> watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. >> south of amarillo is the panhandle historical museum in texas. up next, we t

history. to watch more video from chapel hill and other stops on our c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching our american history tv, all weekend every weekend, on c-span3. this is american history tv, exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span3. next, on our series, the civil war, a discussion with historians about because cause of the civil war. at 8:00, it is electors in history. we visit the technical community college where a professor teaches a class about civil war weaponry and shares artifacts such as muskets and revolvers. america went back the clock to feature archival films about campaigns and elections. tonight, and information agency program profiling the 1976 presidential candidates. that is what is coming up on american history tv. >> good evening. i am the chair of the lincoln forum. it is time for our main event. i am proud to welcome back to the forum two of my favorite people, not only as friends, but as colleagues in the civil war field. .ary gallagher and joan waugh individually and as a team, they are superlative interpreters of the civil war era who combine military history and socia

watch american history tv and be sure to watch museum week, next week, on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour is exploring the american story, taking book tv and american history tv on the road every third weekend of the anyh.to watch videos from of the places we have been, go itiestour and/c follow us on twitter. established in 1926, route 66 was one of the original highways in the u.s. highway system, carrying motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. in the book, "a matter of time," a photographer and historian nick gerlich capture scenes along the route that speak to its past. in amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. >> why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned? nick: it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. people want to revisit places that may be they experienced as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia. but there is another kind of nostalgia as well. visit a place to in the past that you never experienced. so for you

eastern on american history tv. next, the u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington, d.c. hosts the commemorative ceremony to remember those who perished and to mark international holocaust remembrance day, observed every january 27 on the anniversary of the auschwitz birkenau concentration camp liberation during world war ii. among the speakers, we hear from two survivors who offered their memories and a prayer. ♪ >> good morning. my name is lisa left. on behalf of the museum leadership, i want to welcome the many ambassadors, diplomats, representatives from the u.s. state department, other u.s. government agencies, will members of our holocaust memorial council, and national jewish organization. -- organizations.

history. fromtch more video amarillo and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citie stour. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. a lookay night on "q&a," at american presidents through the lens of the books they have written with journalist and historian craig fehrman. thatu see that quote joseph kennedy was pulling the strings. that's not true. jack kennedy wanted that pulitzer prize. he said i want a pulitzer prize more than i want to be president. he had a strong desire for literary fame even though he did not want to do literary work. he got the prize. in washington, d.c., people have wondered, did kennedy really right that book? i wonder how much money they are .etting the pulitzer changed it. readers realized this. i looked at the letters that unity was receiving in 1957 and librarians were sending him letters, school teachers were sending him letters, saying "did you really write this book?" there responding to that interview. -- they were responding to that interview. ." watch on c-span's "q&a is american history tv, exploring our nation's past. next on our weekl

you can watch archival films on public affairs each week on our america," on american history tv. here is a look at one of our recent programs. of his official duties, the president must report to congress on the state of the union. shortly after his inauguration, dwight eisenhower delivered this message in person. in outlining his foreign program, he declared -- >> the policy we pursue will recognize the truth that no single country, even one so powerful as ours, can alone defend the liberty of all nations threatened by communist aggression from without or subversion within. mutual security needs effective .utual cooperation for the united states, this means as a matter of common sense and national interests, we shall give help to other nations in the matter that they strive earnestly to do their full share of the common task. [applause] wealth or aid could compensate for poverty of spirit , the heart of every free nation must be honestly dedicated to the preserving of its own independence and security. [applause] >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety

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history. to watch more videos about amarillo and other stops on our to four, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> next, historian nancy bristow talks about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated american civilians and soldiers during the final year of world war i and beyond. she also explains why the epidemic is not memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. ms. bristow is the author of "american pandemic: the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic." the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. >> i do believe that is my cue to head to this direction and give our introduction for our next speaker. also, i would like to say before that, here is a little public service announcement.

watch american history tv and be nextto watch museum week week on american history tv on c-span3. the pantex plant in texas is the final facility for dismantling and maintenance of nuclear weapons. forsafest method transportation of this material was by rail. we begin our look at the history of the pantex plant with a look at the railroad museum were several cars once used by the plant are now on display. to preserve the rich railroad history of the texas panhandle. most of these towns would not be here if it was not for the coming of the railroad. we realized quick that railroads were evolving and changing. we were seeing new locomotives. we were seeing so many changes. preserve somed to of that before it disappears. the amarilloed as railroad museum as that goal to preserve it. we bought this property here in the northeast part of amarillo, and it already at the railroad track on it. we have been keeping our eyes for opportunities to acquire certain pieces of rolling stock. theere fortunate to get cars from the formerly called white train, which was used for transporting nuclear

announcer: learn more about how everyday americans helped to aid intelligence on sunday, seven :00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. next, the u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington, d.c. hosts the commemorative ceremony to remember those who perished and to mark international holocaust remembrance day, observed every january 27 on the anniversary of the auschwitz birkenau concentration camp liberation during world war ii. among the speakers, we hear from two survivors who offered their memories and a prayer. ♪ >> good morning. my name is lisa left. on behalf of the museum leadership, i want to welcome the many ambassadors, diplomats, representatives from the u.s. state department, other u.s. government agencies, will members of our holocaust memorial council, and national jewish organization. -- organizations. most importantly, i want to give a special warm welcome to the many holocaust survivors with us today. it has been their honor, and in memory of the victims, that we are dedicated to making the world a better place for ourselves and future generations. this event commemorated international holocaust r

eastern on american history tv. >> next on "american history tv" we hear from panelists about june 6, 1944, d-day. they talk about the lesser recognized contributions of women and allied governments and military forces ensuring the success of the landing on normandy's beaches. this was part of the national world war ii museum national conference in new orleans.

on c-span3. this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to amarillo, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. my name is bill mercer and i am the associate director of curatorial affairs at panhandle plains historical museum. today, i would like to share with you a little bit about our native american collection and the history of native americans and the culture of native americans here in the panhandle of texas. that wery appropriate begin with the contemporary. i am standing here next to a magnificent piece of sculpture by the noted artist, alan hauser, who was apache. he was born in oklahoma. he was a descendent of geronimo's band, who moved to -- after ther the band were captured. he later became a terrific see, this as you can particular piece is a native american on horseback and that is truly the story of native americans in the southern plains region in the panhandle especially. available, incame the 1600s, particularly the comanches and some of the apache people, they were able to obtain horses from the traders in santa fe, stealing some of them

history. to watch more video and other stops on our tour visit c-span.org/citiestour. irewatching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend we join the program as hugh hewitt talks about renovations to the east room west event space in the museum in yorba linda, california. >> true to form, with any

at midnight eastern here on american history tv. announcer:announcer: next on american history tv, smithsonian national air and and space museum dorothy cochrane uses images to discuss the legends and legacy of a record-setting aviator amelia earhart. the first woman to fly solo across the atlantic ocean and the first to fly solo across the united states. she also discusses some of the theories behind earhart's 1937 disappearance, while attempting a 29,000 mile flight around the world. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. good evening. i'm lauren rosenberg with smithsonian associates, and i'm glad you have joined us for tonight's program. to our members, i'm glad you are here. it is your support that make events like this possible. to any of you joining us for the first time, an equally warm welcome and an open invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer. now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might make noise during the program. pinky for doing that.

watch american history tv and be sure to watch next week at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. history of shelf -- bookshelf, craig shirley chronicles the influence of run -- ronald reagan in his book, "reagan rising." we recorded his remarks at the 2017 gaithersburg book festival in gaithersburg, maryland. >> good afternoon and welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. my name is julian hafner of the democratic central committee 17 which encompasses rockville and the beautiful city of gaithersburg. so, welcome. gaithersburg is a city that proudly promotes the arts and humanities. we are pleased to bring you the is pleased to bring you this event, our sponsors and volunteers, when you see them around, please say thanks. appreciate that. i would like to get to this event but if you announcement. -- first, a few announcements. please silence all your devices. i will wait. [laughter] go ahead. silence all devices. thank you. if you are on social media today and we hope you are please use the hashtag g bs, gaithersburg book festival. your feedback i

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eastern time on american history tv, on c-span3. ♪ [singing] tonight on "lectures on history," we visit guilt for technical college to watch the professor teach a class on civil war weaponry and share artifacts such as muskets and revolvers, that allow soldiers to fire faster and with greater accuracy. revolutionary carbine was this carbine. this was invented by a man named christopher spencer and spencer came up with several brilliant ideas. one of which was a new cartridge. was totallye self-contained. it looked pretty much like a modern cartridge, doesn't it -- like a giant .22. his cartridge was the standard lead miniball, but the cartridge is self-contained. and has the parter in this copper case. instead of having a cap for priming, the primaries in the rim around the base, so it has the rim going around the base of the cartridge. so you don't need a percussion cap. it is a huge jump. if that wasn't a jump enough, to load it, he invents a magazine that goes in the back of the carbine. so this magazine holds seven cartridges. carbineu have a spencer and you are in a battle or a fig

you can watch our series every saturday at 4:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> monday, presidents' day, american history tv is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern from mount vernon, the home, library, and museum of our first president, george washington. also, it is the start of newseum week highlighting washington area museums with exhibits exploring the american story. watch american history tv and be sure to watch museum week all next week at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> students from across the country told us the most important issues for the presidential candidates to address our climate change, gun violence, teen vaping, college affordability, mental health, and immigration. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes. the winners for this year's competition will be announced on march 11. up, our c-span cities tour visit to amarillo continues as we take you just outside the city to palo duro canyon state park, the second largest canyon in the united states. drivinge experience of into palo duro canyon state park today is a lot like it has been for t

announcer: explore our nation's past on american history tv on c-span3.992 presidential campaign of bill clinton. he announced his candidacy october 3, 1991 and five days later visited franklin high school in hampshire he ate lunch, play basketball, and to questions from students. >> you come with me. what is your name? i'm governor clinton. you?re can we shake hands? thank you. i like it. i will try not to cheat.

eastern on american history tv. >> next on "american history tv" we hear from panelists about june 6, 1944, d-day. they talk about the lesser recognized contributions of women and allied governments and military forces ensuring the success of the landing on normandy's beaches. this was part of the national world war ii museum national conference in new orleans. this year's theme was the month of june, 1944. >> well, welcome back, everyone. it is kind of hard to believe you get started on the very first session, and then here we are, coming to our final session of the daytime programming. although it was our intent to make this conference, june, 1944, as global as possible, we knew that we, for our loyal audience, had to finish with d-day itself. we had will hitchcock's masterful opening address on thursday night and then alex kershaw telling us about the first wave yesterday. now we are going to wrap it on up with a panel on two new books on d-day that just came out this year. to chair this session is the man who is most singularly responsible for all of us being in here today, our fo

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shackledes in chains and brought to the west as prisoners of war. >> watch american artifacts on american history tv on c-span3. ♪ susan: dr. alan kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u.s. immigration. many americans look to the

eastern here on american history tv. just south of marilla -- amarillo is the penn dental-planes -- the panhandle-plains museum. next, we hear about the influence of kansas city on the development of amarillo. people know lot of about the ranching history of this area. this history is more like an american regional story that hasn't been told. the isolation of the ranching history as texas, texas, texas, but one thing we talked about in this show, we pitched it as looking without rather than always looking within. panhandle-plains museum, and the museum is the largest historical museum in texas if you count it by the number of artifacts. the exhibition title is cattle, cowboys, and culture, kansas city and, real on the building of the urban west. the curator and us are both natives of kansas city. we were always interested in why this place seems so familiar to us. and michael started looking at the number of objects in the museum's permanent collection related to kansas city and it turns out there were over 1000 objects

she is still a woman of mystery. >> learn how everyday americans intelligence every sunday on american history tv. since the early 1980's, artist wendy allen has made use of a variety of art styles to paint over 400 portraits of abraham lincoln. next on american history tv, using music, photographs, nvidia, wendy allen shows examples and discusses her influences and reasons for painting lincoln. she concludes the program by discussing a summer-long daily tribute to veterans held at gettysburg national cemetery. the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosted this event. >> our speaker tonight is wendy allen. i think most people in the room probably know who wendy allen is, but for those who do not, she is an artist. did her first painting abraham lincoln in 1983. and since then, she has focused on abraham lincoln as her subject and has made many, many paintings in different styles that she will talk about. she also has been very active being interviewed by cnn and had her paintings

. >> learn how everyday americans intelligence every sunday on american history tv. since the early 1980's, artist wendy allen has made use of a variety of art styles to paint over 400 portraits of abraham lincoln. next on american history tv, using music, photographs, nvidia, wendy allen shows examples and discusses her influences and reasons for painting lincoln. she concludes the program by discussing a summer-long daily tribute to veterans held at gettysburg national cemetery. the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosted this event. >> our speaker tonight is wendy allen. i think most people in the room probably know who wendy allen is, but for those who do not, she is an artist. did her first painting abraham lincoln in 1983. and since then, she has focused on abraham lincoln as her subject and has made many, many paintings in different styles that she will talk about. she also has been very active being interviewed by cnn and had her paintings in the historical society along with some other people you might have heard of. salvador dali. he was there, too.

thank you for joining us on c-span's american history tv. >> thank you for having me. >> you look at the two significant impacts upward or two, the holocaust and its impact on jews around the world and of course the bombings and reshma and nagasaki which ended the war in 1945. has your research shown? my research now is on the psychiatric reaction, direction of the psychiatric establishment and that dealt with communities of survivors both in hiroshima and nagasaki and in the case of the holocaust. my first book on hiroshima talks about memory culture, the politics of memory that surround those two places and my first look at one chapter of that a psychiatrist who came to hiroshima and worked with hiroshima survivors and laser -- later also connected to people with holocaust survivors. my current research takes this chapter and expands it into a book project that we should look -- both the pre-and post-history of this, both how people dealt with psychiatric establishment, psychologists, care workers and others dealt with the aftermath in hiroshima and nagasaki and also the aftermath i

watch american history tv and be sure to watch museum week all next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> wisconsin governor tony evers spoke to lawmakers at the state capitol in madison. he talked about jobs, access to health care, and transportation infrastructure at his state of the state address. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. honorable supreme court justices, tribal nation leaders, constitutional officers, member of the wisconsin national guard, active and retired members of our armed forces, cabinet members, senate president roth, majority leader fitzgerald, minority leader shilling, speaker voss, minority leader hence, distinguished guest, and most importantly the people of wisconsin, welcome and thank you for being here tonight. [ applause ] my partner in mischief kathy is in the gallery tonight with our daughter katie, our son-in-law collin, our granddaughter anna and our daughter-in-law landa. where are you folks? i can't see you? [ applause ] thank you so much for your love and suppo

on. is old glory.here past onre our nation's american history tv on c-span3. >> students from across the country told us the most important issues for the presidential candidates to address our climate change, gun violence, teen vaping, college affordability, mental health and immigration. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prices. the winners will be announced on march 11. war, next on the civil historians joan waugh and gary gallagher answer what caused the civil war. they authored the book. the remarks came in gettysburg, pennsylvania. good evening. chair of theolzer , lincoln forum. it is time for our main event. i am proud to welcome back to the forum two of my favorite people, not only as friends, but as colleagues in the civil war field. gary gallagher and joan waugh. individually and as a team, they are superlative interpreters of the civil war era, who combine military history and social and cultural history and bring to their scholarship and engagement

history. to watch more video from amarillo and other stops on our tour visit c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> next an interview with george buss. >>> since your last annual assembling, another year of health and bountiful harvest has passed. and while it's not pleased the almight toy bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light he gives us trusting in his own time and wise way all will yet be well. >> that's from the archives of you portraying abraham lincoln. what's the value of understanding history through re-enactment? >> it reaches a population that may not pick up a book but they want to come and have an experience. they're not readers, they don't pick up the written word but they want the experience. >> how many years have you been portraying abraham lincoln? >> 33 this year. started extremely small but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan, and it's certainly not mine. >> how did it get started? >> i was on the board of the illinois education association. we were going to have the national conventio

eastern here on american history tv. ♪ >> students from across the country told us the most important climate change, gun violence, teen vaping, college affordability, mental health and immigration. we're awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes. the winners for this year's studentcam competition will be announced on march 11. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> at the white house in washington, crowds gather for the inauguration of franklin d roosevelt as president

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eastern time on american history tv on c-span3. civil war scholar timothy smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill, part of the vicksburg campaign. he discusses how general grant's leadership contributed to a union victory in this mississippi engagement. this event was part of pamplin historical park's "small battles, big results" symposium. great right, we've got a speech for second session. is aimothy r. smith veteran of the american park service and currently teaches at the university of tennessee. he is the author, editor, and coeditor of 18 books, including "champion hill: the decisive battle of vicksburg." his book on grierson's raid -- actuallyis fall it is out and you can buy a copy at our bookstore at the battlefield center. i am pleased to introduce dr. timothy smith. [applause] dr. smith: thank you. i appreciate that. i appreciate the opportunity to be here. i have always heard about pampl in park. this is my first time to be here. i always heard how nice it is. i'm a believer now. you've got a great place here an

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eastern time on american history tv on c-span3.smith explores the 1863 battle of champion hill, part of the vicksburg campaign. he discusses how general grant's leadership contributed to a union victory in this mississippi engagement. this event was part of pamplin historical park's "small battles, big results" symposium. great right, we've got a speech for second session. is aimothy r. smith veteran of the american park service and currently teaches at the university of tennessee. he is the author, editor, and coeditor of 18 books, including "champion hill: the decisive battle of vicksburg."