Celebrating American History

Celebrating American History

Celebrate American history through videos focused on fascinating people and places, traditions and time periods, events and experiences from America’s colonization to today. Enjoy a diverse collection of interviews, feature stories, and first person flashbacks with authors, historians, and regular folks. It’s all ready for your exploration when you click on video titles and images below.

Stories of Colonial America

The Feast that Became Thanksgiving | Time Trip to Autumn 1621

Who Was John Alden? The Real Story Behind Longfellow’s Hero

The Story of Young Benjamin Franklin with Biographer Nick Bunker

A City’s Tension Sparks the Boston Massacre | Time Trip to March 5, 1770

Stories of the American Revolution

Bunker Hill | The Battle that Proved America Could Fight

Stories of the American Revolution | Who Else Loves History? Episode 1

Battle of St. Louis | The American Revolution Battle that Saved the West for America

A Story of Valiant Ambition and the American Revolution with Historian Nathaniel Philbrick

Stories of the Early United States

Becoming the Father of His Country | The Political Rise of George Washington with Biographer David O. Stewart

Unveiling the Complexities of Thomas Jefferson with Biographer Jon Meacham

War, Resistance, and Legacy: Tecumseh and The Prophet | Interview with Peter Cozzens

History Spotlight: Lafayette’s Landmark 1825 Visit to St. Louis

Stories of Antebellum America

The War Before the War | Andrew Delbanco on the Story of Slavery in America

Was There a Corrupt Bargain? Time Trip to February 9, 1825

History Spotlight: The Dred Scott Case

Beyond Dred Scott | The Legacy of Freedom Suits in American History

Stories of Civil War America

History Spotlight: Ulysses Grant’s Love Story

Brad Meltzer and the Lincoln Conspiracy

Firing on Fort Sumter Begins America’s Civil War | Time Trip to April 12-13, 1861

The History Behind the Movie | Lincoln

Stories of Westward Expansion

Tour and History of Jefferson Barracks | Oldest Military Post West of the Mississippi

Using a Smokehouse in 1820 | Curing & Preserving Meat on the American Frontier

The Pony Express Starts Riding | Time Trip to April 3, 1860

History Spotlight: Tribal Legacies

Stories of Reconstruction Through the Gilded Age

KLAN WAR: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction

Gilded Age Glory in a Modern Downtown | The Campbell House

The Eads Bridge and the Man Who Dared to Build It

The Day a Golden Spike Connected America | Time Trip to May 10, 1869

Stories of the Progressive Era through the Great Depression

Clash of Titans | Teddy Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Fight for Workers’ Rights

The 1904 World’s Fair Was Unlike Anything America Had Seen

From Tragedy to Joy | The Amazing Story of “The Joy of Cooking”

The Original Rocket(te)s

Stories of World War II America

Ruby Foster, World War II Cadet Nurse

Six Years in Concentration Camps | First Person Flashback With Survivor Ben Fainer

The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II

Flying Missions During the Battle of Guadalcanal | First Person Flashback with Veteran Tom Mohan

Stories of the 1950s through the Vietnam War

Soldier Stories | Reflections on Serving in Vietnam

I Was There on the Balcony | The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sputnik Launches the Space Race | Time Trip to October 4, 1957

The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine | Civil Rights Stories

Stories of Recent American History

Something in the Water: A Saint Louis Rockumentary

How St. Louis Became Home to the Largest Bosnian Community Outside of Europe

9/12: The Epic Battle of the Ground Zero Responders

Combat in the Iraq War | Purple Heart Veteran Carter Holt Tells His Story of Service