Vietnam War - March 29

Friday, March 29, 2024

Today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, Good Friday, Hot Cross Bun Day, Lemon Chiffon Cake Day, and World Marbles Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Vietnam War
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Women's History Month Resource: Vietnam Women’s Memorial 30th Anniversary

ON THIS DATE

• 1886 -  John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 1951 - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• 1961 - The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• 1973 - The last U.S. troops leave South Vietnam.
• 1974 - Terracotta Army is discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1790 - 10th President of the U.S. John Tyler
• 1867 - Baseball pitcher Cy Young
• 1918 - Singer Pearl Bailey
• 1918 - Businessman Sam Walton
• 1943 - English comedian Eric Idle

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Eric Idle - Always Look at the Bright Side of Life - LISTEN
• Pearl Baily - If They Could See Me Now - LISTEN
  

THEME:  VIETNAM WAR

• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Teaching the Vietnam War - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam Veterans Memorial (49:48) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Vietnam on the Homefront - Talking Vietnam in Their High School Halls (5:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Last Days in Vietnam Collection - VIEW and LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam - The Draft (9:35) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The Vietnam War Collection - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media -American Experience - Escalation of the Vietnam War by LBJ (5:06) - VIEW and DO

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - Moynihan
Friday, 3/29 from 9-11 pm NHPBS
Daniel Patrick Moynihan was the quintessential American poet-politician. He alone infused public policy with a language, literature, and lyricism that no American public figure in the latter half of the twentieth century could match. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

FEELINGS ARE FACTS: THE LIFE OF YVONNE RANIER
Friday, 3/29 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
At 25, she took her first dance class. At 28, she changed dance forever. FEELINGS ARE FACTS: THE LIFE OF YVONNE RAINER provides a front-row seat for the founding of postmodern dance in America in 1962 and the woman who was at its center.

INDEPENDENT LENS - Move Me
Friday, 3/29 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
Who am I now? After an accident left dancer Kelsey Peterson paralyzed, she finds new allies within the Spinal Cord Injury community while testing the limits of her recovery, body, and spirit. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339