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August 20, 2023
12:15 AM EDT
West Virginia State Museum. West Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris provided a tour of their exhibits which tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia became a state, and how development led to the growth of industry in the region.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?465903-1/west-virginia-state-museum
August 20, 2023
12:30 AM EDT
The Presidency: Gerald Ford & the 1970s. Historian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House Minority Leader, vice president and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?524773-1/gerald-ford-1970s
August 20, 2023
1:50 AM EDT
Reel America: News from 1935. This Better Housing News Flash video from 1935 showed short pieces on then-current event and lifestyle topics from that year, including the renovation of the Washington Monument, commercial real estate market news, home decorating tips, and residential fire prevention strategies. This video was produced by the Federal HousingAdinistration. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529871-1/news-1935
August 20, 2023
2:00 AM EDT
The Civil War 1863 Chattanooga Campaign. Historians discussed the Chattanooga Campaign, which took place in the fall of 1863, and resulted in Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant breaking through a Confederate siege. The Union victory opened the door for General William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign the following year. The New-York Historical Society, in New York City, hosted this discussion.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?419828-2/1863-chattanooga-campaign
August 20, 2023
3:00 AM EDT
Elizabeth Cobbs, "Fearless Women - Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé". Elizabeth Cobbs talked about the history of women's rights through the stories of different women from the colonial era to the 21st century. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this program.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?526517-1/fearless-women-feminist-patriots-abigail-adams-beyonc
August 20, 2023
3:50 AM EDT
Presidents & Native Americans. White House Historical Association.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529823-1/presidents-native-americans
August 20, 2023
4:35 AM EDT
American History TV: Vietnam Prisoners of War 50th Reunion. Vietnam-era prisoners of war reunited at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum 50 years to the day after President and Mrs. Nixon hosted them at a 1973 White House dinner. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger addressed them by video, and the White House dinner was recreated in the library's replica East Room. The reunion dinner commemorated the 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War, and which was followed by the POWs homecoming.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528229-1/vietnam-prisoners-war-50th-reunion
August 20, 2023
6:00 AM EDT
President Truman 1948 U.S. Military Desegregation Executive Order. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosted a conversation marking President Harry Truman's desegregation of the United States military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948. Her guests were Rep. James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) and Judge Richard Gergel, author of "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring."
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529564-1/president-truman-1948-us-military-desegregation-executive-order
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