Ken Burns' The American Revolution

Program Type:

Movie

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Join us to watch the highly acclaimed six part, 12-hour, PBS documentary series exploring the birth of American democracy. The series explores America’s founding and the era’s inspiring ideology, brutal reality and ongoing relevance. Hear stories of leaders, common folk, Native Americans, enslaved people and British counterparts. Understand battle strategy with maps and commentary by historians. Recommended reads will be available each week.  Register for one or all six documentary segments. Sponsored by The Friends of the Granby Public Libraires. 

Showing dates:

[January 6] Episode 1: In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775) 
[January 13] Episode 2: An Asylum for Mankind (May 1775 – July 1776)
[January 20] Episode 3: The Times That Try Men’s Souls (July 1776 – January 1777)
[January 27] Episode 4: Conquer by a Drawn Game (January 1777 – February 1778)
[February 3] Episode 5: The Soul of All America (December 1777 – May 1780)
[February 10]: Episode 6: The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)

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