50 years ago, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. This weekend, Reel America commemorates his death. #MLK50
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00:00- In 1967, #OnThisDay, taping began for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In 1969, Mr. Rogers testified before a Senate Committee to advocate for educational programming and public broadcasting funding. "Looks like you just earned the 20 million dollars." #FlashbackFriday
00:00 - Last night, @CapitolHistory presented @Lin_Manuel with the 2017 Freedom Award for #Hamilton. Watch on C-SPAN 3 on 10/1 at 9pm ET.
- "Four score & seven years ago" - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address #OTD 1863. LEARN MORE: cs.pn/2gqk4MO
- "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" - #OnThisDay in 1987 #POTUS Ronald Reagan spoke at the Berlin Wall calling for the reunification of East and West Germany.
00:00 - For a limited time, the suit coat that George Washington wore to his first inauguration in New York will be on display to the public at @MountVernon (1/17-2/3) @cspan AHTV got a rare glimpse of the coat today before it was readied for viewing.
- "Historians have a special knowledge about our past and there are a lot of mistruths being spun about that… and we have a duty to step in and correct those." - @KevinMKruse Watch the full interview on Sunday 6:45pm & 10:45pm ET on C-SPAN 3. #twitterstorians
00:00 - #OnThisDay in 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the "Stars and Stripes" flag: Learn more about the #history of the American flag: cs.pn/2tmdnh6 #StarsandStripes #FlagDay
- Vietnam - Tet Offensive22.2%LBJ drops re-election5.2%MLK assassination52.4%RFK assassination20.2%19,025 votesFinal results
- #OnThisDay in 1993 #SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in. #RGB Watch the full ceremony in our free @cspan video library: cs.pn/2vplZpr
00:00 - My two sisters were taken to Auschwitz where they were killed and they were only 5 and 7 years old." - Alfred “Al” Münzer Earlier today we visited the @HolocaustMuseum to hear survivor stories. #HolocaustRemembranceDay Here is more of his story: ushmm.org/remember/holoc…
00:00 - "If they persist, pull the plug...it's still watch closely and don't be afraid to see what you see." From Ronald Reagan's 1989 farewell address talking about a trip to Moscow and the differences between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. #ThrowbackThursday
00:00 - Pearl Harbor is attacked #OnThisDay in 1941, "A date which will live in infamy" #PearlHarborRemembranceDay
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