Preview | Saving Tangier Island
Preview: Season 23 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Scientists race to save the historic island on the Chesapeake Bay from rising sea levels.
Welcome to tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Pivotal in the War of 1812, it's where Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" and where hundreds of self-emancipated men joined the British to take up arms against their former masters. Now, rising sea levels threaten the island, and the race is on to ensure Tangier will remain a witness to American history.
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Preview | Saving Tangier Island
Preview: Season 23 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Welcome to tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Pivotal in the War of 1812, it's where Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" and where hundreds of self-emancipated men joined the British to take up arms against their former masters. Now, rising sea levels threaten the island, and the race is on to ensure Tangier will remain a witness to American history.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipOn "Secrets of the Dead"... Tiny Tangier Island i the Chesapeake Bay is sinking.
Now, the race is on to save the island and its disappearing history.
-In 1812, the United States declared war on the British Empire.
African Americans escaped from American slavery and joined the British forces.
-Tangier is sacred ground.
-Our black brothers and sisters are buried there.
Saving Tangier Island, on "Secrets of the Dead."
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