lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪ >> from his beloved home, the body of franklin roosevelt moved moz on to the final resting place. people bid farewell to their great friend and ben he benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. beginning the trip back to washington, is 31st president of united states leaves warm springs forever. and all along the 700 mile route, people gathered to honor president roosevelt and his ideals. >> slowly the train backs into union station and the united states capital. awaited by a military guard of honour and members of the late great chief executive's family. with justice burns and second wallace, harry s. truman heads at semiconduct the assembly to the nation's leaders. on a six horse field artillery cason escorted by representatives of every branch of the arms forces, the casket goes from tlohro in. gs of people to the white house. warplanes pay a final trib

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪ >> eleanor roosevelt began the long trip home. slowly the long, black funeral train pulls up then down the pennsylvania avenue to the beat of muffled drums the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. the passing of f.d.r. from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag draped casson was brought to the white house and carried into the great east room where 80 years before almost to the day the body of abraham lincoln also laid in state. at hyde park his ancestral home in duchess county, new york the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man of destiny known around the world as f.d.r. to measure something of his greatness we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making h

lead discussions with their students on topics rangeling from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> up next,

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> my name is kim mccarty. i'm the curator here at washington crossing historic park in pennsylvania. today is a very exciting day. we are doing a re-enactment of george washington's crossing of the delaware river on christmas night 1776. what happened here is actually one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the american revolution. and the story is washington and the continental army after having lost battled in new york and retreating across new jersey came into bucks county in the beginning of december 1776. they encamped in several locations around this area including the thompson neely house which is also part of our park. and things are pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. the continental army really needed a win. washington was afraid that the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capitol and he really knew that what

professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> on april 12th, 1945, president franklin roosevelt passed away stunning a nation just as the war in europe was coming to an end. up next, a film that looks into his involvement in key wartime issues. >>> world war ii began on september 1st, 1939 with the german invasion of poland. by the time the war ended in 1945, more than 60 million people had been killed and dozens of nations were destroyed. the ability of democracy to sustain and survive a direct attack had been put to the test and proven. across the globe the decade of the 1930s was a time of great unrest as economic depression caused widespread defair. some had gone with totalitarian leaders. in europe adolf hitler and mussolini promised prosperity based on military expansion. in asia they plotted a similar course. separated by two oceans, americans hoped to avoid involvement in yet another overseas conflict. at th

that is on american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. easternn cspan 3. >> each week american artifacts takes americans through history. it's bar, off the record, is decoraorated with political ca n cartoo cartoons. even the coasters are updated with opportunity political characatures. >> the hotel was built in 1928 on the sight of the residence itself. and after relinquished their rights to the sight, a warden who is the development built this hotel along with the hotel which today is the st. regis. it has been in existence since 1928. with my arrival in 1999, this bar was already known as off the record, a place to be seen but not heard. it was not in this color and format, but it was pretty similar, and it is like the speak easy place and it is becoming public over the years. the decorations displayed from various artists dating back to a collecti collection. from what iz know the previous ownership in the '80s and the '90s decided to bring in some art work after having a few beers in the bar. and that is how it really established, but we bui

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> army heritage days takes place each may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. this year's theme was the 75th anniversary of d-day. up next, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. >> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the 75th anniversary of d-day. next, on "american artifacts," we visit an exhibit about world war ii: soviet soldiers. >> my name is cr

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> on april 21st, 1995 attorney general janet reno announced that timothy mcveigh was arrested as suspect in the oklahoma city bombing.

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> washington journal prime-time. a special evening edition of washington journal, on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. our guests are chicago mayor lori lightfoot on the cities and her personal response to the pandemic. and dr. ann rimoin talks about the spread of the virus and the latest data on how well it's being controlled. join the conversation tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> and now, a talk about former african slaves of the cherokee nation who were known as cherokee friedman. we'll hear from the who of the book "untangling a red, white, and black heritage: a personal history of the allotment era." >> the cherokee freedmen are those people who were former slaves of a member of the cherokee nation. and they became freedmen in 1866 when there was a peace treaty that because of the cherokee were part of indian territory mandated that the cher

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next, civil war scholars gary gallagher, edna greene medford and elizabeth varon on the debate surrounding confederate monuments. they offer ideas on how to display and preserve them and provide historical context to the public. lincoln forum chair harold holzer moderates the panel at the annual symposium. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm harold holzer and i have the privilege of serving as chairman of the lincoln forum. and i want to welcome you to what we think will be a rich and stimulating discussion of the subject that is ever evolving and sometimes fast-moving, controversial, emotional, and

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> on april 21st, 1995 attorney general janet reno announced that timothy mcveigh was arrested as suspect in the oklahoma city bombing. she appeared before the press at the justice department with fbi director and several other officials. a c-span camera was there. >> one of the individuals responsible for wednesday's terrible attack on the murrah federal building in oklahoma city has been arrested. timothy mcveigh, age 27 who we previously called john doe number one was arrested by local authorities on a traffic violation about 60 miles from oklahoma city on wednesday morning. about an hour and a half after the explosion occurred. at the time of his arrest he was in the possession of a firearm. he has been in the local jail since the arrest. he will be taken into custody by the fbi. searches are being planned and executed at several locations around the country this aftern

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> i'm dr. john wettenhall, director of the george washington university museum and the textile museum here on the campus of george washington university in the heart of washington, d.c. norman rockwell's four freedom exhibition is a major traveling international show celebrating the 50th anniversary of the norman rockwell museum, the 75th anniversary of d-day and putting on the road the great images that norman rockwell painted that really created a national concept of the four freedoms that made visible, tangible and real the ideological concepts that president roosevelt expressed in the state of the union address in 1941. >> the first is freedom of speech and expression, everywhere in the world. the second is freedom of every person to worship god in his own way, everywhere in the world. the third is freedom from want, which translated in the world terms means economy un

american history tv, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is? and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the jean harris murder trial, before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> and so, we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right, the tools, the techniques of slaveowner power. and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next on ameri

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> up next here on american history tv three astronauts from the apollo 13 mission in april of 1970, an onboard explosion caused critical system failures that force said the astronauts to abort the mission. the astronauts held a news conference four days after they safely returned to earth. >> i'd like at this time to introduce the apollo 13 crew. >> thank you. i'd like to start off the briefing by saying that i'm not a superstitious person, and therefore when we were assigned apollo 13 i thought nothing of it. as a matter of fact, some of my friends of italian descent 13 was a lucky number. it all started before the flight as documented as we are approaching the final phase of our training the last couple of days are usually ones which are taken very usually. try to keep a couple of days free to unwind from the long training cycle and get plenty of rest so that when we la

p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. sunday on reel america, fdr and world war ii, a 2000 a program presented by this franklin hisevelt bribery focuses on involvement with key wartime issues. here is a preview. we are now in this war. we are all in it. all the way. woman andle man, child. the most tremendous undertaking of america's history. share together the bad news on the good news. the defeats and the victories. the changing fortunes of war. >> to fight a global war, the united states aiming to the population that was known as the home front. they turned to leaders of large corporations to help lead to mobilization efforts. the response was astounding. american wartime production produced more than 299 aircraft. 80 8000sand jeeps, tanks, 1500 naval vessels, 6.5 million rifles and 40 billion bullets. by 1945, the united states was producing 60% of allied -- andns and 40% included scarce goods, products ranging from gasoline to sugar were rationed. civilians ate meat less, and often trait -- drank less coffee. rebel f

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. up next, historian nigel hamilton talks about the last book in the trilogy pro ffiling franklin d. roosevelt. "war & peace." national world war ii museum in new orleans hosted this event. >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the national world war ii museum, all of those of you who are sitting here and those watching on the live stream, i know you are out there and with us in spirit. and we feel your presence too. as many of you probably know i'm dr. rob satino, the samuel and murray stone senior historian at the museum. and the executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy. tonight is the latest installment of our meet the author series. and we always like to mention our sponsor we bring this to you with the generous support of the strake foundation and couldn't do it without them. thank you. >>> now many of you have been to our events before you

p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. joining us is claire babineau fontenot. she is the ceo of the organization feeding america. thank you for being with us this morning. tell us what the last month has been like for your organization. guest:

p.m. eastern on american history tv., we have had a problem. >> we had a pretty -- we heard a pretty large bang. >> it was the call heard around the world from the ill-fated manned lunar mission of apollo 13. sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv arcs the 50th anniversary with a nasa documentary "houston, we have got a problem." james lovell shares his memories of the flight. admitted to ourselves that we are not going to make it. >> the lead flight director recalls nasa's efforts to ensure the astronauts' safe return and a postflight news conference with james lovell, tom swaggart, and hayes. sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> this year marks the 250th anniversary of the march 5, 1770 boston massacre. next on american history tv from the american antiquarian society in massachusetts, a historian and author talks about his book, first martyr of liberty, crispus addicks in american memory. he explores how and why crispus attucks has sometimes been celebrated and other times -- a f

p.m. eastern on american history tv.on lectures in history, grove city college president paul mcnulty talks about the development of the u.s. constitution and what he believes are its main results, -- its main principles, republicanism, separation of powers and federalism. he served in the george bush administration from 2006 to 2007. mr. mcnulty: good evening. welcome to class number two. great to see you all here tonight. last week we looked at the history, a brief look at history that led to draftihe

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> boston university history professor nina silver spoke at the abraham lincoln symposium. they highlighted the president's life, career and legacy. this is about 50 minutes. >> the program is going to be starting again. if everybody could take their seats. so we can keep on schedule, while everybody is winding their way back to their seats, welcome back. i'm michele krell. i'm the chairperson of the board of the abraham lincoln institute and the curator of the papers at the library of congress. a president of the united states traveled by train from washington, d.c. to gettysburg, pennsylvania, to visit the battlefield and dedicate hallowed ground. speaking before an audience that included veterans of the great battle, the president addressed the challenges the nation then faced and the need to preserve a government of the people. the year was 1938, not 1863. the veterans

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next, on american history tv, author albert zambone on the life of revolutionary war general daniel morgan. including his arrival in the shenandoah valley as a homeless teen. his experience in the french and indian war. and his role in pivotal victories over the british in the 1777 battles of saratoga and 1781 battle of cal pens. the american revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati hosted this event. >>> tonight's talk is on a book that explores the life and legacy of daniel morgan. morgan began life as a homeless, illiterate teenage laborer, through ambition and determination and a great deal of luck, he became a land owner, a congressman, and one of the american revolution's greatest battlefield commanders. daniel morgan, a revolutionary life, available in the back corner after the speech, is a deeply american story and the become is recently been publish

lead discussions with students on topics range interesting the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪ >>> washington journal primetime. a special evening edition of washington journal. on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, our guests are chicago mayor lori lightfoot on the city's and her personal response to the pandemic. dr. ann ramoin, director for global and immigrant health, talks about the spread of the virus and the latest data on how well it's being controlled. join the conversation monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now on american history tv, jack baker, a many of the cherokee nation, discusses his family's involuntary move to oklahoma as part of the trail of tears in the early 19th century. from the virginia museum of history and culture and the university of oklahoma center for the study of american indian law and policy, this is about 40 minutes. >> now it gives me great pleasure to introduce jack baker. he is a former member of the

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> john seigenthaler, author of "james k. polk." how did they talk to into doing biographer on this. >> john schlesinger called me and said why don't you write a series of books on the presidents and i said, arthur, i don't have time. i'm retired. and he said i want you to do one thing. allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his presidential diary. just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. and i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldn't say no. i was fascinated by the man. >> did you know much about him. >> i knew he was a tennesseean and i'm a tennesseean. i knew that his grave is behind the capitol. there is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. his old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. but i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothin

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lead discussions with their students on topics from the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span 3. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> author peter carmichael uses letters written by union and confederate soldiers to examine their battle experience, mental state and political outlook and argues the daily life of a civil war soldier required adaptability to survive the brutal environment of wartime. the symposium hosted this event. >> good morning, everyone, i'm jonathan white and i'm vice chair of the lincoln forum and it is my pleasure to welcome you to this session. we are on hallowed ground and it is altogether fitting and proper that we come to gettysburg every november to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. our first speaker this morning is peter carmichael. peter is the robert c. flour professor of civil war studies at gettysburg college and cwi hats around this morning it's wonderful to see those here. he holds his, ph.d. from penn state university where he had the fortune to stu

p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. joining us is claire babineau fontenot. she is the ceo of the organization feeding america. thank you for being with us this morning. tell us what the last month has been like for your organization. guest: the only word i can use to express it is unprecedented. we have seen significant spikes in demand. we have seen reductions in supply. and right when people needed it the most -- need it the most. host: what does your organization do? how broad do you reach? guest: how network is 200 food banks around the united states. in normal times, around 60,000 pantries, 2 million volunteers. we have often said that we are serving every community where there is food insecurity. that means every single county and parish in the united states. in normal times, we serve every parish and county in the united states. host: in the last month, what has been harder, tougher to get? the need of people who need food or the ability of your organization to get it? those are equally difficult challenges. i am sure your audience has seen that wee r

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. next on "american artifacts," we visit a medical tent set up as a world war ii u.s. army battalion aid station, a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines. >> hi, folks, i'm dr. moody and this is the aid station, part of the 101st airborne. i'm a physician. yeah, i'm a doctor that plays doctor. so, but no, i'm an internal medicine physician in harrisburg, pennsylvania. and this is my hobby. this is my -- i love it. i love the guys out here. i love speaking to the public. i love the educational factor that we're trying to

professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> 25 years ago on april 19th, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside of the alfred p. murrah building in oklahoma city killing 168 people including 19 children in a daycare center. a year later fema's emergency education network a satellite broadcast service for emergency workers produced a live training program from oklahoma city. next on reel america, manage terrorism events, the oklahoma experience. five leading first responders describe what happened after the bombing. how the response was organized. successes and problems. and lessons learned. this program comes to us courtesy of the national emergency training center library in emitsburg, maryland.

on 1:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. >> reel america, that we travel around the globe to medical clinicsat "md international." medical8 american association march of medicine program highlights american doctors working abroad and includes an introduction by vice president nixon. in remote locations ranging from burma to ethiopia, we see physicians treating locals for ailments such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and eye disease. narrator: ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united nixon. richard m. >> how do you do? in a few moments, you will see a march of medicine program entitled "md international."

on topics range from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> you're watching a special edition of american history tv. during the week, while members of congress are in their districts due to the coronavirus pandemic, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern we'll tour an exhibit at the u.s. holocaust museum for a look at how the u.s. public and government officials reacted to nazi germany's persecution of jews betwee s between 1930 and . american history tv now and through the weekend on c-span 3. >>> on june 11th, 2001, six years after the oklahoma city bombing that killed 168 people, timothy mcveigh was executed for his role in the crime. next president george w. bush making a brief statement from the white house briefing room. >>> this morning the united states of america carried out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes. the victims of the oklahoma city bombing have been given not vengeance, but justice. and one young man met t

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. easternerican history tv, and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. historian, author and reenactor frederick describes the 4th infantry regiment's role and shows us his encampment. we talked with him at the annual heritage days in carlyle, pennsylvania hosted by the u.s. army heritage and education

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. easternon american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> next on american history tv, a look at the legacy and historical impact of sandra day o'connor, the first woman to serve on the u.s. supreme court. we will hear from justice o'connor's first law clerks and library of congress carla hayden. >> good afternoon. before we move to the third panel, the lasting

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" and lectures in history is available in podcasts. find it wherever you listen to podcasts. >>> next on "american history tv," historian damien cregeal talks about his relationship with george w

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. historian, author and reenactor frederick describes the 4th infantry regiment's role and shows us his encampment. we talked with him at the annual heritage days in carlyle, pennsylvania hosted by the u.s. army heritage and education center. >> my name is jared frederick. i'm also a reenactor with the furious fourth world war ii living history group. and we are here at army heritage days at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlyle, pennsylvania. and at this event it is a major complex. we're here on the army heritage trail. and one can kind re-enactors or living historians from all different time periods ranging from the 17th century up to the present. my group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event. and us putting on

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" and lectures in history is available in podcasts. find it wherever you listen to podcasts. >>> next on "american history tv," historian damien cregeal talks about his relationship with george wan torks, the dey mansion hosted this event. >> welcome to the dey nation, washington's headquarters. i'm so happy that all of you are here and joins us today for this program. the if you've not been here before, definitely after the lecture please stay and take a tour with our staff and just before i kind of introduce our guest speaker today, just a few rules or a few, you know, kind of bits of information. we do have light refreshments for you in the kitchen so there's coffee, tea, cheese, crackers, cookies, all, you know, please feel free to get up and take what you like. rest rooms are in this building so you do not have to go to the visitors' center. they are also in the kitchen. there's a door, open it and the rest rooms are over there. our staff today, we have ken

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> my name is kim mccarty.

on our weekly series. p.m., sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on american history tv. ♪ ♪ on april 1,ago 1945, the u.s.-mile-long japanese ivan stronghold 400 miles from their mainland. during this 82-day long savage of 100,000000 japanese troops were killed or committed suicide, and as many as 100 50,000 civilians may have died. about 12,000 americans were killed. next, bulletin on the okinawa operation, filmed by u.s. marine combat photographers, this report covers the first 50 days of the invasion, a second bulletin covers the final stages of the battle. ♪ narrator: narrator ♪ rr

archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series real america, saturday, 10:00 p.m., sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on americang american history tv, covering history c-span site with event coverage, archival films, lectures in college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. ago, the united states launched an invasion of a quinoa, a 60 mile japanese island stronghold 400 miles from the mainland. during this savage battle, 90,000 of the 100,000 japanese troops were killed or committed suicide and 150,000 civilians may have died. 12,000 americans were killed. on real america, bulletin on the okinawa opera ration -- operation. this report covers the first 50 days of the invasion. a second bulletin covers the final stages of the battle. ♪

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. "lectures in history" on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, and "lectures in history" is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> c-span has around-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and it's all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps. watch on demand any time, unfiltered, at c-span.org/coronavirus. >>> now on american history tv, jack baker, a member of the cherokee nation, discusses his family's involuntary move to oklahoma as part of the trail of tears in the early 19th century. from the virginia museum of history and culture and the university of oklahoma center for the study of american indian law and policy. this is about 40 minutes. >>> it now gives me great pleasure to introduce jack baker. he is a former member of the tribal council of the cherokee nation where he served for 11 years representing th

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> john seigenthaler, author of "james k. polk." how did they talk to into doing biographer on this. >> john schlesinger called me

on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> you're watching a special edition of american history tv. airing now during the week, while members of congress are working in their districts because of the coronavirus pandemic. tonight at 8:00 eastern, we talk with white house historical association historians about their jobs and the organization's mission to protect and preserve the executive mansion. please enjoy american history tv now and also watch over the weekend on c-span3. >>> the book "the road to charleston:nathaneal greene's southern campaign" next author and historian john buchanan discusses his new book at the american revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati in washington, d.c. >>> good evening and welcome. i'm kelsey atwood at the american revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati. and i'm delighted to welcome you to anderson house. the american revolution institute of the societ

p.m. eastern on american history tv. america, armyl medical laboratories is a 1947 war department film providing an overview of systematic efforts during world war ii to heal soldiers and prevent and control epidemics. with footage from inside working labs, the documentary highlights training and treatment facilities across the united states and shows capabilities of field hospitals and overseas stations. ♪ ♪ narrator: with the american soldier goes american medicine, backing him up, by his side, with him in his advance. in wartime and peace, the medical department carries on, fighting disease, healing and rehabilitating the sick and wounded, and constantly working to search out disease vectors to prevent, detect, and control epidemics. to pursue this mission successfully, the medical department was backed up by a far-flung network of laboratories stretching from north to south, east to west. clinical, public health, and research laboratories were required everywhere. diseases new to the army doctor were being encountere

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. easternn "american history tv." lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> now science writer and author natalia holt on her book "rise of the rocket girls," the women who propelled us from missiles to the moon and mars. she talks about women recruited in the 1950s to do crucial work in the space program. this 50-minute talk is part of the william b. crawley great lives lecture series hosted by the university of mary washington. >>> now to introduce tonight's speaker, nah thalia holt. having stud did at hum boat state university and received a phd from university of southern california and further study at tulane university, ms. halt has conducted research at the jelt propulsion archives, the cal tech library and schlessinger library on the history of women in america at harvard. in addition, she's been a fellow at the raven institute at massachusetts generh

professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. and available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> army heritage days takes place reach may at the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of hobbyist conduct demonstrations and talk about military subjects ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. this year's theme was the 75th anniversary of d-day. up next, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet soldiers. >>> army heritage days is an annual event held in may at u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania. hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations an talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the american revolution to the war on terror. the theme this year was the 75th anniversary of d-day. next, on american artifacts, we visit an exhibit about world war ii soviet solds.

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> up next on american history tv, historian h.w. brands talks about his biography of aaron burr, the new york politician an

lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcast podcasts. >> approximately 4,000 seminole indians who live in florida today are descendants of a small band that never surrendered to the u.s. military during three seminole wars between 1817 and 1858. over the course of that 40 years, the majority of seminoles were forced to move west of the mississippi wiriver to what is w oklahoma. next on american artifacts, a visit to the seminole nation museum in weewoeka oklahoma to learn the story of the western tribe. >> hello, my name is louis johnson. i am a seminole tribal member here with the seminole nation of oklahoma. and we are here today at the seminole nation museum located in the capital of the seminole nation of oklahoma, wewoka, oklahoma. so what we have here today is different exhibits that portray the history of the seminole people. as a people, before we were separated from our homes, our original homes in florida, i'm

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