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c-span.org/localcontent. next month, louisville, kentucky. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. each week, "american artifacts" takes viewers into archives, museums and historics sites around the country. "uss constitution" was launched in boston and gained fame in the war of 1812, defeating british warships and earning the nickname "old iron sides." eastern tv visited the museum located at the same pier where the ship is docked today. we looked at the lives of sailors aboard the "constitution" during the war of 1812. >> welcome to the "uss co...

visit our website, c-span.org/history. one of my favorite drugs to talk about is maybe half of pigs, half of cows and a lot of the turkeys. this is a drug -- you know, most of the drugs they're giving are to make the animal grow faster. this had particular drug is not withdrawn when they walk on to the killing floor. that means when that animal is killed and the meat is sold to safeway or whatever, the drug is in there. >> this weekend, martha rosenburg looks behind the scenes of the food and drug industry and finds regulatory lapses in undermining the public health. born with a ju...

>> get our schedules and see past programs at our websites, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> each week "american artifacts" takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. "uss constitution" was launched in boston in 1797 and gained fame during the war of 1812 defeating british war ships in three sea battles and earning the nickname old iron sides. american history tv visited the "uss constitution" museum in boston located at the same pier where the ship is docked today. we toured an exhibit looking at lives of sailors aboard...

in the navy in 1812 working at sea you would be paid the same wages whether you were black or white, and that wasn't true on shore. during the war of 1812 our research uncovered another crew member who was four-foot and furry member of the crew, a terrier named guerriere. his owner named him after the first victory over guerriere, and he had a job to do on board the ship catching rats in the hold, but he could also travel to any part of the ship where sailors weren't allowed into officer's country n their quarters guerriere is someone who lets us interpret the constitution throughout...

in this exhibit we meet the enlisted sailors coming to constitution to join the crew, and it may be someone who served in the fishing fleet with a blockade they can't get to sea or after an american sailors made up 10 to 15% of constitution's crew. in the navy in 1812 working at sea you would be paid the same wages whether you were black or white, and that wasn't true on shore. during the war of 1812 our research uncovered another crew member who was four-foot and furry member of the crew, a terrier named garier. his owner named him after the first victory over guerriere, and the job...