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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 9 | PBS

Duration: 54:07 (Full Program)
Program: History Detectives #609
Broadcast Date: Sep. 8, 2008

Shipwreck Cannons
Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire?

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

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

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Post Date: September 8, 2008