>>/123011/ >>/123012/ >>/123013/ >>/123015/ >>/123016/ >>/123017/ >>/123018/ >>/123019/ >>/123020/ March 18, 2023 9:30 PM EDT The Presidency "Government is the Problem". President Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He went to France mid-way through his presidency, in 1984, for the D-Day 40th anniversary and spoke of "the boys of Pointe du Hoc." American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?525425-9/government-problem March 18, 2023 10:10 PM EDT The Presidency First Ladies in Their Own Words - Nancy Reagan. First Ladies from Lady Bird Johnson to Melania Trump talked about the role of the First Lady, their time in the White House, and the issues important to them. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?518096-1/ladies-words-nancy-reagan March 18, 2023 10:32 PM EDT The Presidency Ideas and Ideals that Made Calvin Coolidge. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. This discussion focused on the ideas and ideals that shaped Mr. Coolidge's political views. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?526098-4/ideas-ideals-made-calvin-coolidge March 18, 20233 10:50 PM EDT NASA Research Mathematician Katherine Johnson. West Virginia native and West Virginia State University alumnus Katherine Johnson played a pivotal role in NASA's missions to put men in space and on the moon. WVSU President Anthony Jenkins talked about Mrs. Johnson's contributions. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?465899-1/nasa-research-mathematician-katherine-johnson-1918-2020 March 18, 2023 11:00 PM EDT Lectures in History West Virginia Statehood. West Virginia University professor William Gorby taught a class on the formation of West Virginia and its entry into the Union during the Civil War. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?525349-1/west-virginia-statehood March 18, 20233 11:48 PM EDT The Presidency Mike Pence on Calvin Coolidge. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president's ascension to the White House. After President Warren Harding's sudden death, the vice president's father -- a notary public -- administered the oath of office in the family's Vermont home early on the morning of August 3, 1923. Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered a keynote address. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?526098-3/mike-pence-calvin-coolidge March 18, 20233 11:55 PM EDT Reel America "Crossing Borders...The Story of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom". The Women's International League for Peace & Freedom was founded in 1915 by more than 1000 women from around the world opposed to World War I. This film, courtesy of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, uses interviews with several early members, photographs, and archival film to document the history of the anti-war group up until the mid-1980s. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?509779-1/crossing-bordersthe-story-womens-international-league-peace-freedom 10