The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1

The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1

In the late-1890s, two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, became obsessed with what Wilbur described as “the problem of flight.” With no formal training or funding, they threw themselves into studying the mechanics of birds, determined to design a new method of flying for humans. They soon began building a glider in the small workshop above their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio.

It wasn’t long before the Wright brothers would travel to North Carolina’s Outer Banks to test their glider. Facing swarming mosquitoes and biting winds, they would risk their lives in their quest to be the first pilots to the sky.

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Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Lost Kingdom | 5

Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Lost Kingdom | 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. Julia Flynn Siler, author of Lost Kingdom: Hawaii...

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Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Day of Infamy | 4

Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Day of Infamy | 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 dive bombers attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Har...

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Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | Waves of Change | 3

Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | Waves of Change | 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 shirts, try their hand at surfing, and stay at fanc...

5 Huhti 202336min

Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Pineapple King | 2

Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Pineapple King | 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 the crop was perishable and unprofitable and that hi...

29 Maalis 202338min

Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Last Queen | 1

Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Last Queen | 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’s lucrative sugar industry gained power, the Queen ...

22 Maalis 202341min

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Fears of a Young Republic | 5

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Fears of a Young Republic | 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 greatest legal spectacle in our young nation’s history ...

15 Maalis 202338min

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial  | 4

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial | 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 stood accused of plotting an armed insurrection agai...

8 Maalis 202340min

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union | 3

Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union | 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 plotting a dangerous conspiracy followed in his wake.N...

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