Season 3, Episode 7-July 19, 2026
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
Janette & Beatrice Rodriguez
Georgetown, SC
Step into the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center in Georgetown, where the vibrant
preservation of West African language, foodways, and traditions honors a resilient people
whose forced labor built the American South and whose living culture remains one of the most
culturally pure links to Africa in our nation's history.
Totem Poles
Ricardo Woerl
Juneau, AK
Discover how the Sealaska Heritage Institute is reclaiming a vital chapter of American history
through its monumental Kootéeyaa Deiyí (Totem Pole Trail), resurrecting the ancient, once-
suppressed carving traditions of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples to prove that
Indigenous culture is not a relic of the past, but a living, thriving pillar of the nation's identity.
Rocket City USA
Ed Stewart
Huntsville, AL
Discover how a quiet southern town became America’s ultimate Cold War powerhouse, forging
the colossal Saturn V rockets that won the Space Race and forever altered the trajectory of
global technology.
Center for American Values
Brad Padulla
Pueblo,CO
Walk among the nation’s greatest heroes at Pueblo’s Center for American Values, where the
awe-inspiring "Portraits of Valor" exhibit brings the timeless ideals of honor, integrity, and
patriotism into vivid focus.
