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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm column: could it be a chip off Liberty Bell?(Television program review)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- June 28, 2007
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Byline: Jonathan Storm
Jun. 28--Did a Philadelphia councilman steal metal from the Liberty Bell to make a commemorative pin for himself?
You won't find out Monday at 9 p.m. watching PBS's History Detectives, a pop history show that has its intriguing moments but is much flatter than some of public TV's more ambitious journeys to the past.
Detectives is a sort of Antiques Roadshow in reverse, except you learn more about history and less about what the show's interesting artifacts are worth.
Monday, a lady in North Carolina has a pin passed down from her great-grandfather, the otherwise forgettable John Murphy Stratton, who was one of ...