***New Episodes Airing Sundays Through Memorial Day***

President Barack Obama To Deliver Special Message to Kick Off the Series

Complete 12-part Series Offered to Every School in the USA Free of Charge

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NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERICA THE STORY OF US, an epic six-night television event – premieres on HISTORY™ this Sunday, 4/25 9pm and with new episodes premiering Sundays at 9pm through Memorial Day – a national educational initiative covering 400 years of American history. In conjunction with the broadcast, HISTORY will launch its largest ever educational outreach initiative and will for the first time offer a DVD of the entire 12-hour series to every single school and accredited college in America – free of charge. The series is being presented by Bank of America®.

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Narrated by Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine; A View from the Bridge), AMERICA THE STORY OF US tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress — from the rigors of linking the continent by transcontinental railroad, the internet of its day, to triumphing over vertical space through construction of steel structured buildings. The series is also a story of conflict – with Native American peoples, slavery, the revolutionary war that birthed the nation, the Civil War that divided it and the great world war that shaped its future.  This is an look at the forces that have shaped our nation - the people, places and things that created this most astounding country. It's a tough and thrilling adventure.. 

AMERICA THE STORY OF US is produced for HISTORY by Nutopia, a new production company started by Jane Root, former President of Discovery Channel. Prior to that Jane ran BBC2, and was a founder of the production company Wall to Wall Television. Jane Root is Executive Producer, Michael Jackson is co-Executive Producer and Ben Goold is Series Showrunner. For HISTORY, Nancy Dubuc, David McKillop and Julian P. Hobbs are Executive Producers.

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