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From: Hawkins <>
Subject: [GRAYSON] Interesting Subject
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:20:04 -0500


This was passed to me by a fellow TXGenWeb volunteer: It looks like
something genealogist would enjoy.
Susan


South Carolina Mystery Included in New PBS Series “History
Detectives”Columbia, SC...The new PBS series, History Detectives,
premieres on SCETV Monday July 14, at 8 p.m. The 10-part series explores
the truth behind national historic sites, artifacts and tall tales.
During premiere week, the show will air Monday through Thursday, July
14-17, at 8 p.m. It will continue thereafter on Monday nights at 8 p.m.

During the series, detectives travel across the United States uncovering
the answers to such mysteries as, "Are the bullets tucked away in a
trunk in a Wisconsin home responsible for the demise of Bonnie and
Clyde?" "Was the guest book found in a New Jersey fire station actually
signed by Ulysses S. Grant on July 4, 1876?"

Bringing the detectives to South Carolina is the
question, “Is the original copy of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s
farewell address, ‘General Order #9,’ the one located on Beech Island,
SC?"

The History Detectives episode involving Lee’s Last
Orders will air on Monday, July 21, at 8 p.m. The Beech Island
Agricultural Club, a social organization formed by local plantation
owners in the 1840s, has owned this document for almost 120 years.
Milledge Murray, the group’s membership chair and descendant of one of
the club’s founders, has what is believed to be a signed copy of
“General Order #9,” composed at Appomattox, Virginia, upon the surrender
of Lee’s troops in April, 1865. Will the detectives agree that this
document is the real deal or will it remain an unsolved mystery?

The fact-finding “History Detectives” are Wesley Cowan, independent
appraiser and auctioneer; Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture,
Columbia University; Elyse Luray, an independent appraiser and expert in
art history; and Tukufu Zuberi, professor of sociology and the director
of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Each week, they track down the best in the fields of forensics,
historical research, architecture and archaeology, taking old-fashioned
sleuthing to a whole new realm. Featuring three modern-day conundrums
per hour, viewers will take a roller coaster ride through history as the
investigators combine hard evidence with intuition in the search for
truth about the historical records of the
homes, towns and personal possessions of everyday Americans.

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/index.html

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