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Here is a look at our recent visit to chapel hill, North Carolina. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story. As we take book tv and American History tv on the road. With the support of our cable partners, we traveled to chapel hill, North Carolina. Over the next hour, we will go to notable locations, speak with experts about the citys history and talk with some history makers themselves. In a moment, the story of the university of North Carolinas planetarium and the role it played i...

History tv on the road. Support from our sudden link cable partners, we travel to amarillo, texas. Well discover the history of this panhandle city of about 2,000. Starting with a visit to the second largest canyon in the u. S. Following that, in about ten minutes, well learn about kansas citys influence on the development of amarillo. And in 20 minutes, step inside a rail car used to move Nuclear Material around the United States. Later a trip to the Panhandle Plains History Museum in nearby ca...

Plunges and a financial panic gripped the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i have but one desire, and that is to see my country again on the road to prosperity. This land was made for you and me let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his march 1933 inaugural speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed and drought is pe...

Lee and its just that it we had a lot on airplanes and act like we were both at 1st class on an airplane. Ways to promote celebrity ellos to each other. It was that i remember one time i was on that island they call it m. G. M. Grand it was like an all 1st Class Airline and i are robert klein the comedian got on and he came down the center aisle and he would point to people as a group your gear Barbra Streisands crazy and he walked out of the robert klein if you know somebody somebody nobody nob...

That the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his 199033 speech, a quarter of the nation is unemployed. 5000 banks have failed and drought is persisting in key agricultural areas of the country. You people must have faith. Coming up in the next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like around the country to places like toledo. The banking failure of the Great Depression. 26 for Infrastructure Projects of th...

26,000 american deaths. So there are more than 14,200 graves here, many of them who died in the meuseargonne area, but also some civilians and other soldiers brought from other areas . Yeah. But basically most of the soldiers here died during the meuseargonne, the final result which was dramatic for that battle. It was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. Its almost a half percent of the soldiers that are still buried here in france in that cemetery. We have few civilians, ...

Or through our social media feeds. The cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. For six days in early october 1918, more than 500 u. S. Soldiers were surrounded by germans in the argon forest in northeastern france. At the time, the story of the lost battalion became front page news back home and it continues to be remembered as one of world war is most dramatic stories. Up next, on american artifacts, we trav...

Tonight we are very pleased to welcome back mark wilkinson. He has also been the director at the atwood house museum. Mr. Wilkins is a published auth author. He has a masters from Harvard University and he is currently working on several books related to world war one aviation. Mr. Will kins is also conservativing as producer of aerial effects documentary film. His new book, aeroneurosis. Due to unforeseen complications, we dont have any copies you can have signed tonight. The speaker graciously...

Watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the state will begin to move into phase two of its reopening plan after its sustained decline in new covid19 infection rates. He gave more details at a News Conference in austin. Gov. Abbott good afternoon. I want you to know this. Today, tomorrow, and every day Going Forward is one day closer to medical discoveries that will help treat and protect people from getting covid1...

19 1918 armistice that ended world war i. Up next on american artifacts, historian Mitchell Yockelson and french battlefield guide Guillaume Moizan guide us to several key locations in northeastern france, including place wheres hearry truman, an others had life experiences. We have an unexploded 75 millimeter ar till rear shell on the floor of the Argonne Forest. This is about an hour. Were standing in front of the pennsylvania monument dead indicat dedicated in 1927 to honor the veterans of pe...