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SHIPWRECK CANNONS
Are these the remains of a navy ship that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?
Gwen Wright investigates

 

Are these the remains of a navy ship that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?

Feature: Suppression of the Slave Trade

Investigative Techniques: Weapon Dating

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CONNECTICUT FARMHOUSE
How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar?
Elyse Luray takes a look

 

How is this Connecticut farmhouse connected to the assassination of a Russian tsar?

Video: Elyse learns more about immigrant Jews

Investigative Techniques: Property Search

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KAHLIL GIBRAN PAINTING
Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired a generation?
Tukufu Zuberi checks it out

 

Is this painting an unknown work by an immigrant poet whose words inspired an American generation?

Feature: Kahlil Gibran Poems

Do It Yourself: Art

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Tuesday, September 16

10 - 11:30

Two Mexican-American men reunite with five brothers and try to

piece together their family's shattered history. Why was their

mother cast out by her family? What happened to their father?

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