David Kaczynski, the younger brother of suspected unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, speaks out about the issue of people with mental illness like his brother as well as what it was like to have to turn his own family member in for this crime.
Pearl Bore describes what life was like in Colorado during the Dust Bowl period of the Great Depression and shares memories of the time she spent with her family.
Hear how these Americans survived the Great Depression that began with the stock market crash of September 4, 1929. They explain the food they ate and the basic necessities they learned to live without, like heat, medicine, and new clothes.
Major Henry Rathbone, sat with the Lincolns in their theater box and later testified at the official inquiry into the assassination. We join his story as he and his fiancé accompany the Lincolns to the theater: On the evening of the 14th of April last, at about twenty minutes past … Continue reading
Margaret Bayard Smith’s Account of Thomas Jefferson at James Madison’s Inauguration and Ball - 4 Mar. 1809 On the morning of Mr Madison’s inauguration, he asked Mr Jefferson to ride in his carriage with him to the Capitol, but this he declined, & in answer to one who inquired of him why … Continue reading
Watch rare color footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral on April 12, 1945. That same day, Vice President Harry S. Truman was sworn into office as the 36th President of the United States.
John H. Gooden recalls his memory of the day he found out about the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12, 1945.
Watch historic footage of troops fighting during the Battle of An Lộc that began on April 13, 1972 and evacuating injured soldiers.
President Lyndon B. Johnson explains the importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and speaks about what passing it means to him after signing it on April 11, 1968.
Technical Sergeant Robert Roberts remembers capturing the liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp with his camera and recalls setting up a hospital to treat the survivors of the Holocaust. Roberts also remembers walking Germans around to view the atrocities they had facilitated and participated in. On April 4, 1945 Buchenwald concentration … Continue reading
