The first of three programmes in which popular historian
Lucinda Lambton tours America in search of the traditions and heritage that have survived into the 21st century.
The United States of Europe. America's European past has survived, sometimes in dramatic fashion, to reveal the social and cultural heritage of its communities. Examples include an English settlement in Massachusetts, an early-German meeting house in Maine, a Greek soda fountain in Indiana and an Irish-American bar in Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Anhauser Busch Brewery in St Louis and Virginia's Shirley Plantation also display strong European origins.
Director/Producer Alex Harvey (S) (W) Andrew Duncan interviews Lucinda Lambton : page 30