CIA Museum Tour
American History TV toured the CIA Museum at the agency’s Langley, Virginia, headquarters. Director and curator Robert Byer highlighted covert action tools of the trade in the CIA’s collecti…
1,009 viewsAmerican History TV toured the CIA Museum at the agency’s Langley, Virginia, headquarters. Director and curator Robert Byer highlighted covert action tools of the trade in the CIA’s collecti…
1,009 viewsAmerican History TV toured the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s “1898” exhibit -- which brings together portraits of the major players in the Spanish-American War, and illustrates the…
318 viewsAmerican History TV toured the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms with director and curator Virginia Hart -- and sat down for an interview about America’s first diplomat, Ben…
256 viewsCapitol Visitor Center curator Christine Blackerby took us through an exhibit looking at congressional investigations through the years, from Titanic to Watergate. She explained the steps in…
53 viewsLocated in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the Clinton House Museum was the first home of Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Clintons taught at the at the University of Arkansas School of Law and were ma…
776 viewsAuthor Don Lago visited various spots within Grand Canyon National Park. His book, Grand Canyon: A History of a Natural Wonder and National Park, highlights some of the historical events tha…
860 viewsThe Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum contains over 52,000 original items pertaining to the 16th president. Archives director Samuel Wheeler went inside the Lincoln Vault to sh…
624 viewsC-SPAN’s American History TV visited the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia. April marks the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, which was the U.S. effort to rebuild par…
236 viewsKimberly Ivey and historical interpreter Audrey Biser gave a tour of the Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia, and spoke about the role of the royal governor and the beginning of the …
2,651 viewsThis virtual tour of the John Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s exhibit on the Kennedy children, Caroline and John Jr., looked at the public’s fascination with them, their media imag…
289 viewsBenjamin Harrison, who lived his adult life in Indianapolis, was the 23rd president of the United States. Charles Hyde, president and CEO of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, talked a…
602 viewsHistorian Kathryn Harris during a driving tour of Springfield, Illinois, described a 1908 event in which 5,000 white citizens stormed into black neighborhoods in the town, resulting in the l…
987 viewsPastor Billy Graham built a religious retreat in Asheville, North Carolina, called the Cove. His first child, Virginia “Gigi” Graham, talked about her father’s tie to North Carolina and his …
1,013 viewsExecutive Director Jan Turnquist gave a tour of Orchard House, providing a glimpse into the Alcott family’s life in Concord, Massachusetts. Purchased by Amos Bronson Alcott in 1857, Orchard …
21,306 viewsC-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2017 LCV Cities Tour” in Hyde Park, New York, from May 20-25 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working w…
1,965 viewsThomas Jefferson built Poplar Forest as a secluded retreat from public life. Travis McDonald, director of Architectural Restoration, talked about the site’s history and goes behind the scene…
1,300 viewsThe White House unveiled the 2022 holiday decorations. The theme was “We the People.”
210 viewsHoward Kittell gave a tour of Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, the place that Andrew and Rachel Jackson called home from 1804 through President Jackson’s death in 1845. Mr. Kittell spoke about th…
1,684 viewsCurators Jeannine Falino and Phyllis Magidson gave a tour of the Museum of the City of New York and spoke about how New York City’s wealthiest lived in the 19th century. The exhibit, “Gilded…
3,820 viewsBlaine Baggett, former director of communications and education at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, talked about the many contributions this facility has made to the exploration an…
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