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Save Our History
Overview
Save Our History is a program sponsored by The History Channel. It is a national history education and preservation program that raises awareness and support for preserving local and national heritage. It is partnered with Preserve America, a White House initiative created by Laura Bush on March 3, 2003, to encourage the preservation of the United States's cultural heritage. The show is hosted by Edward Herrmann. In 2006, Save Our History added the Teacher and Student of the Year Awards. The award is given to teachers and students who help preserve historical sites in their communities. One of the sites included the first Union Army camp for African Americans in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. The other sites were the Mars Train Station in Mars, Pennsylvania and the Strand Theater in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.
Seasons
Season 1 (1999)
No overview available.
41 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Underground Railroad
1999-02-20Episode 2: Dear Home: Letters from World War II
1999-11-11Episode 3: The Declaration of Independence
Episode 4: Frontier Homes
Episode 5: The World War II Memorial
Episode 6: National D-Day Museum
Episode 7: Grand Central
1998-10-01New York City's Grand Central Station is spotlighted. Included: the heroic building's blend of architecture and functionality; how it spurred midtown development; the court case that saved it from destruction.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 8: The White House: 200th Anniversary
Episode 9: Dear Home: Letters from WWI
2000-11-10DEAR HOME: LETTERS FROM WWI chronicles the experiences of American soldiers and supply clerks, pilots and postal workers from draft day to homecoming, how they clung to pen and paper as their only connection to home, and how the war left them forever changed.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 10: Civil War Battlefields
2001-06-03Episode 11: America's Most Endangered 2001
2001-07-07Episode 12: The Missouri
2001-08-31Episode 13: The Star-Spangled Banner
2001-11-19This program, narrated by Roger Mudd, offers an interesting look at the history of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's poem confirming a young nation's sense of self. The particular flag Key saw came about through the herculean efforts of a seamstress to meet a request by Captain Amistad, commander of Ft. McHenry outside of Baltimore. The captain wanted a large symbol of American pride to wave in the face of the British fleet as it bombarded his post during the War of 1812. Most likely, the good Captain had no suspicions as to just how wildly successful his efforts would be--after Key's poem was published in 1814, it was paired with a tune from a drinking song (everybody knew the melody already so it was easy to remember) and became quite popular. In addition to tracing the song and flag's history, the program also looks at present-day intricate efforts to preserve what is left of the original fabric.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: USS Arizona
2001-12-07Episode 15: Valley Forge
2002-02-18Episode 16: American Lighthouses
2002-04-18Episode 17: America's Most Endangered 2002
2002-07-06Episode 18: Save Our Sounds
2002-12-26Episode 19: Presidential Yacht: The USS Sequoia
2003-02-17Episode 20: Dear Home: Letters from World War I
2003-04-11Episode 21: Yellowstone
2003-05-03Episode 22: America's Most Endangered 2003
2003-07-12Episode 23: Defining Documents
2003-12-20Episode 24: George Washington's Workshop
2004-02-13Episode 25: National World War II Memorial
2004-05-30Episode 26: The President Slept Here
2004-09-03Episode 27: Secrets of Jamestown
2004-11-27Episode 29: Gold Rush Ghost Towns
2005-05-28Steve Thomas visits ghost towns from the American gold-rush era in Montana and California to examine preservation efforts, and innovative technology and methods used by miners. Towns include Garnet and Bannock in Montana; and Bodie, Cal. Also: A tour of the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek, Cal.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 30: Apollo: The Race Against Time
2005-08-27Episode 31: FBI Stings: Recovering Stolen History
2005-12-10Episode 32: Alaska's Bloodiest Battle
2006-03-25Episode 33: Jefferson's Other Revolution
2006-06-17Episode 34: Inside the B25
Episode 35: Victorian Reborn
2006-09-23Episode 36: Godspeed to Jamestown
2006-12-02Episode 37: The Search for George Washington
2007-02-17Episode 38: Sherman's Total War Tactics
2007-05-27Episode 39: Revolution in Boston
2007-09-22Episode 40: America's Most Endangered 1997
1997-01-01Episode 41: Andrew Jackson
Episode 42: Voices of Civil Rights
2005-01-01Season 2 (2008)
No overview available.
1 episodes
Season 7 (2003)
No overview available.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: George Washington's Workshop
2003-02-13Episode 2: The President Slept Here
2004-09-03The Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts (George Washington); Montpelier, Orange, Virginia (James Madison); Soldiers Home Cottage, Washington, DC (Abraham Lincoln).
Runtime: 60 minSeason 8 ()
No overview available.
0 episodes
Season 9 (2006)
No overview available.
1 episodes
Season 10 ()
No overview available.
2 episodes