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Sunday night, on your local PBS station, the new series from Ken Burns begins.

It’s called The American Revolution, and it’s going to be great!

I think it’s especially important, given what we’re going through right now, and the level of rancor and distrust within our nation today, that we remind ourselves how we began, and what we’ve come through, together, generation after generation.

It’s also a good time to watch an older film Ken made called, The Congress:

I couldn’t find a good trailer because this was created more than a decade ago, but I just watched it last week, and it’s fantastic!

You can find the website dedicated to the program HERE, and if you’re a member of PBS (which you can join for as little as $5/month) you can watch the full program HERE.

I couldn’t help but think of January 6, 2021 – which I watched live on national TV as it happened – and feel immense sadness at the desecration of such a meaningful symbol of our most sacred freedoms by a thuggish mob intent on overturning our election results.

If you watch it, regardless of your politics, you will love it. I know that much.

Finally, I also happened to watch Courtmaker: John Marshall  and the Forging of America’s Supreme Court on PBS. Here’s a clip:

It’s not a Ken Burns production, and in my mind not as polished as a Ken Burns production, but nonetheless, it is highly informative and absolutely relevant, given the decisions our current Supreme Court is making almost weekly.

Again, if you’re a member of PBS, and it’s the single best deal in television subscriptions today, you can watch it HERE.

I can’t think of 3 more important films to watch in our turbulent times, with democracy itself under assault, and distrust in our government – in democracy itself – running higher than at any time in my lifetime.

First, set your DVR for Episode One of The American Revolution on your local PBS channel tomorrow night.

Then, visit PBS.org and join, so you can see these other great programs about our Congress and our Supreme Court.

Realize again how fortunate we have been to have had leaders, especially at the very beginning of our nation, who created the nation we call The United States of America.

We must do everything we can to protect it, to preserve our freedoms, to protect our democracy from usurpers, and to encourage each other to sacrifice in the ways we can to stand strong in the face of our current adversity.