The Lincoln Memorial and NH Sculptor Daniel Chester French and Creativity - May 30

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Today is National Hamburger Day, Mint Julep Day, National Creativity Day, and World MS Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Lincoln Memorial and NH Sculptor Daniel Chester French and Creativity
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ON THIS DATE

• 1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.
• 1539 - Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto lands in Florida.
• 1911 - Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500.
• 1922 - The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1896 - Director Howard Hawks
• 1908 - Voice actor Mel Blanc
• 1909- Bandleader, clarinetist, and songwriter Benny Goodman
• 1964 - Singer-songwriter Wynonna Judd
• 1971 - Singer and actor Idina Menzel
• 1972 - Baseball player Manny Ramirez

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Benny Goodman Band - Sing, Sing, Sing - LISTEN
• The Judds - Why Not Me - LISTEN
• Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity - LISTEN

THEME: The Lincoln Memorial and NH Sculptor Daniel Chester French

• Grades 3-12 - National Park Service - The Lincoln Memorial - READ
• Grades 4-12 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Daniel Chester French - VIEW and READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Tuck's Gift: Donna Hassler on the Lincoln Memorial (1:05) - VIEW

THEME: Creativity

• Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Creative Corner Collection -VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Braincraft - The Secret to Creativity (4:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Braincraft - 3 Surprising Creativity Tests (9:07) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

ASIAN AMERICANS - Generation Rising 
Thursday, 5/30 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans. New immigrants and war refugees expand the population and definition of Asian America. ASIAN AMERICANS Streaming Video

ASIAN AMERICANS - Breaking Through
Thursday, 5/30 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans. New immigrants and war refugees expand the population and definition of Asian America. ASIAN AMERICANS Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE- 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

NOVA - Augmented 
Thursday, 5/30 from 2-4 pm NH EXPLORE
An inventor of bionic limbs teams up with an injured climber and a leading surgeon to test a new amputation technique that allows prosthetic limbs to move and feel like the real thing. NOVA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - Norman Lear 
Thursday, 5/30 from 2-3:30 pm NH WORLD
Discover how the prolific creator of All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and Good Times effected social change through his groundbreaking sitcoms and activism. Features George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons, and others. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

AMERICAN MASTERS - Joe Papp in Five Acts 
Thursday, 5/30 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Joe Papp, founder of The Public Theater, Free Shakespeare in the Park, and producer of groundbreaking plays like Hair, A Chorus Line, and for colored girls, created a "theater of inclusion" based on the belief that great art is for everyone. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

AMERICA REFRAMED - Geographies of Kinship 
Thursday, 5/30 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
In this powerful tale about the rise of Korea's global adoption program, four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. AMERICA REFRAMED Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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