Investigative reporter Tim Schwab took a critical look at Bill Gates and the political power he wields through the Gates Foundation. This event was hosted by People's Book in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Adam Levy discussed his publishing company, Transit Books, which focuses on international literature and translated books. About Books also reported on the latest publishing industry news and current non-fiction books.
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
A "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
What did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this first lady's marriage to President John Tyler became politicized and tied to the 1844 presidential election.
St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe and opened in 1816. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave American History TV a tour of the national historic landmark.
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
A "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
What did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this first lady's marriage to President John Tyler became politicized and tied to the 1844 presidential election.
St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe and opened in 1816. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave American History TV a tour of the national historic landmark.
Historian Scott Mingus discussed the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge in Pennsylvania over the Susquehanna River in 1863. Retreating militia units burned the bridge in an effort to halt the advance of Confederate forces. The action saved Wrightsville but set up the Battle of Gettysburg. This was part of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier's annual event in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia marked the occasion of the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, with a discussion of the president's use of oratory and hidden meaning.
Historian Christopher Oakley talked about how he used 3D technology with period photographs to reveal where Lincoln stood when he delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. The Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Clinton House Museum was the first home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Clinton's taught at the at the University of Arkansas School of Law and were married inside the home in 1975. Angie Albright, Museum Director, gave us a tour of the home and showed rarely seen memorabilia from President Clinton's early political career.
UC Santa Barbara professor Nelson Lichtenstein argued that the Clinton administration's agenda did more to advance corporate America than working class Americans. Columbia University in New York City hosted this event.
The Peace History Society hosted a discussion on antiwar protests during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This event took place at Gwynedd Mercy University in Pennsylvania.
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
A "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
What did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this first lady's marriage to President John Tyler became politicized and tied to the 1844 presidential election.
St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe and opened in 1816. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave American History TV a tour of the national historic landmark.
The life and legacy of World War I general & civil rights icon Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio.
A "winter count" is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe's history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, Lydia Fire Thunder Bluebird, an Oglala Sioux woman, uses her great uncle's winter count to explain the tradition and the history of her people.
What did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this first lady's marriage to President John Tyler became politicized and tied to the 1844 presidential election.
St. John's Church on Lafayette Square near the White House was designed by U.S. Capitol architect Benjamin Latrobe and opened in 1816. St. John's is known as the "Church of the Presidents," because every president since James Madison has attended at least one service there. Historian and church member Richard Grimmett gave American History TV a tour of the national historic landmark.
Historian Scott Mingus discussed the burning of the Wrightsville Bridge in Pennsylvania over the Susquehanna River in 1863. Retreating militia units burned the bridge in an effort to halt the advance of Confederate forces. The action saved Wrightsville but set up the Battle of Gettysburg. This was part of the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier's annual event in Petersburg, Virginia.
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia marked the occasion of the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, on November 19, 1863, with a discussion of the president's use of oratory and hidden meaning.
Historian Christopher Oakley talked about how he used 3D technology with period photographs to reveal where Lincoln stood when he delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863. The Lincoln Forum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Clinton House Museum was the first home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Clinton's taught at the at the University of Arkansas School of Law and were married inside the home in 1975. Angie Albright, Museum Director, gave us a tour of the home and showed rarely seen memorabilia from President Clinton's early political career.
UC Santa Barbara professor Nelson Lichtenstein argued that the Clinton administration's agenda did more to advance corporate America than working class Americans. Columbia University in New York City hosted this event.
The Peace History Society hosted a discussion on antiwar protests during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This event took place at Gwynedd Mercy University in Pennsylvania.
