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Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio

History Detectives: Season 10: Episode 8

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History Detectives: Special Investigations

Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio

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PBS | Air Date: October 9, 2012

Summary: In this episode, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps us find the details behind the heroic acts pictured in a poster about two WWI African American soldiers. Then, do we have a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge that George Washington used during the American Revolution? Finally we investigate an early first transistor radios ever made and aIn this episode, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helps us find the details behind the heroic acts pictured in a poster about two WWI African American soldiers. Then, do we have a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge that George Washington used during the American Revolution? Finally we investigate an early first transistor radios ever made and a business card'?s link to Prohibition-era underworld crime.… Expand

Genre(s): Reality, Suspense, Documentary

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Season 99

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- Season 99 Overview
  Air Date: July 14, 2003
Season 10

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- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: July 17, 2012
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  S10:E20. Bob Dylan Electric Fender/Stratocaster/Beatles
  Air Date: April 26, 2021
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  S10:E19. Harper's Ferry Raid
  Air Date: March 28, 2021
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  S10:E18. Poster; Andrew Jackson Wood Carving; Heroine
  Air Date: March 10, 2021
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  S10:E17. Ww II Drove; Theodore Roosevelt; Clara Barton
  Air Date: February 22, 2021
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  S10:E16. Rock Music
  Air Date: December 17, 2020
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  S10:E16. Rock Music
  Air Date: December 17, 2020
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  S10:E15. 3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n' Andy Record; Women's
  Air Date: July 30, 2020
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  S10:E15. 3-D Cuban Missile Crisis; Amos 'n' Andy Record; Women's
  Air Date: July 30, 2020
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  S10:E14. Civil War Pistols; Klan Record; Famous Amp
  Air Date: November 11, 2019
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  S10:E13. Confederate Uniform; Native Americans in Hollywood
  Air Date: October 28, 2019
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  S10:E12. California's Prohibition Era; High Society Circus
  Air Date: October 21, 2019
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  S10:E11. Airplane Parts; Civil War Cannon; Rodeo Saddle
  Air Date: August 5, 2019
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  S10:E10. Civil War Sabotage?
  Air Date: November 29, 2018
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  S10:E10. Vietnamese Soldier's Diary; Bootlegger's Book
  Air Date: March 25, 2019
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  S10:E9. Our Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map, Transistor Radio, C...
  Air Date: October 9, 2012
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  S10:E8. Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio
  Air Date: October 9, 2012
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  S10:E7. A Vietnam Diaryas Homecoming
  Air Date: October 2, 2012
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  S10:E6. Vietnam Diary, Bootleggeras Notebook and a Hollywood Ledger
  Air Date: October 2, 2012
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  S10:E5. Titanic Frame, Nazi Spy Toys, Woolworth Sign
  Air Date: August 7, 2012
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  S10:E4. Bird of War, Lincoln Oath and War Spoils of a Peace Chief
  Air Date: July 31, 2012
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  S10:E3. Clint Black's Book of Rogues, B-52 Empire State Building
  Air Date: July 24, 2012
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  S10:E2. K.K.K. Records, Civil War Pistols, James Jamerson
  Air Date: July 24, 2012
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  S10:E1. Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Frank Zappa
  Air Date: July 17, 2012
Season 9

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  Air Date: June 21, 2011
Season 8

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  Air Date: June 21, 2010
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  Air Date: June 23, 2009
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  Air Date: June 30, 2008
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  Air Date: June 25, 2007
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  Air Date: June 19, 2006
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  Air Date: June 27, 2005
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  Air Date: June 21, 2004
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  Air Date: July 14, 2003