The End of
the Vietnam War: 50 Years Later
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LIVE: 9 am to 4 pm EDT
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It's been a
half-century since the last U.S. combat soldiers left Vietnam in
1973–following the negotiated end to hostilities agreed to by the
United States, together with North and South Vietnam. Also that
spring, nearly 600 American prisoners of war started returning
home. On Saturday, AHTV takes you to a day-long conference from
George Washington University in Washington, D.C., to hear first-hand
accounts and analysis of the war from Vietnam veterans, journalists,
authors, historians, diplomats, and military leaders.
Topics include
personal reflections, writing about the war and lessons learned,
post-war Vietnam, and Vietnam War-era culture and politics.
You'll hear from veteran and former senator and Secretary of
Defense Chuck Hagel (R-NE), veteran and former
senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), veteran and Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Philip Caputo, Columbia
University historian Lien-Hang Nguyen,
journalist and author Peter Osnos, journalist
and author Elizabeth Becker, former U.S. Ambassador to
Vietnam Raymond Burghardt, and former LIFE and Time
magazine photojournalist Mark Godfrey.
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It's been 50 years
since the Vietnam War—have you always wanted to know more about Operation
Rolling Thunder? This week on Lectures in
History, learn about it from U.S. Air
Force professor Douglas Kennedy.
He describes goals of the campaign, such as destroying North
Vietnam’s transportation system, and also discusses the
limitations put in place to avoid antagonizing other communist powers
such as the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.
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High School Advanced Placement:
U.S. History Exam
Watch:
6:55 pm EDT
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Jason
Stacy and Matthew Ellington,
co-authors of "Fabric of a Nation: A Brief History with Skills
and Sources, For the AP® US History Course," talk about the
Advanced
Placement U.S. History Exam.
They explain how this year’s exam is structured,
provide strategies for answering questions and analyzing
historical documents. This year's test is administered on Friday, May
5.
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Coming up Sunday on C-SPAN
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Q&A: Richard Norton Smith on "An Ordinary Man"
Presidential
historian and author Richard Norton Smith discusses
his biography of President Gerald Ford titled "An
Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R.
Ford." He talks about Ford's personal life,
anti-establishment politics, and post-presidential years. He also talks
about the efforts made by President Ford to heal the country following
the Watergate scandal and his controversial decision to pardon Richard
Nixon.
Tune
in at 8 pm & 11 pm EDT or
enjoy Q&A
as a podcast.
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The Weekly - Top Ten Funniest Jokes Made About C-SPAN by WHCA
Dinner Comedians: Ranked!
To mark the 30th anniversary of C-SPAN's
live coverage of the WHCA dinner, this week's C-SPAN podcast "The
Weekly" brings you this first-ever list: Top Ten
Funniest Jokes White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Comedians Have Told About C-SPAN. Ranked!
If you've watched all the dinners—going back to our first from
1993—you probably noticed one common thread: the comedians at the
dinners often make a joke about C-SPAN.
Sure, the premises
vary. So do the styles. And the punchlines. But the core
C-SPAN joke is a mainstay of many WHCA dinner comedian routines.
Enjoy a few laughs about C-SPAN in
the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast, "The
Weekly."
Watch our live coverage of this year's dinner, starting live at 8 pm
on Saturday online here, or on C-SPAN TV.
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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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