Dutch Treat

Episode number: 1

Overview: Traces New York City's crooked Broadway Street back to its origins in 1720, when the street plan was changed to avoid cutting down a cherry tree.

Horns of a Dilemma

Episode number: 2

Overview: A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.

The Bride's Teapot

Episode number: 3

Overview: In 1874, citizens of Sympathy Ridge, Virginia wish to build a war monument, but the federal government wants them to replace a bridge destroyed in the war.

Sometimes She's Sunday

Episode number: 4

Overview: An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.

The Bachelor and the Ballot

Episode number: 5

Overview: A young suffragist tries to gain the support of a lawyer in charge of the polls, while he tries on a bet to romance her.

Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word

Episode number: 6

Overview: Distressed by the state of world affairs and fearing her boyfriend will be sent off to war, a young woman refuses to marry until a friend convinces her to have faith in democracy.

The Secret Vote

Episode number: 7

The Line of Duty

Episode number: 8

Overview: False arrest of a man in a totalitarian country.

Bread of Freedom

Episode number: 9

Overview: The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.

The Blue and White Lamp

Episode number: 10

Overview: Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.

Mrs. Thanksgiving

Episode number: 11

Overview: Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Ten Thousand Words

Episode number: 12

Overview: Recounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.

Joan of Arc

Episode number: 13

Green Hills of Vermont

Episode number: 14

Overview: Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.

The Small One

Episode number: 15

Overview: A whimsical tale of Norman Rockwell's tribulations upon his move to a small town in Vermont. At the end of the program, Sarah Churchill, on behalf of Hallmark, presents a medallion to Mr. Rockwell.

Father Time

Episode number: 16

Overview: The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.

Home is the Sailor

Episode number: 17

Overview: The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Span Through Time

Episode number: 18

Overview: The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

The General's Bible

Episode number: 19

Overview: A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.

Socrates' Wife

Episode number: 20

Overview: When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.

To My Valentine

Episode number: 21

Overview: A musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.

Lincoln's Little Correspondent

Episode number: 22

Overview: Adapted from the book by Hertha Pauli. The story surrounding 11-year-old Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow a beard.

Crown of Wings

Episode number: 23

Overview: Incident from the life of General George Washington, in which Phoebe Fraunces, daughter of Fraunces Tavern's proprietor, showed her loyalty to Washington and his cause. Phoebe was in love with a member of Washington's personal staff who was involved in a plot to kill him.

Dinner for the General

Episode number: 24

Overview: Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.

The Accused

Episode number: 25

Overview: Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.

Horace Mann's Miracle

Episode number: 26

Overview: The story of poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852).

The Harp of Erin

Episode number: 27

Overview: Mathew Brady's Civil War photography.

Photograph by Brady

Episode number: 28

Overview: The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

A Queen Is Born

Episode number: 29

Overview: The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

The Other Wise Man

Episode number: 30

Skipper of the Skies

Episode number: 31

Overview: The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

The World on a Wire

Episode number: 32

Overview: The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

Hamlet

Episode number: 33

Overview: The story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship with his wife and her father, Sir George Moore.

No Man Is an Island

Episode number: 34

Overview: Story of Frederick Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, from the time the sculptor received the commission in 1774 until Pulitzer provided funding for the base ten years later.

The Lady of Liberty

Episode number: 35

Overview: Life of General Robert E. Lee after the Civil War.

Soldier of Peace

Episode number: 36

Overview: Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.

Proudly I Love

Episode number: 37

Overview: Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.

Spark of Genius

Episode number: 38

Overview: Story of Josiah Wedgwood.

The Clay of Kings

Episode number: 39

Overview: The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

Scott's Castle

Episode number: 40

Overview: The life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy, and the death of his wife.

Man Against Pain

Episode number: 41

Overview: The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

The Mercer Girls

Episode number: 42

Overview: An incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New Orleans in 1824.