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US-1: Avenue of America
From New York to Maryland
As we drive along scenic US-1 through New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, we see how the building of the George Washington Bridge in the 1920s pushed engineering and technology to the limits.
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US-1: Avenue of America
From Washington D.C. to South Carolina
Our road trip heads south along US-1 through Virginia and North & South Carolina.
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American Lighthouses
They lit the path to a brave new world and led the way to safe harbors as they warned of dangerous coastlines. They welcomed ships carrying precious cargo and new citizens to the fledgling country. But today, many American lighthouses face grave danger.
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Frontier Homes
In a survey of American abodes, our journey begins in New England with the post and beam timber frame, continues to the Southeast with the "log house", onto the "sod house" of the Great Plains, and finally ends in the Southwest with the "adobe home".
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Secrets of Jamestown
In 1607, 105 Englishmen crowded onto three ships to cross the Atlantic in search of a new world. They built a fort at Jamestown and established trade with the indigenous people. But things turned bad quickly--the natives became hostile
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A Victorian Reborn
To commemorate their 60th anniversary, Lowe's home improvement store teams up with History to restore the McCubbins-McCanless House of Salisbury, North Carolina.
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Save Our Ships
Sail through the history of some of our most venerable vessels as we chart the uncertain future of: WWII liberty ship "John W. Brown", Baltimore; Victorian schooner "Coronet", Newport; sailing schooner "C.A. Thayer", San Francisco.
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Dear Home: Letters from WWI
America fought in World War One for just over nine months, and yet more people were killed there than were in the decade when we fought in Vietnam. Close to 120,000 Americans died, and we were a country forever changed.