Discover the people, places, and events that shaped Pennsylvania with PCN’s History & Culture series. The series features interviews with historians, coverage of history-themed events, and documentary programs.
History & Culture programs are available to stream On Demand with PCN Select.
The One-Room Kibler Schoolhouse, History & Culture Shorts
The Carlisle Theatre, History & Culture Shorts
History of the Appalachian Trail, History & Culture Shorts
Lancaster Amish Farm And House, History & Culture Shorts
Williams Grove Steam Show, History & Culture Shorts
Molly Pitcher, History & Culture Shorts
Betsy Ross, History & Culture Shorts
Nellie Bly, History & Culture Shorts
Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Frontiers: Indigenous, Backcountry, and Underground 10/10/25
Interpreting Industrial History and Working-Class Lives in the Mid-Atlantic 10/11/25
Power, Politics, and Virtue in the Early Mid-Atlantic 10/10/25
Digital Media Use in Public History 10/10/25
Pennsylvania's Revolutionary War: Politics, Loyalists, and Military History 10/10/25
Historical Impact of Racial Uprisings and Labor Movements 10/09/25
Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Public Memory: Museums and America250PA 10/11/25
Antietam: The Civil War Soldiers' Experience
U.S. Army's 250th Anniversary Exhibit, History and Culture
Fort Loudoun Market Fair, History & Culture
Esther Cane: Holocaust Survivor
Lafayette Bicentennial at Brandywine
Lafayette Bicentennial at Brandywine Heritage Walk
George Washington Friendly Fire Incident, History & Culture
Patricia Scully: Military Oral History Club of Lancaster County
Internment Camp Life During WWII: Military Oral History Club of Lancaster County
Lancaster City Witness Stones Project, History & Culture
Eisenhower's Road Trip, 04/10/2025
World War II "Rosie the Riveter": Military Oral History Club of Lancaster County
The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System, History & Culture
Army Nurses and the Pearl Harbor Attack: Military Oral History Club of Lancaster County
President Pumping Engine, History & Culture
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, History & Culture
Author Harold Holzer: Jefferson Education Society
Author Eddie Glaude: Jefferson Education Society
Diversity Workforce Leadership, Jefferson Education Society Global Summit
America250PA Hawley Silk Mill Semiquincentennial Bell Dedication
Ben Scharff Interview: PA Historical Association
Early African American Settlement in Johnstown 10/11/24
Forging Identity in the Late 19th Century 10/11/24
Indigenous-Settler Interactions Across PA 10/11/24
Emancipatory Politics and the Shaping of Identity 10/11/24
York During the American Revolution 07/11/24
The Founding of the Continental Marines, History & Culture
Edward Hand, Washington's Adjutant General, History & Culture
The History of Disability Rights in Pennsylvania: America 250 Celebration
America's First Botanists, History & Culture
Johnny Appleseed, History & Culture
The Life and Art of Andy Warhol, History & Culture
The Phantom Turnpike Killer, History & Culture
Ladies Association of Philadelphia, History & Culture
The Founding of the Continental Army, History & Culture
The Life of Rachel Carson, History & Culture
Anselma's Grist Mill, History & Culture
A Pennsylvania Soldier in the South Pacific during WWII, History & Culture
History of the PA Municipal League, History & Culture
American Philatelic Society, History & Culture
Gettysburg Battlewalks Preview: America 250 Celebration
The Spangler Farm at Gettysburg, History & Culture
The First Oil Well in PA, History & Culture
The Canneries of York County, History & Culture
The Mutiny of 1783, History & Culture
Social Dances of the Civil War, History & Culture
Lumber Camps in PA, History & Culture
Panoramic Maps of PA, History & Culture
Westmoreland County Rangers, History & Culture
American Philosophical Society, History & Culture
The Unsolved Death of Maria Steinnecke, History & Culture
New Deal Archaeology in PA, History & Culture
The Architecture of C. Emlen Urban, History & Culture
Presidents Of Congress, History & Culture
The Horseshoe Curve, History & Culture
Philadelphia's Boathouse Row, History & Culture
The Art of Violet Oakley, History & Culture
History of the Penn State Blue Band, History & Culture
PA State Defense Forces, History & Culture
History of Philadelphia TV News, History & Culture
Early Professional Football in PA, History & Culture
Heritage Press Museum, History & Culture
Iron Mining in Cornwall, PA, History & Culture
The Nile Swim Club, History & Culture
The Travel Journal of Eliza House Trist, History & Culture
The History of Eat'n Park, History & Culture
Kuechler's Roost, History & Culture
The Life of Simon Cameron, History & Culture
The Christiana Resistance of 1851, History & Culture
Camp Michaux WWII POW Facility, History & Culture
Battle of Sporting Hill, History & Culture
The First Continental Congress, History & Culture
John Harris, Jr.: Founder of Harrisburg
Iroquois Diplomacy in Colonial America