All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Fenway Park

    • April 26, 2023
    • PBS

    Baseball is a favorite American pastime and obsession, and no ballpark is more iconic than Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. The story of a city’s loyalty to its team and love for its ballpark through thick and thin.

  • S01E02 The Hollywood Sign

    • May 3, 2023
    • PBS

    The story of how a real estate advertisement erected in 1923 became an international symbol of fame, fortune and the American dream.

  • S01E03 The Gadsden Flag

    • May 10, 2023
    • PBS

    The “Don’t Tread on Me” flag is such a potent symbol of independence that it has been co-opted by a wide variety of Americans over its long history.

  • S01E04 The Cowboy

    • May 17, 2023
    • PBS

    The cowboy is the quintessential American — fiercely independent, brave and laconic. The episode examines the myths and realities of this archetype, which remains as potent as ever in the 21st century.

  • S01E05 The Statue of Liberty

    • July 11, 2023
    • PBS

    The evolving meaning of this symbol for a “nation of immigrants,” and how it embodies our values and our conflicts, from abolition and women’s suffrage to the treatment of refugees.

  • S01E06 The American Bald Eagle

    • July 18, 2023
    • PBS

    The story of how the American Bald Eagle soared to its vaunted perch in American iconography, a symbol not only of patriotism but also of environmental activism and Native American traditions.

  • S01E07 Stone Mountain

    • July 25, 2023
    • PBS

    As Confederate statues are torn down across the country and the nation wrestles with its past, there are heated arguments about the fate of the Monument at Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Confederate Mount Rushmore.

  • S01E08 The Golden Gate Bridge

    • August 1, 2023
    • PBS

    The Golden Gate bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit. Can America continue to execute bold and ambitious infrastructure projects in the 21st century?