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Apollo 11 Launch: Photographed (03:51)
The Freedom Riders History (05:04)
Civil War (Joan Baez), With Dance Performance By Djassi Johnson and Kevin Boseman (04:23)
3D Preview of Petra by Virtual Wonders (00:39)
Discovery of the Lake Serpent in Lake Erie (01:38)
When Your Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Is a Civil War Hero (28:53)
The Dark and Deadly History of the Plague (03:16)
Why Do We Vote on Tuesdays? (02:10)
The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Civilization (03:19)
5 Unexpected Facts About George Washington (02:54)
What Really Happened With the Political Mayhem of the Election of 1800? (03:24)
How One Photographer Recreated 19th Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes (01:58)
5 Surprising Facts About Pompeii (02:47)
5 Surprising Facts About Rosa Parks (02:10)
What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? (02:31)
The Shocking History and Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (03:00)
The Untold Secrets of King Tut's Tomb (03:00)
What Happened to Henry VIII's Six Wives? (02:38)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Is One of America's Greatest National Monuments (03:05)
Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt (03:55)
This WW2 RAF Bomber Dealt a Deathblow to the German Economy (03:02)
A Fascinating Structure Inside Ancient Tomb: "False Door" to the Underworld (03:01)
The Ancient Greeks Became Fascinated with Ancient Egypt (02:35)
X-Ray of an Ancient Mummy Reveals Details of Noblewoman's Life (03:50)
The Last Ship to Bring Enslaved Africans to America Arrived in 1860 (04:51)
Cat Mummies Were a Big Thing in Ancient Egypt (03:54)
The Manubalista Was Rome’s Secret Weapon in Ancient Britain (02:39)
Teddy Roosevelt Goes Flying (03:37)
Chuck Yeager Press Conference, 1953 (02:42)
How the Meaning of Thanksgiving Has Changed (02:32)
Before the Pilgrims Arrived, Europeans Had Raided and Devastated Native Communities for Years (02:43)
The Connections Between the Thanksgiving Story and Westward Expansion (03:12)