Visiting the 2011 Cable Show? Stop by the C-SPAN Digital Bus (Booth 531) and get a Campaign 2012 luggage tag, button, pen and much more! Leia mais.
Commercial aviation began in St. Petersburg, FL. Watch this C-SPAN American History TV video with William Buston, Florida Aviation Historical Society, for more information. Leia mais.
Check out this C-SPAN American History TV interview with Rep. Kathy Castor (R-FL) on the history of Centro Asturiano. Leia mais.
Ray Hinst, Co-owner of Haslam’s, discusses the changing book industry in this C-SPAN BookTV interview. Leia mais.
Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders got ready for the Spanish American War in the area. Hear more from Heather Trubee, Education Curator of the Henry B. Plant Museum, in this C-SPAN interview. Leia mais.
Site of Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, Ford’s is the most visited site, off the Mall, in Washington, DC. Watch this C-SPAN YouTube video for more history from Theatre Director Paul Tetreault. Leia mais.
William McVey sculpted this nine-foot statue of Winston Churchill. One bronze foot is planted on British soil and the other on American. Watch this video for more info. Leia mais.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 by Mary Simth Lockwood, Mary Desha, Ellen Hardin Walworth, and Eugenia Washington. Watch this YouTube for more history. Leia mais.
Dedicated in April 1979, coinciding with Einstein's 100th birthday, the statue is 12 feet tall and weighs about 4 tons. Watch this 90 second C-SPAN YouTube video about the memorial. Leia mais.
Temple, 1 of PA’s 3 public research universities, was founded in 1884 as by Dr. Russell Conwell. Check out this video of History professor David Farber discussing the 1960s Vietnam anti-war movement. Leia mais.
Check out this video of Justice Kegan in a C-SPAN interview discussing her use of a Kindle to read briefs. Leia mais.
@cspanhistory visited the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery to learn about Delphine Hirasuna's book & exhibit "The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946." Leia mais.
Check out this video of the National Archives Recovery Team as they worked to enlist the help of dealers and collectors in locating historical documents that are missing from the National Archives. Leia mais.
C-SPAN is here covering Campaign 2010. Go to the link for complete coverage. Leia mais.
Watch this video about the recently displayed Nuremburg Laws. Leia mais.
Designed by Maya Lin and completed in 1982, the two black granite walls are 246’9’’ long. Names on the walls are of servicemen KIA or MIA listed in chronological order. See video for more info. Leia mais.
19 Statues: 14 Army, 2 Marines, 1 Navy, 1 Air Force. Each weighs~1,000 lbs. Reflected on the wall it creates the image of a total of 38 statues, symbolic of the 38th Parallel & 38 months of the war. Leia mais.
Architect John Russell Pope’s masterpiece. The doors on the National Archives building are the largest bronze doors in the world. Check out this video for more info. Leia mais.
Room numbers are 4 digits and begin with 1. Named for Nicholas Longworth (R-OH) Speaker of the House (1925-1931), who was also President Theodore Roosevelt’s son-in-law.
Named for Sam Rayburn (D-TX) Speaker of the House (1940-1947, 1949-1953), the longest serving Speaker in U.S. History. Room numbers are 4 digits and begin with 2.
The spot where Martin Luther King, Jr. stood to give his "I Have A Dream" speech is engraved on the landing eighteen steps below Lincoln's statue. Check out this video for more history on the Lincoln Leia mais.
Established in 1820, the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America. Check out this video for more on its history. Leia mais.
The Senate Judiciary Committee meets in Hart. Here’s a video of Senator Specter (D-PA) and Solicitor General Kagan discussing openness at the Supreme Court during the recent confirmation hearing. Leia mais.
Check out this video of Van Jones, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, comments on working in the White House. Leia mais.
4th of July Fireworks are set off above the reflecting pool, between the Lincoln and World War II Memorials between 9:00-9:30 p.m. ET.
Blair House complex is larger than the White House, totaling 70,000 square feet and 119 rooms. President Obama held a health care summit in Blair House (Feb. '10). Video here: Leia mais.
Here’s an interview C-SPAN did with President Obama in the White House Library. Leia mais.
How does a new justice affect the Court? Justices tell C-SPAN (YouTube video) Leia mais.
C-SPAN, the public affairs network’s flagship channel created by America's cable companies in 1979, now is available in over 100 million U.S. cable and satellite households. Leia mais.
