American Artifacts Preview: Life, Death & Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
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This week on American Artifacts, travel back to April 15, 1865--and the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. We visit the Center for Education and Leadership which opened this month across from Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. It was there that John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln as he enjoyed the play "Our American Cousin." We see the 35-foot to... Read more
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: Life, Death & Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
February 14, 2012 (about 12 years ago)This week on American Artifacts, travel back to April 15, 1865--and the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin. We visit the Center for Education and Leadership which opened this month across from Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. It was there that John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln as he enjoyed the...
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- -: Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and President Kennedy Assassination
February 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is located in what was once the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, the building from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Museum curator Gary Mack spoke to a tour group led by historian Richard Norton Smith about ...
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- -: C-SPAN: American Artifacts Preview: Archaeology at Jamestown, Virginia - William Kelso
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)American History TV took an "In the Trenches" tour with Jamestown Rediscovery project director William Kelso, who began unearthing the 1607 English fort in 1994. The project is part of Preservation Virginia.
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- -: C-SPAN: The Civil War: Southern Women's Views of the North & Abraham Lincoln
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)History professor Victoria Ott talks about the views of young, upper-class women of the South toward the North and President Abraham Lincoln. She spoke at the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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- -: C-SPAN Oral Histories: Lou Cannon
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Journalist and Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon worked for the San Jose Mercury News from 1961 to 1969 and then the Washington Post from 1972 to 1998. During this time he covered many political campaigns and figures -- including President Nixon. In an oral history interview with the Nixon Pres...
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- -: C-SPAN: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee is owned and operated by the National Park Service. It was one of the stops on a 10-day bus tour from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas led by historian and author Richard Norton Smith in May of 2011. Andrew Johnson ser...
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- -: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
January 10, 2012 (over 12 years ago)The Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee is owned and operated by the National Park Service. It was one of the stops on a 10-day bus tour from Asheville, North Carolina to Austin, Texas led by historian and author Richard Norton Smith in May of 2011. Andrew Johnson ser...
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- -: The Civil War: Southern Women's Views of the North & Abraham Lincoln
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)History professor Victoria Ott talks about the views of young, upper-class women of the South toward the North and President Abraham Lincoln. She spoke at the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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- -: Oral Histories: Lou Cannon
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Journalist and Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon worked for the San Jose Mercury News from 1961 to 1969 and then the Washington Post from 1972 to 1998. During this time he covered many political campaigns and figures -- including President Nixon. In an oral history interview with the Nixon Pres...
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: Archaeology at Jamestown, Virginia - William Kelso
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)American History TV took an "In the Trenches" tour with Jamestown Rediscovery project director William Kelso, who began unearthing the 1607 English fort in 1994. The project is part of Preservation Virginia.
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