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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone else been watching The Revolution by Ken Burns? [View all]MuirHero
(113 posts)21. Watching on local PBS station.
It is excellent as is everything that Ken Burns produces. A great history lesson that should be shown in every American HS history class, assuming that American history is even taught anymore.
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All the episodes are available for free on the PBS website, at least in my area (Kansas)...
wcmagumba
Nov 2025
#32
Thank you, I used to listen to that on the jazz station years ago when I was working in the dark room
Walleye
Nov 2025
#30
Great performer, writer and musician. Terrible, tragic heroin adiction. I love his work.
marble falls
Nov 2025
#31
Thank you! You saved me and probably some others from asking. Yeah, we can all "google" it, but it's always nice to
KPN
Nov 2025
#11
Yes, I have a 5th gr grandfather who was a Lt. in Hunterdon Co. militia in 1776
wishstar
Nov 2025
#44
Planning to....heard an interview with Burns about it and immediately put it on my must watch list.
Native
Nov 2025
#24
I'm watching it on PBS, such a good picture of what was actually happening then
Walleye
Nov 2025
#27