Washington takes command of the Continental Army. Congress declares American independence.

After decades in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously.

In this classic episode of Spectrum Hawaii, the music and lore of the 'ukulele, as explained by Leslie Nunes, Harry B. Soria, Sam Kamaka Jr., and Jonah Nuuhiwa. Also, watercolor artist Susan McGovney Hansen shares her work, and the Hsiao-Hsi Yuan Puppet Troupe perform the art of Chinese hand puppets.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa and actor Sanaa Lathan learn about ancestors who left the American South in search of better lives in the North.

Political protest escalates into violence. War gives thirteen colonies a common cause.

Pau Hana Years features a woman so enamored with Honolulu’s bus system she wrote a book about it.

Bombshell explores how the US manipulated the narrative about the toll of the WWII atomic bombings.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps America Ferrera and Darren Criss uncover their immigrant roots.

In this episode of Spectrum Hawai‘i from 1996, residents of Japanese ancestry celebrate the new year with traditions and practices brought to the islands by the first immigrants from Japan who came to work on plantations.

This classic episode of Pau Hana Years features Hawai'i's mother of the year, Hannah Keolanui.