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Do you have what it takes to lead like Washington? In this interactive experience, you will step into the boots of the first president and commander in chief.

This is the story of the 1860 election, and how a group of politically minded young men created a national political organization - the Wide Awakes - who marched by torch light and may have handed the Presidency to Abraham Lincoln

In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told through the actual words of slave owners, free-staters, and border ruffians, "Bad Blood" presents the complex morality, and life-and-death decisions faced by those who lived on the border from 1854 through 1860.

An indepth exploration of the major battles and campaigns throughout the American Civil War of the 1860s.

Discovered by an unlikely team of amateur historians 45 feet beneath a Kansas cornfield, the Steamboat Arabia is one of the best-preserved shipwrecks in American history.

A docudrama of the life of Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham, partially filmed on location in historic Arrow Rock, MO.

The American Revolution lasted for eight long years. Washington's War features three campaigns - Boston, Trenton, and Yorktown - in which General George Washington led the way to American victories and ultimately secured independence from Great Britain. Pivotal moments, such as the overnight building of entrenchments at Dorchester Heights, Washington's final charge at Princeton, and the successful siege of Yorktown, are captured in vivid detail in this new film.

Most popular revolutions throughout history have descended into bloody chaos or fallen under the sway of dictators. So how did the United States, born of its own 8-year revolution, ultimately avoid these common pitfalls? A More Perfect Union explores the many challenges facing the new nation and describes how our founding fathers, led by George Washington, created the United States Constitution. Born of compromise, this founding document laid the foundation for our more perfect union.

Emanuel Leutze's famous 1851 painting of George Washington crossing the icy Delaware River is an image that most Americans are familiar with. But how many of us really know why Washington and his intrepid band of soldiers were in that frozen river to begin with? The Winter Patriots, Mount Vernon's second animated feature presentation, sets out to answer that question by examining General Washington's Revolutionary War campaign against the British and Hessian forces in New York and New Jersey. Starting during the summer of 1776, the story follows the Continental Army as it is repeatedly defeated and driven from New York, south across New Jersey towards the Delaware River. Facing one of the darkest moments of the Revolution, viewers will learn how Washington dealt with not only the enemy to his front, but also the host of issues within his own ranks. After crossing over the Delaware River on Christmas Day, Washington's Continentals swiftly defeat three different armies at three different battlefields around Trenton and Princeton. Washington's lightning campaign, coupled with timely guerilla actions, completely unhinged the British position, forcing their precipitous retreat back towards New York.

A documentary about the American Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge.

The Battle of Stones River comes to life through original photos, maps and the backdrop of one of the largest re-enactments ever held in Tennessee with an impressive cast of over 5,000 "soldiers" in full battle regalia. Learn about the commanders and their soldiers that fought the Battle of Stones River, the bloodiest battle in the state of Tennessee.