
Season 2 (1952)
Episodes: 42
Star Cast:
Episodes List

Ep.1 Dutch Treat
Air Date: 1952-09-07
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.

Ep.2 Horns of a Dilemma
Air Date: 1952-09-14
A girl unearths a paper making her the recipient of an unusual tribute.

Ep.3 The Bride's Teapot
Air Date: 1952-09-21
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.

Ep.4 Sometimes She's Sunday
Air Date: 1952-09-28
An elder daughter working in the city brings her fiancé back to the country.

Ep.5 The Bachelor and the Ballot
Air Date: 1952-10-12
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.

Ep.6 Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word
Air Date: 1952-10-19
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.

Ep.7 The Secret Vote
Air Date: 1952-10-26

Ep.8 The Line of Duty
Air Date: 1952-11-02
False arrest of a man in a totalitarian country.

Ep.9 Bread of Freedom
Air Date: 1952-11-09
The story of Christopher Ludwick, philanthropist and superintendent of bakers in the Continental Army.

Ep.10 The Blue and White Lamp
Air Date: 1952-11-16
Traces the origins of the Travelers Aid Society to a cholera epidemic in mid-19th century St. Louis.

Ep.11 Mrs. Thanksgiving
Air Date: 1952-11-23
Story of a woman's fight to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Ep.12 Ten Thousand Words
Air Date: 1952-11-30
Recounts an incident from the life of Nathaniel Currier.

Ep.13 Joan of Arc
Air Date: 1952-12-07

Ep.14 Green Hills of Vermont
Air Date: 1952-12-14
Kate Smith narrates a Christmas story about an unwanted donkey.

Ep.15 The Small One
Air Date: 1952-12-21
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.

Ep.16 Father Time
Air Date: 1952-12-28
The story of blacksmith Daniel Jean Richard, founder of the watch industry in the Neuch|catel district of Switzerland.

Ep.17 Home is the Sailor
Air Date: 1953-01-04
The story of Fanny Stevenson, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Ep.18 Span Through Time
Air Date: 1953-01-11
The story of John and Washington Roebling, designers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Ep.19 The General's Bible
Air Date: 1953-01-18
A tale concerning the Bible used by General George Washington at his first inauguration in New York City.

Ep.20 Socrates' Wife
Air Date: 1953-01-25
When Socrates is imprisoned because of his teachings, his wife pleads for his release and helps to plan his escape.

Ep.21 To My Valentine
Air Date: 1953-02-01
A musical celebration of the traditions of Valentine's Day.

Ep.22 Lincoln's Little Correspondent
Air Date: 1953-02-08
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.

Ep.23 Crown of Wings
Air Date: 1953-02-15
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.

Ep.24 Dinner for the General
Air Date: 1953-02-22
Mercy Disborough's efforts to end American witchhunts; set in Fairfield County, Connecticut in 1692.

Ep.25 The Accused
Air Date: 1953-03-01
Mann's work towards education for all regardless of race, creed, or color.

Ep.26 Horace Mann's Miracle
Air Date: 1953-03-08
The story of poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852).

Ep.27 The Harp of Erin
Air Date: 1953-03-15
Mathew Brady's Civil War photography.

Ep.28 Photograph by Brady
Air Date: 1953-03-22
The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

Ep.29 A Queen Is Born
Air Date: 1953-03-29
The story of Queen Elizabeth I's ascendance to the throne.

Ep.30 The Other Wise Man
Air Date: 1953-04-05

Ep.31 Skipper of the Skies
Air Date: 1953-04-12
The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

Ep.32 The World on a Wire
Air Date: 1953-04-19
The story of Samuel Morse and the use of the telegraph.

Ep.33 Hamlet
Air Date: 1953-04-26
The story of poet and minister John Donne, and his relationship with his wife and her father, Sir George Moore.

Ep.34 No Man Is an Island
Air Date: 1953-05-03
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.

Ep.35 The Lady of Liberty
Air Date: 1953-05-10
Life of General Robert E. Lee after the Civil War.

Ep.36 Soldier of Peace
Air Date: 1953-05-17
Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.

Ep.37 Proudly I Love
Air Date: 1953-05-24
Sarah Bernhardt gives up her love to continue her acting career.

Ep.38 Spark of Genius
Air Date: 1953-05-31
Story of Josiah Wedgwood.

Ep.39 The Clay of Kings
Air Date: 1953-06-07
The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

Ep.40 Scott's Castle
Air Date: 1953-06-14
The life of Sir Walter Scott, including family, literary career, bankruptcy, and the death of his wife.

Ep.41 Man Against Pain
Air Date: 1953-06-21
The story of Boston dentist William Thomas Green Morton, who developed the use of ether as an anesthetic.

Ep.42 The Mercer Girls
Air Date: 1953-06-28
An incident in the life of naturalist artist John James Audubon; set in New Orleans in 1824.