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Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Lost Kingdom
Season 55 Episode 5
After she was deposed by powerful American business interests, Hawai’i’s Queen Liliʻuokalani lived out the rest of her days advocating for her people…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Day of Infamy
Season 55 Episode 4
On December 7, 1941, Hawai’i was hit by one of the most unexpected military assaults in modern warfare. More than 300 Japanese fighter planes and div…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | Waves of Change
Season 55 Episode 3
After Hawai’i became a U.S. Territory in 1900, tourism to the islands exploded. Luxury steamships brought tourists eager to buy fashionable Hawaiian …
3 years, 1 month ago
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Pineapple King
Season 55 Episode 2
In the early 1900s, an enterprising young American named James Dole introduced pineapples to a windy plateau in Central Oahu. He’d been warned that t…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Last Queen
Season 55 Episode 1
In 1893 the independent island kingdom of Hawaiʻi flourished under the leadership of its monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani. But as the leaders of Hawaiʻi’…
3 years, 2 months ago
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Fears of a Young Republic
Season 54 Episode 5
Was Aaron Burr raising an army to invade Mexico? Plotting to break apart the Union? Overthrow the government? Or was his trial for treason – the grea…
3 years, 2 months ago
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial
Season 54 Episode 4
In the summer of 1807, Richmond, Virginia hosted the most sensational trial in the young nation’s history. At stake was the life of Aaron Burr, who s…
3 years, 2 months ago
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union
Season 54 Episode 3
In August 1806, Aaron Burr began the final preparations for his mysterious expedition to the western frontier. As he traveled, rumors that he was plo…
3 years, 2 months ago
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Gathering Forces
Season 54 Episode 2
In the summer of 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr was wanted for the murder of Alexander Hamilton. The fatal duel made him a political pariah and the …
3 years, 3 months ago
Insurrection of Aaron Burr | An Affair of Honor
Season 54 Episode 1
In July 1804, Aaron Burr faced political rival Alexander Hamilton on the cliffs of Weehawken, New Jersey, in a legendary duel that would change Burr’…
3 years, 3 months ago