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Discover the people and events that document the American story.
Saturdays on C-SPAN 2 starting at 8 am ET or online anytime at c-span.org/history.
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#OnThisDay during the War of 1812, USS CONSTITUTION defeated HMS Guerrière, earning it the name Old Ironsides. Launched as part of the Naval Act of 1794, you can see it in Boston - now the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. Learn more: c-span.org/video/?179522-…
"We shouldn't teach it in isolation." Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Ohio State history professor, talking about how the Civil Rights Movement was not confined to the 1950s and 60s. Watch more, Saturday 9/7 at 8pm ET on CSPAN 2
This Saturday, tune in for our new series "Historic Presidential Elections." Is the 2024 election "unprecedented?" Find out, as we look back at some of the most contentious & impactful elections in our history. We start with Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky on 1800 -watch 9/7 at 7pm ET on CSPAN 2
"There are only scraps of evidence to understand same sex intimacy in the 18th century." John G McCurdy talks about the 1774 buggery trial of British chaplain Robert Newburgh and LGBT history during the Rev War at Museum of the American Revolution. Watch more, Saturday at 1:15pm ET on CSPAN 2.