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Ken Burns: Why the American Revolution Still Matters

Season 2025 Episode 1 | 49s

Ken Burns urges us to move beyond nostalgia and sentimentality to engage with America's founding truly. By revisiting our origin story with honesty and clarity, he believes we can rediscover a shared sense of purpose, recalibrate our direction, and find our collective “North Star.” This deeper understanding, he suggests, may hold the key to revitalizing our democracy today.

Major funding is provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Funding is also provided by The Travelers Companies, Inc. , the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and viewers like you.
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Explore America’s founding ideals in A More Perfect Union, premiering Nov 24 at 9p ET on PBS.
Jeffrey Rosen explains how presidential power has expanded far beyond the Founders' vision.
A conversation about how America's founding principles remain relevant to governance today.
A conversation about how America's founding principles remain relevant to governance today.
Ken Burns explains how the American Revolution unintentionally gave birth to democracy.
Yuval Levin reflects on how American citizenship has evolved to embrace both diversity and unity.
Yuval Levin reflects on why the legislative branch is central to American democratic life.
Sarah Botstein shares why the American Revolution still matters in today’s civic and political life.
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