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National Memorial Day Concert
Discover the meaning and history of Memorial Day and the ways in which Americans come together on this day to remember, to honor and begin to heal. Share and read about Memorial Day traditions. Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Memorial Day is not only a holiday for barbeques and celebrations, but also a time for traditions that honor our country’s fallen heroes. Tell us how you commemorate this holiday, and browse reflections from other viewers. Continue
PBS Presents
From history to drama, explore Great Britain online with PBS. Uncover the UK's unique history with timelines and guides, watch videos to get a glimpse of the royal lifestyle, and play quizzes and games to test your wits on the Brits. Continue
Finding Your Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on musician John Legend's unique family history, including an actual ancestor who was born in the last years of the 18th century as a slave. Continue
Slavery by Another Name
Historian Mary Ellen Curtin explains positions of power and how white supremacists were in elected government positions. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
Examine the West's rise to global dominance based on Niall Ferguson's six principles of prosperity. 5/29/2012 Continue
NOVA
Follow the poignant, sometimes harrowing efforts of family members to learn the fate of pilots missing after dogfights over Korea. 5/23/2012 Continue
Finding Your Roots
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals the ancestral pasts of actor Adrian Grenier, actress Michelle Rodriguez, and commentator Linda Chavez. Continue
Washington Week
Is it just my imagination, or have politics and politicians grown smaller? I've been flirting with this conclusion after diving into two enjoyable presidential history books by night while covering 2012 politics by day. The books, Robert Caro's "The Passage of Power" and "The President's Club" by Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, take us inside the West Wing in a way screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s... Continue
Finding Your Roots
Linda Chavez discovers how her family was involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico in 1680 – and that she has surprising family roots. Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Watch this special shout-out to our country's 43,000 service members who have been wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue
National Memorial Day Concert
Learn how you can provide emotional and practical support to America’s severely wounded service members, who are struggling to get back to their lives as they once knew them. Continue
Finding Your Roots
Geneticists discuss how DNA and genetics determines our traits, like eye color, and how our shared DNA can surface recurring traits down our family lines. Continue
Finding Your Roots
Geneticists explain how DNA and genome-wide genetic testing can help us individuals find previously unknown relatives. Continue
Washington Week
Gwen Ifill will take live questions this Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 1 pm ET. She will be joined by Michael Duffy, Executive Editor of TIME magazine and author of The Presidents Club. Bring your questions on the 2012 Presidential Election and more. Continue
To The Contrary
Republicans and Democrats are launching an all-out competition for women's votes in time for the midterm elections. This week marks the ninetieth anniversary of women receiving the right to vote. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are working together to slow the effects of climate change. Continue
PBS Presents
The PBS Arts Summer Festival expands the scope and diversity of the arts on television, with a multi-part weekly series and new original online content that takes viewers across the country and around the world. Award-winning television, film and stage star Anna Deavere Smith ("Nurse Jackie," "The West Wing") will serve as weekly host for the Summer Festival. 6/29/2012 Continue
To The Contrary
For the first time in U.S. history, white newborns are outnumbered by babies of color; the U.S. Army recently made history by officially opening jobs in combat battalions to women, but direct ground combat roles are still exclusive to men; To The Contrary travels to China to explore the role the U.S. Foreign Service plays in diplomacy overseas. Continue
NOVA
NOVA joins an exclusive dive beneath the waters of Pearl Harbor to trace new clues to the sinking of the USS Arizona. 5/23/2012 Continue
Finding Your Roots
Adrian Grenier learns his maternal eleventh great-grandfather was one of the original Spanish colonists in New Mexico and a sergeant in Juan de Oñate’s army. Continue
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