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April 7, 2024
1:10 AM EDT
Sen. Ben Cardin D-MD Reads Washington's Farewell Address. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) delivered the annual reading of George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address. The Senate tradition began on Washington's birthday in 1896. The reading of the 7,641-word address rotates annually between the parties.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533664-3/sen-ben-cardin-d-md-reads-washingtons-farewell-address
April 7, 2024
2:00 AM EDT
The Civil War: William Styple, "Generals in Bronze - Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War". Author William Styple talked about artist James Kelly who interviewed dozens of Union Civil War generals after the war to understand their war and depict it in art. The Macculloch Hall Historical Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533147-1/generals-bronze-interviewing-commanders-civil-war
April 7, 2024
2:00 PM EDT
Total Solar Eclipse
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Indiana
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=236EC4D7-0F0B-7685-63F28026E3AA2C04
April 7, 2024
2:50 AM EDT
James Fichter, "Tea - Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776". Author James Fichter talked about the role and politics of tea leading up to the American Revolution. Revolutionary Spaces in Boston hosted this program.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532343-1/tea-consumption-politics-revolution-1773-1776
April 7, 2024
3:05 AM EDT
Lectures in History: Mamie Till-Mobley & Remembering Emmett Till. University of Kentucky writing and rhetoric professor Brandon Erby discussed the legacy of Mamie Till-Mobley and her efforts to bring awareness to the 1955 murder of her son Emmett Till. The University of Kentucky is located in Lexington.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533507-2/mamie-till-mobley-remembering-emmett-till
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=radio
April 7, 2024
3:55 AM EDT
Ancient DNA and US History. Professors and researchers discussed new insights from research on the DNA of enslaved Africans American ironmakers at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland. This video was provided by Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534515-1/ancient-dna-history
April 7, 2024
4:03 AM EDT
Emmett Till National Monument Proclamation. President Biden established a national monument for Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley to memorialize the black teenager whose 1955 lynching helped ignite the civil rights movement. This event took place at the White House.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529542-1/president-biden-emmett-till-mamie-till-mobley-monument
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=radio
April 7, 2024
4:21 AM EDT
The Presidency: Ulysses Grant - Military Man & President. The White House Historical Association, in this virtual event, hosted a reassessment of President Ulysses Grant's military service, presidency, and legacy.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534513-1/ulysses-grant-military-man-president
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=radio
April 7, 2024
5:30 AM EDT
Defining American Rights. The National Archives marked the anniversary of its decade-old "Records of Rights" exhibit with a conversation about how rights are defined. The exhibit houses the nation's only copy of the Magna Carta -- a gift from billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533516-1/defining-american-rights
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