INDEPENDENCE TRUMPET

AIRED: Season 1, Episode 4
THE DETECTIVES: Elyse Luray and Tukufu Zuberi
THE PLACE: Bucks County, Pennsylvania

THE CASE:

Is a Pennsylvania man's trumpet, which he bought at a local auction, somehow tied to the Revolutionary War?

That is the mystery the History Detectives solve this time around.

Inscribed with the name "Captain Lewis", the trumpet appears to have been used by the aforementioned captain during the battles that won America's independence from England.

Will the trumpet prove to be a valuable piece of American history?

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