>>/135402/ >>/135403/ >>/135404/ >>/135405/ >>/135406/ December 30, 2023 12:16 PM EST Robert Oppenheimer's Legacy. "Father of the atomic bomb," Robert Oppenheimer's life and evolving legacy was the topic of a discussion hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University. Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird ("American Prometheus"), Washington Post reporter Jada Yuan ("Unleashing Oppenheimer") and Department of Energy advisor Narayan Subramanian participated in this event. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?532363-1/robert-oppenheimers-legacy December 30, 2023 12:31 PM EST The Presidency: A Friendship of Rivals - Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter. Republican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the White House. What gave that friendship staying power - even as the country became more partisan? The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation & the Carter Center hosted this event. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?529937-1/friendship-rivals-gerald-ford-jimmy-carter December 30, 2023 1:01 PM EST Erica Turner, "Suddenly Diverse". University of Wisconsin Educational Policy Studies professor Erica Turner looked at how school districts are dealing with changes in their demographics. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?530952-2/suddenly-diverse December 30, 2023 1:30 PM EST Program With A Ranger Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Springfield, Massachussets https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=11D9B380-0AC7-9400-0C7E98E68F40A650 December 30, 2023 1:30 PM EST 20 minute Ranger-Led Program (Yorktown) Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=7717F70B-F249-2A11-A3D056547D7714AD December 30, 2023 1:41 PM EST Reel America: President Reagan New Year's Radio Address - 1983. President Ronald Reagan delivers a New Year's radio address to the nation on the topic of drunk driving prevention. This recording is from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum collections. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?507430-1/president-reagan-years-radio-address-december-23-1982 December 30, 2023 1:47 PM EST Reel America: "Soviet Internal Propaganda" - 1985. This CIA film from 1985 details what the agency argued was a vast system of indoctrination in the Soviet Union which discouraged individualism and encouraged passive acceptance of Kremlin rule from cradle to grave. In 2011, the CIA's Information Management Services declassified over 200 documents regarding intelligence on the Soviet Union that the CIA provided the Reagan administration. Included in the release were video briefings created by the Directorate of Intelligence for policymakers. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?434066-1/soviet-internal-propaganda December 30, 2023 1:58 PM EST Beth Nguyen, "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Beth Nguyen recalled her experience growing up in America after her parents fled Saigon when she was eight months old. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?530952-3/owner-lonely-heart December 30, 2023 2:03 PM EST The Civil War: Civil War Pensions, Widows, and Orphans. Shenandoah University Civil War Institute director Jonathan Noyalas talked about how veterans and widows applied for pensions and the ways that states and military organizations provided for orphans after the war. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute. American History/BookTV https://www.c-span.org/video/?527271-2/civil-war-pensions-widows-orphans December 30, 2023 2:30 PM EST Tiny Troops Story Time National Museum of the United States Army, Fort Belvoir, Virginia https://www.thenmusa.org/events/ 6