Growing into Greatness: Maryland's Champion Trees

57m 24s

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.

Episodes

  • Growing into Greatness: Maryland's Champion Trees: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Growing into Greatness: Maryland's Champion Trees

    57m 24s

    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.

  • Jubilee: St. James at 200: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jubilee: St. James at 200

    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.

  • Smile for the Dead: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Smile for the Dead

    54m 4s

    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?

  • 2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 3: Cross-Country: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 3: Cross-Country

    2h 37m

    A proud part of the state of Maryland’s prestigious horse and equestrian tradition, Maryland 5 Star showcases four days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country, and Show Jumping.

  • 2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 2: Dressage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 2: Dressage

    1h 52m

    A proud part of the state of Maryland’s prestigious horse and equestrian tradition, Maryland 5 Star showcases four days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country, and Show Jumping.

  • 2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 1: Dressage: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland 5 Star: Day 1: Dressage

    1h 51m

    A proud part of the state of Maryland’s prestigious horse and equestrian tradition, Maryland 5 Star showcases four days of competition in Dressage, Cross-Country, and Show Jumping.

  • 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 2

    2h 12m

    World-class professional cycling in Baltimore with the inaugural women's race. Best cyclists from around the world featuring Tour de France participants, World Champions, National Champions, Olympians and cycling heroes from 30 countries racing over 107 miles from Harbor Point to the finish line at the Inner Harbor.

  • 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 3: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 3

    2h 16m

    World-class professional cycling in Baltimore with the inaugural women's race. Best cyclists from around the world featuring Tour de France participants, World Champions, National Champions, Olympians and cycling heroes from 30 countries racing over 107 miles from Harbor Point to the finish line at the Inner Harbor.

  • 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 1

    2h 15m

    World-class professional cycling in Baltimore with the inaugural women's race. Best cyclists from around the world featuring Tour de France participants, World Champions, National Champions, Olympians and cycling heroes from 30 countries racing over 107 miles from Harbor Point to the finish line at the Inner Harbor.

  • 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 4: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    2025 Maryland Cycling Classic: Part 4

    2h 12m

    World-class professional cycling in Baltimore with the inaugural women's race. Best cyclists from around the world featuring Tour de France participants, World Champions, National Champions, Olympians and cycling heroes from 30 countries racing over 107 miles from Harbor Point to the finish line at the Inner Harbor.

  • Blackboards and Barriers: Cecil County Colored Schools: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Blackboards and Barriers: Cecil County Colored Schools

    57m 56s

    "Blackboards & Barriers" dives into the history of Colored Schools in Cecil County, Maryland. Following the stories of former students and tracing the evolution of Black education from the emancipation of slaves through the era of segregation and the Civil Rights movement, the film highlights the resilience of Black communities and looks at the role colored schools played in these communities.

  • Kings of Music: A Royal Concert: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Kings of Music: A Royal Concert

    58m 59s

    Get ready for a once in a lifetime experience featuring three music legends, together on stage for the first time. Gerald Alston from the Manhattans, Howard Hewett from Shalamar and Russell Thompkins Jr. from the Stylistics. Together in a concert you won't soon forget!

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