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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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Tagged #KenBurns, American Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin, Buddy Squires, David Schmidt, Democracy, Geoffrey C. Ward, George Washington, Ken Burns, King George III, Military History, Native American History, PBS, Sarah Botstein, The American Revolution, The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, U.S. History, U.S. Military
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The U.S. and the Holocaust Reexamined on PBS
“I feel a sense of urgency. We’re not trying to equate anything with The Holocaust. That would be a horrible, horrible thing to do. We’re just saying: ‘Let’s not get there again as human beings, please, let’s not get there … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Adolph Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Geoffrey C. Ward, Guy Stern, Immigrants and Immigration, Jewish History, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Nazi Persecution, PBS, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Sarah Botstein, The Holocaust, The U.S and the Holocaust, U.S. History, World War II
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