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More great TV Sunday from Antietam, for Civil War battle’s 150th
More fine programming from C-SPAN3, American HistoryTV, due on Sunday.
Extensive LIVE broadcast from Antietam National Battlefield with distinguished American historians, starting at 11:58 a.m.
Approx. 1 hr. 54 min.
Antietam National Battlefield Tour
Approx. 8 hr. 30 min.
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam
Approx. 8 hr. 30 min.
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam
LIVE – Battle of Antietam 150th Anniversary
SHARPSBURG, MARYLAND
Sunday, September 16, 2012
American History TV will be LIVE this Sunday, September 16, from noon to 8:30pm ET at the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland, covering events marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam.
The battle took place September 17, 1862, and was the bloodiest day of fighting in American history. President Lincoln took advantage of the Union strategic victory to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation a few days later.
C-SPAN3 guests–including Civil War historian James McPherson and Howard University history professor Edna Greene Medford–will take viewer calls and tweets.
12:00 pm Remarks: Dwight Pitcaithley, Former National Park Service Chief Historian
1:00 pm Viewer Calls & Tweets: Keith Snyder, Antietam National Battlefield Park Ranger
2:00 pm Remarks: Kathleen Ernst, Author, “Too Afraid to Cry: Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign”
3:00 pm Viewer Calls & Tweets: Edna Greene Medford, Howard University History Professor and Co-Author, “The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views”
4:00 pm Remarks: Mark Neely, Author, “Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War”
5:00 pm Viewer Calls & Tweets: Helena Zinkham, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Chief
5:30 pm Viewer Calls & Tweets: James McPherson, Civil War Historian & Author, “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam”
6:15 pm Viewer Calls & Tweets: Harold Holzer, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation Chairman and Author,“Emancipating Lincoln: The Proclamation in Text, Context & Memory”
7:00 pm Remarks: James McPherson, Civil War Historian & Author, “Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era” and Edwin Bearss, Former National Park Service Chief Historian and Author, “Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War”
These LIVE programs will re-air at 8:30pm ET Sunday evening.
