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War of the WorldHarvard historian Niall Ferguson challenges nearly all our enduring assumptions about what was, without question, the most destructive conflict the planet has ever seen. CARRIER follows a core group of characters aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of the fleet to the fighter pilots to the scrubs, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage, and the war on terror. Antiques RoadshowHouston, Texas - Hour Two Reliant Center (7/5) An early 19th-century box desk made by a renowned supplier to the British royal family; a collection of lithographed orange crate labels; and a 1959 replica of artist Edith Parson's Turtle Baby bronze sculpture. Liberty or DeathPatrick Henry's impassioned plea at the second Virginia Convention of 1775, "Give me liberty or give me death," defined the American Revolution. This docu-drama captures this seminal moment in American history. Antiques RoadshowHouston, Texas - Hour Three Reliant Center (7/7 & 7/12) A collection of Wedgwood Fairyland Lustreware; a watch that once belonged to Mickey Mantle; and a romantic English Regency rosewood settee. History DetectivesA flag that may have been carried into battle by one of the few African-American infantry regiments in WWI; a painting that may be the work of Seth Eastman; and a two-story building that may have housed a Chinese Tong. ChurchillWinston Churchill: soldier, adventurer, politician, author, husband, father, and legendary war leader - a man whose political fortunes rose and fell and rose like the tide. Alaska: Silence & Solitude
Venture into the remote wilderness of Alaska to experience the spectacular scenery, encounter bull moose, caribou, and grizzly bears. |
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