Frederick Hess & Michael McShane presented their plan for a conservative alternative to the U.S. education system. This event was hosted by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.
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.
Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House." Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia "Presidents Park" that opened in 2004. After the park closed in 2010, the 15-18 foot, 18,000-20,000 pound statues were transported twelve miles to private property, where they have been decaying ever since. We met photographer, author and storyteller John Plashal, who leads walking tours and photography clinics at the location, to learn more.
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.
Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House." Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia "Presidents Park" that opened in 2004. After the park closed in 2010, the 15-18 foot, 18,000-20,000 pound statues were transported twelve miles to private property, where they have been decaying ever since. We met photographer, author and storyteller John Plashal, who leads walking tours and photography clinics at the location, to learn more.
Author Candice Shy Hooper talked about Absalom Hanks Markland also known as "Grant's Postmaster General," a U.S. Post Office Department Special Agent who ensured that military mail was delivered during the Civil War. The National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, hosted this program.
This 1943 Army Air Forces film depicted the survival of a downed military aircraft pilot in arctic conditions. The pilot demonstrated how to stay warm, make shelter, and signal for help. It was released as "Land and Live in the Arctic." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Foreign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
"Manhunt" author James Swanson talked about the Apple TV+ series based on his account of the 12-day search for President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. American History TV interviewed Mr. Swanson at the Surratt House Museum in Maryland, where the assassin made a hurried stop for supplies after shooting Mr. Lincoln during an April 14, 1865, performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman advocated for free market principles in the 1980 public TV series "Free to Choose." Episode ten was titled "How to Stay Free."
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.
Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House." Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia "Presidents Park" that opened in 2004. After the park closed in 2010, the 15-18 foot, 18,000-20,000 pound statues were transported twelve miles to private property, where they have been decaying ever since. We met photographer, author and storyteller John Plashal, who leads walking tours and photography clinics at the location, to learn more.
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.
Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled "Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House." Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
Inspired by Mount Rushmore, sculptor David Adickes created 42 giant busts of American presidents for a Williamsburg, Virginia "Presidents Park" that opened in 2004. After the park closed in 2010, the 15-18 foot, 18,000-20,000 pound statues were transported twelve miles to private property, where they have been decaying ever since. We met photographer, author and storyteller John Plashal, who leads walking tours and photography clinics at the location, to learn more.
Author Candice Shy Hooper talked about Absalom Hanks Markland also known as "Grant's Postmaster General," a U.S. Post Office Department Special Agent who ensured that military mail was delivered during the Civil War. The National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, hosted this program.
This 1943 Army Air Forces film depicted the survival of a downed military aircraft pilot in arctic conditions. The pilot demonstrated how to stay warm, make shelter, and signal for help. It was released as "Land and Live in the Arctic." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Foreign Affairs magazine executive editor Stuart Reid recounted the ouster and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960-61. This event was hosted by the Africa Center in New York City.
"Manhunt" author James Swanson talked about the Apple TV+ series based on his account of the 12-day search for President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. American History TV interviewed Mr. Swanson at the Surratt House Museum in Maryland, where the assassin made a hurried stop for supplies after shooting Mr. Lincoln during an April 14, 1865, performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
