In “The American Revolution,” a new six-part docuseries airing on <a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/the-american-revolution/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22919314973&gbraid=0AAAAAD_JsQxjgfHY-ITT_MK6Ccl4dsES_&gclid=CjwKCAiAw9vIBhBBEiwAraSAThlU7Gjws2qOr93Am4cxQPTow3_5N0AEJtTgbBG41Nnj6ZmtIm2YaRoCO_gQAvD_BwE">PBS</a> this week, filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein take a deep look at the American Revolutionary War and the years before and after. They debunk many of the idealized myths we tell ourselves about the country’s founding and the complex motivations of the men who championed independence. At once critical and patriotic, it examines America’s history in ways the Trump administration would rather paper over. 

Kara, Ken and Sarah talk about the ways George Washington was both a deeply flawed man and integral to American victory in the war, how enslaved African Americans looked to the British for hope of freedom, and why it’s unfair to paint all Loyalists to the British Crown as traitors. They also talk about why there’s still a lot of reasons to find hope in America’s origin story today. 

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