Episode
Liberty's Kids: The Turtle
Overview
Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.
Details
- Series
- Liberty's Kids
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2002-09-20
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Turtle is Episode 15 in Season 1 of Liberty's Kids. It aired on 2002-09-20. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 13: The 1st Fourth of July
Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Episode 17: Captain Molly
With General Washington losing battle after battle, James' confidence wavers. He and Sarah go to Washington's camp to report from the front lines. However, because she is a girl, Sarah is sent to Fort Tryon with the other women and children. There, she befriends Molly, a spunky patriot whose husband was killed fighting the British. But then James finds out that the British are going to attack Fort Tryon! Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia, Moses starts teaching Henri how to read.
Episode 12: Common Sense
Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.
Episode 18: American Crisis
The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.
Episode 11: Washington Takes Command
Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.
Episode 19: Across the Delaware
James learns more about the captured British spy.
Episode 10: Postmaster General Franklin
When the Philadelphia patriots find out that some of their mail isn't being delivered to the right people by the British-controlled postal service, James and Sarah volunteer to carry important letters to New York. Ben Franklin becomes the colonies' Postmaster General on July 26, 1775.
Episode 20: An American in Paris
While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.
Episode 9: Bunker Hill
James witnesses the Battle of Bunker Hill from the American side, while Sarah interviews one of the British officers, and Henri acts as a messenger.
Episode 21: Sybil Ludington
James learns from the courageuos Sybil Ludington that the thought of independence not only lies in the hearts of soldiers and determined young men, but also in the hearts of determined young women. Sarah travels to Philadelphia with General Benedict Arnold and witness his passion of being ranked to a higher office in the army.