Ken Burns Wants You To Watch America: Birth Of A Nation Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTi_vTwwmU&t=599s

Worth reading this Karl Rove piece on President McKinley, part of @inpursuitusa.bsky.social We can learn quite a bit about leadership and character from the look at Presidents and First Ladies.

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Karl Rove writes about William McKinley and the political work of unifying a country that had spent three decades stuck in gridlock. McKinley entered a Gilded Age defined by contested elections, purged congressional seats, and unresolved Civil War divisions.

On this day in 1941, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak came to an end. Eighty-five years later, no one has come close to breaking his record. Watch our clip from @kenlburns.bsky.social's BASEBALL.

1/ Documentary filmmaker @kenlburns.bsky.social reflects on Franklin Roosevelt’s leadership during historical challenges like the Great Depression and WWII in this short by Retro Report, based on @inpursuitusa.bsky.social, for @pbs.org.

I read the Declaration of Independence aloud to my family every Fourth of July. Its words were written by imperfect men, but they remain central to understanding who we are and who we hope to become.

We are devastated by the sudden loss of Gordon Wood. Known to many as one of the foremost scholars on the American Revolution, Gordon was also a teacher of generations of students and other historians who, like him, help us better understand who we are as a country and a people.

President Barack Obama (@barackobama.bsky.social) writes about Abraham Lincoln and what held the Union together when everything was working to pull it apart.

I’m looking forward to joining @jamestalarico.bsky.social for a conversation about American history, public service, and the responsibilities of citizenship. Hope you can join us on Monday, June 8.

UNUM on the Road continued in late February as @kenlburns.bsky.social and co-director Sarah Botstein brought America's story to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social They don't entirely agree on how it goes. It's a long film.

As we think about President Lincoln on what would have been his 217th birthday, let’s listen to, and be inspired by, his words. Each generation is asked to preserve and extend the ideas of freedom and democracy.

UNUM Ken Burns@unumkenburns.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Abraham Lincoln was born today in 1809. Here is a clip from our film, THE CIVIL WAR, featuring Lincoln’s 1862 annual message to Congress.

We are officially less than one week away from the launch of In Pursuit, a landmark initiative celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Our Substack will serve as a digital home for a year-long exploration of leadership, character, and the American Experiment.

Some thoughts arranged in a poem that @theatlantic.com very graciously published.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 8mo ago

“We went around—in every season, / For five years, / The yellow fading, the outrage permanent, / The scar invading each day’s promise.” Read a new poem by Ken Burns:

Colleen Shogan writes in The Free Press about where American democracy still works: in the everyday cooperation happening in schools, taverns, libraries, and neighborhoods across the country.

We're sharing materials with Colleges/Universities to have screenings on campuses and discussions about our country's founding. Then join us for a live virtual Campus Conversation about The American Revolution on 11/19. @historians.org @aacu.org @pbs.org Materials are here: shorturl.at/1qlka

And now a word from the Oval Office....

Had a good time at the Reagan Library discussing the American Revolution with Fred Ryan.

UNUM Ken Burns@unumkenburns.bsky.social · last yr.

“The rights of the individual are greater than the rights of the monarch.” Ken Burns and Fred Ryan discuss Ronald Reagan’s relationship to the American Revolution. #AmericanRevolutionPBS, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, premieres this November.

Excited to be speaking at The Atlantic Festival this September! Join The Atlantic for three days of conversations, screenings, book talks, and more. Passes and more info available at theatlanticfestival.com. #TheAtlanticFestival

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Public media is at risk. Congress is considering deep funding cuts to PBS, threatening the shows, local coverage, and educational programming that have shaped generations. Visit ProtectMyPublicMedia.org for more. #SavePBS

I’ll be in Dallas on June 3 for a special screening of clips from our new film, The American Revolution, at the Winspear Opera House with KERA. Join me, Sarah Botstein, and Jane Kamensky for a conversation after the film. Tickets and info here: attpac.org/event/the-am...

The American Revolution - A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt - AT&T Performing Arts Center

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Very proud of PBS Paula Kerger and the entire system - the public broadcasting service www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/b...

Can She Keep PBS on the Air?

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80 years ago today, Nazi Germany surrendered. Across Europe, the war ended, but across the world, it didn’t. Hear from @kenlburns.bsky.social and explore our new playlists, now on KenBurnsUNUM.com

Defying the Nazis, a 2016 film I made with Artemis Joukowsky, tells the story of an American couple that risked their lives to rescue imperiled Jews and refugees fleeing Nazi Europe. It's streaming now on PBS. Check it out: www.pbs.org/kenburns/def...

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | Ken Burns | PBS | Watch Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | Ken Burns | PBS

Join an American couple's courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom. A ...

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Some thoughts about public media and America at 250 that Paula Kerger and I shared with @thehill.com #publicmedia @pbs.org thehill.com/opinion/cong...

@NH4Ukraine has been delivering critical, wholesale humanitarian aid to Ukraine’s hardest-hit regions since 2022. 100% volunteer-run, minimal overhead, maximum impact. Learn more & support at www.NH4Ukraine.org<http://www.nh4ukraine.org/> #Ukraine #HumanitarianAid

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the start of the war this week, we're sharing the first clip from our upcoming film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, which premieres in Nov on @pbs.org. I can't wait to share this film with the world. #AmericanRevolutionPBS

We are kicking off #UnumOntheRoad. Check out our first stop at West Point.

UNUM Ken Burns@unumkenburns.bsky.social · last yr.

UNUM is hitting the road with @kenlburns.bsky.social and co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt ahead of their upcoming film, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. First stop: West Point. George Washington called it “the most important post in America.”

Join @historians.org and @icivics.bsky.social tonight for a conversation about teaching American history and the 250th anniversary of US. Info here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: America 250 and the Landscape of History Education. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

In this Civic Learning Week event, Sarah Weicksel (Director of Research and Publications, and incoming Executive Director, American Historical Association) will moderate a conversation with iCivics Ch...

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Our next film, The American Revolution, will air on @pbs.org starting 11/16. Leading up to the broadcast, we'll have a national conversation about this important event and how it helped define us as a people - and changed the world. More info is here: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...

The American Revolution | Coming Fall 2025 | PBS

The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, is coming Fall 2025.

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If you’re at the AHA meeting in NYC tonight hope you can join our session on the American Revolution. #AHA25 aha.confex.com/aha/2025/web...

UNUM Ken Burns@unumkenburns.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy 10th anniversary to Christopher Nolan’s #Interstellar! To celebrate its re-release into theaters this weekend, we’re traveling back in time to remember the unexpected role of @kenlburns.bsky.social THE DUST BOWL through this piece by Alyssa Rosenberg: www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-fou...