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Growing majestically within Maryland’s 2.7 million acres of woodlands are twelve national champion trees, which are the largest of their species in the U.S. What does it take to be recognized as a champion? A little help from Mother Nature and a combination of eye-popping measurements – height, circumference, and crown spread.
57m 29s
In 1824 in Baltimore, William Levington founded a church where both free and enslaved could worship as equals. For 200 years, St. James Episcopal Church has stood as a testament to that vision, as the oldest African American Episcopal church south of the Mason Dixon Line. JUBLIEE: St. James at 200 looks at the history and clergymen including The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry.
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In 1860's Boston, William H. Mumler became famous and wealthy for taking “spirit photographs” - portraits in which a subject’s dead relatives would magically appear. Mumler was later arrested and placed on trial for defrauding the public. Filmmaker Hamilton Ward embarks on an investigation into the mystery of Mumler's work. Were the photos faked or could they be real?
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