Our American Heritage


Our American Heritage is an hour-long monthly anthology series that dramatized little-known incidents in the lives of historic Americans. It was produced by Mildred Freed Alberg and hosted by Lowell Thomas. A total of thirteen episodes were aired on the National Broadcasting Company from October 18, 1959 to May 13, 1961. It featured many notable guest actors, including Raymond Massey, Dean Jagger, Hugh O'Brian, George Peppard, Walter Matthau, Ralph Bellamy, Roddy McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Susan Strasberg, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Redford, and Teresa Wright.