The 2025 George Rogers Clark Lecture – Behind Ken Burns’ The American Revolution
Geoffrey C. Ward and Rick Atkinson
October 24, 2025
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For the 50th anniversary of the Society of the Cincinnati’s annual George Rogers Clark lecture, the principal script writer for Ken Burns’ American Revolution, Geoffrey C. Ward, along with award-winning historian and consultant Rick Atkinson, discuss the making of Burns’ new twelve-hour documentary highlighting the American Revolution. The discussion was moderated by the Institute’s executive director, F. Anderson “Andy” Morse. Ken Burns’ American Revolution premieres on November 16, 2025, on PBS.