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# Salem's Lot
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/salems-lot/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T18:01:11.000Z
- Description: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 9, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_334db69b-cc94-4f2a-9786-d8e92e12a0fd, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes actors Claire Danes and Jeff Daniels on a journey into their roots, uncovering primal scenes from our nation’s past. Weaving together stories of soldiers, settlers, immigrants and entrepreneurs, Gates travels from World War I battlefields to Civil War prison camps to America’s most infamous witch hunt—offering his guests insight into what made them who they are today.