SATURDAY JANUARY 17th @3:00pm
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ROOTS & RELICS is a documentary adventure series that showcases America’s past through unique and compelling stories hidden within family heirlooms, personal relics, and obscure homesteads across the United States.
Host and Curator JD Hart traverses the country to engage in historical exploration, digging through dusty barns, forgotten attics, and sealed boxes to uncover the human experiences these objects embody, while connecting with the families dedicated to preserving them.
By blending documentary storytelling, historical reenactment, and immersive on-location exploration, the series honors the quiet power of family tradition and the narratives etched into the objects we cherish.

Through intimate interviews, family members share the heartfelt stories behind their cherished family heirlooms. This documentary storytelling uncovers forgotten legacies, hidden meanings, and the powerful memories tied to each artifact, offering a rich historical exploration from the family perspective.

Cinematic re-enactments enhance documentary storytelling by bringing the past vividly to life. They take viewers inside the moments connected to each artifact, revealing the drama, emotion, and historical depth behind family heirlooms and the families connected to them.

We step into the world where history happened, engaging in documentary storytelling. From caves and cabins to barns and backroads, we uncover the physical spaces that hold each story—revealing hidden clues, forgotten relics, and the deeper context behind every discovery, including the significance of family heirlooms in our historical exploration.
Unique Family Heirlooms & the Stories They Tell.
Host JD Hart shares an important relic, his grandfather's 1935 Marvel guitar.
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