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Tuesday
7:58AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Pat Nixon
9:30AM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
10:42AM EDTReel America All American News - January 1945
10:46AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
11:38AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Lady Bird Johnson
1:10PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Pat Nixon
2:43PM EDTThe Presidency First Lady Pat Nixon
3:58PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Nixon & Betty Ford
4:50PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Lady Bird Johnson
6:28PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Pat Nixon
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Betty Ford
9:34PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
Wednesday
12:05AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
1:12AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Betty Ford
2:46AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
5:15AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
6:22AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Betty Ford
7:55AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
10:25AM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
11:32AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Betty Ford
1:05PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
3:35PM EDTThe Presidency Humor in the White House
4:41PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Betty Ford
6:15PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Rosalynn Carter
7:49PM EDTReel America "The Dairy Industry" - 1942
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
9:35PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
11:57PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
Thursday
1:12AM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
2:03AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
3:38AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
7:15AM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
8:06AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Nancy Reagan
9:41AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Barbara Bush
12:04PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush
1:18PM EDTReel America "All Star Party for Dutch Reagan" - 1985
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
9:35PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
Friday
12:37AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
1:22AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
2:57AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
5:59AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
6:44AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Hillary Clinton
8:19AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Laura Bush
11:22AM EDTOral Histories Hillary Clinton on Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
8:00PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
10:44PM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
Saturday
12:03AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
2:47AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
4:06AM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Michelle Obama
6:50AM EDTThe Presidency Pat Oliphant's Political Cartoons - Bush to Obama
8:00AM EDTReel America "Fresh Colors" - 1970
8:25AM EDTReel America "Vision USA" - 1974
8:50AM EDTReel America "Vision USA" - 1978
9:20AM EDTThomas Jefferson on Declaring Independence
9:45AM EDTAmerican Artifacts American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 1
10:30AM EDTAmerican Artifacts American Revolution, 1760 to 1778 - Part 2
11:00AM EDTReel America "American Illustrator" - 1962
11:25AM EDTAmerican Artifacts "Rockwell, Roosevelt, & the Four Freedoms" Exhibit
12:15PM EDTFirst Ladies Influence & Image - Grace Coolidge
1:50PM EDTReel America "United Nations Aids Republic of Korea in Her Fight Against Aggression" - 1950
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Courtland Cox
3:45PM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
4:45PM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
5:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
7:00PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
10:00PM EDTReel America "The American Revolution of '63" - NBC News Report
11:15PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran John Jefferies
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Chris DeRose, "Star Spangled Scandal"
2:45AM EDTReel America "Health for All, All for Health" - 1988
3:00AM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
4:00AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
4:45AM EDTReel America "We Work Again" - 1937
5:00AM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran Baldwin Myers
6:00AM EDTLectures in History The Civil Rights Movement
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf "For Liberty & Equality"
8:55AM EDTOral Histories Gloria Grinnell, Civil Rights History Project
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Harold Holzer on Civil War Objects
10:50AM EDTNazi Germany & the Western Front
12:05PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam Anti-War Movement
1:15PM EDTU.S. Military Animals in World War II
2:05PM EDTThe Presidency Edith Roosevelt's Racial Views
3:00PM EDTThe Presidency Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge
4:00PM EDTReel America "The American Revolution of '63" - NBC News Report
5:15PM EDTOral Histories Korean War Veteran John Jefferies
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
7:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
9:00PM EDTAbraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
11:00PM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
1:00AM EDTAbraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership
2:00AM EDTOral Histories Courtland Cox
3:45AM EDTThe Presidency "Mrs. Roosevelt - Her Life in Pictures"
4:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum
5:00AM EDTCongress, Political Parties & Polarization
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency JFK, Nuclear Arms Race & Civil Rights
7:00AM EDTAbraham Lincoln and Crisis Leadership

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