Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...
The Washington Post

How a young Jefferson’s plea to the King helped ignite America’s fight for independence

They consulted a book about the English civil wars and, echoing phrases from one such conflict, they “cooked up” a resolution for a “Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer” that warned King George ...