AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Civilian Conservation Corps SATURDAY, JUNE 5 @ 7:00PM In March 1933, within weeks of his inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt sent legislation to Congress aimed at providing relief for unemployed American workers. He proposed the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to provide jobs in natural resource conservation. Over the next decade, the CCC put more than three million young men to work...

SCHEDULE MAY 27 – JUNE 2

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National Memorial Day Concert

The 2010 National Memorial Day Concert Sunday, May 30, @ 10:00 to 11:30 pm The Memorial Service for the Nation Join Us As We Honor the Service and Sacrifice of Our Men and Women in Uniform and their Families Sunday, May 30, @ 10:00 to 11:30 pm The 2010 National Memorial Day Concert will focus on three main themes: honoring the sacrifices, suffering and love of a new generation of young...

MOST HONORABLE SON

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 @ 6:00PM & 9:00PM Ben Kuroki may be one of the most remarkable people you’ve never heard of. Born in 1917 to Japanese parents who had moved to the U.S. and settled on a small vegetable farm near Hershey, Nebraska early in the 20th century, he graduated from high school in 1936 and began a quiet life as a farmer. And then came Pearl Harbor. Find out more...

FRONTLINE

FLYING CHEAP TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 @ 7:00PM & 10:00PM Last February, Continental Flight 3407 crashed outside of Buffalo, N.Y., killing 49 people onboard and one on the ground. Although 3407 was painted in the colors of Continental Connection, it was actually operated by Colgan Air, a regional airline that flies routes under contract for US Airways, United and Continental. The crash and...