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Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution
Smithsonian Magazine ^ | November 13, 2025 | Vanessa Armstrong

Posted on 11/13/2025 6:56:44 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica

The American Revolution is shrouded in myth. But the war that created the United States was much more than the oft-told tales of the founding fathers. It was a bloody, gritty affair, a tragic civil war and a global conflict as much as it was a war for independence.

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That is why another civil war may be necessary.


61 posted on 11/13/2025 5:25:03 PM PST by ohioman
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