Strange, it takes years just to figure out what it is. My name is mike meister. My siblings and i inherited something that goes back to our greatuncle more than a hundred years ago. Wed always been told that it came from the white house, but it was just a family story. Hi, jamie. Welcome to boston. Thanks, mike. Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you, too. Mike leads me inside, saying he has something amazing to show me. He keeps it in its own molded, airtight protective case. Can i take a look . Sure can. You brought me all the way here, mike. This is. What is it . Mikes strange inheritance is this piece of decorative pinewood. 30 inches long, 14 inches across, four inches thick. On the back is a faint signature and a date j. S. Williamson, october 15, 1902. Theres a real story behind it. Family legend is that its from the white house. Could that be . The white house does have a colorful past. Its nearly completed at the end of john adams presidency. He moves in in november 1800, bu
Im jamie colby, and today, im driving through southern california, where so much of the groundbreaking work for nasas Moon Missions was done. Im going to los angeles to meet a woman who embraced the lifelong passion of her soul mate a love for all things outer space. My name is shelly cigel. And when my husband passed away, he left me with an incredible collection and a special gift from beyond the grave. Well, this is just a few Little Things that i took out. These nasa artifacts belonged to shellys husband, rick cigel, samples of a lifelong collection that includes everything from engine parts to autographs. And this is actually the flag that they had signed, and that was from apollo 12. Are these control panels . Look at this can i touch this . Absolutely. Please. Okay. Here we go. Can you imagine . Regulator bleed valve open. Check. M. O. M. Open. Check. Looks like it says mom to me. Mom. This is the button that tells mom were about to lift off. But i heard you have a monkey chair.
Who has an inheritance so strange, it takes years just to figure out what it is. My name is mike meister. My siblings and i inherited something that goes back to our greatuncle more than a hundred years ago. Wed always been told that it came from the white house, but it was just a family story. Hi, jamie. Welcome to boston. Thanks, mike. Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you, too. Mike leads me inside, saying he has something amazing to show me. He keeps it in its own molded, airtight protective case. Can i take a look . Sure can. You brought me all the way here, mike. This is. What is it . Mikes strange inheritance is this piece of decorative pinewood. 30 inches long, 14 inches across, four inches thick. On the back is a faint signature and a date j. S. Williamson, october 15, 1902. Theres a real story behind it. Family legend is that its from the white house. Could that be . The white house does have a colorful past. Its nearly completed at the end of john adams presidency. He mov
110,000, now 120,000. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im on my way to fall river, massachusetts, about an hour south of boston. Im going to meet a man whos strange inheritance begins with his familys powerful connection to a future president. Im Dennis Harkins. Our mother passed in 1990. She left us with correspondence regarding our uncle harold who was lost in the South Pacific during world war ii. Dennis. Im jamie. Pleased to meet you. What is this place . This has to do with our inheritance. These ships. Mmhmm. Yes. Lets check it out. The Battleship Cove museum here in fall river has two of the last remaining pt boats from world war ii. Dennis uncle harold, who served on a pt boat, joined the navy in november 1941. He was the impish, typical younger brother. I think it was probably exciting for him. Then, a month later, pearl harbor. [ explosions ] with the u. S. At war, harold is shipped to the South Pacific. He puts in a r
Who has an inheritance so strange, it takes years just to figure out what it is. My name is mike meister. My siblings and i inherited something that goes back to our greatuncle more than a hundred years ago. Wed always been told that it came from the white house, but it was just a family story. Hi, jamie. Welcome to boston. Thanks, mike. Nice to meet you. Yeah, nice to meet you, too. Mike leads me inside, saying he has something amazing to show me. He keeps it in its own molded, airtight protective case. Can i take a look . Sure can. You brought me all the way here, mike. This is. What is it . Mikes strange inheritance is this piece of decorative pinewood. 30 inches long, 14 inches across, four inches thick. On the back is a faint signature and a date j. S. Williamson, october 15, 1902. Theres a real story behind it. Family legend is that its from the white house. Could that be . The white house does have a colorful past. Its nearly completed at the end of john adams presidency. He mov