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Watch: 9:30 am/pm ET Saturday
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Sara
Bon-Harper, director of president
James Monroe's Highland Estate and director Andrew
Davenport of President Thomas Jefferson's
Monticello discuss both presidents as slave owners and how
these historic sites are telling that story. Curator Mary
Elliott of the Smithsonian's National Museum
of African American History and Culture also joined
the discussion.
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Amelia Earhart Statue Dedication
Watch: 7:20 pm ET Saturday
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The statue of
pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart joins
other sculptures of American historical figures in the U.S.
Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
Amelia Earhart set many records as the first woman to cross the
Atlantic Ocean solo and the first person to fly from Hawaii to the
U.S. mainland. She will represent her home state of Kansas in
Statuary Hall.
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The Civil War
Battle of Antietam: Lincoln and Emancipation
Gettysburg National Military Park's
former Civil War historian Scott Hartwig
explored the events leading up to the September
1862 Battle of Antietam and Abraham
Lincoln's announcement of the preliminary Emancipation
Proclamation following the battle. Tune in at 2 pm ET Saturday
Ethan Carr and Rolf
Diamant's "Olmsted and Yosemite"
Co-authors Ethan Carr and Rolf
Diamant discuss architect Frederick
Law Olmsted's time in the West and his campaign to
preserve Yosemite National Park, making it
accessible to all Americans. Watch at 6 pm ET Saturday
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What happened this week in
history?
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September 12, 1962: During
President John F. Kennedy's speech at Rice University in
Texas, he challenged America to land on the moon by the end of the
decade.
September 14, 1814: Francis
Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner. He was
inspired to write the poem after waking to the United States' flag
still billowing over Fort McHenry following a night of heavy
bombardment during the 1812 War.
September 15, 1963: In
Birmingham, Alabama, White segregationists bombed the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church. Four African American young girls lost their
lives in the attack.
September 17, 1787: Constitution
Day, thirty-nine delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed
the U.S. Constitution. It was a departure from the Articles of
Confederation that was in effect for the previous six years. The
Constitution was later ratified on June 21,1788.
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Coming up Sunday on
C-SPAN
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This week
on Q&A: Professor Hal
Brands of the John Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies argues that the competition between the U.S.
and China will reach its most dangerous point during this decade.
He discusses China's strategy for achieving global dominance and what
the U.S. and other global powers are doing or should be doing to
counter it that attempt.
Tune
in at 8 pm ET Sunday on C-SPAN
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The Weekly
On May 16, 1991,
Queen
Elizabeth made Congress laugh.
Even though many British prime ministers have addressed the Joint
Meetings of Congress over the decades, this was the first and still
only time a British monarch has had the honor.
To mark the Queen's passing, this special British-focused episode
of C-SPAN's "The Weekly" revisits those
moments reflecting the Gulf War victory combined with the opening
joke that brought down the House of Representatives.
With special guest appearances by John Major, Tony Blair,
and Christopher Hitchens. Listen
now on The Weekly
🎧 Listen
anytime, anywhere: Enjoy these podcasts and
discover many more at C-SPAN.org/podcasts, on the
free C-SPAN Now video app or
wherever you get your podcasts.
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About American
History TV
Explore our nation's past and discover the people and events that
document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along
with American History TV to museums and historic sites. Watch
archival speeches from former presidents and other national
leaders. Visit classrooms, lectures and symposiums featuring
professors and historians.
Every
Saturday on C-SPAN2 starting at 8 am ET
or
online anytime at c-span.org/history.
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