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Ken Burns Revisits The American Revolution in Powerful New Documentary Series
“This is, I think, the most important event since the birth of Christ. The creation of the United States of America.”—Ken Burns. If you’re convinced you know all there is to know about the American Revolution–the period spanning approximately 1754 … Continue reading
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Ken Burns Celebrates Patriot Benjamin Franklin on PBS
Writer, printer, newspaper publisher, humorist, pundit, educator, scientist, inventor, postmaster, politician, diplomat, abolitionist, patriot. The list of Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments and aphorisms is long, storied and impossible to condense effectively in one short film, book or review. But Award-winning filmmaker … Continue reading
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