The 2025 George Rogers Clark Lecture – Behind Ken Burns’ The American Revolution

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.