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How the Patriots "Out-Spied" the British
October 20, 2025
As British soldiers marched across the colonies in displays of force, George Washington was busy playing “4D chess.” At the height of the Revolution, Washington led a secret spy network called the Culper Ring, where he was known as Agent 711. Discover how America’s first president embraced espionage to change the course of the nation forever in this episode of Simple Civics!
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Clips & Previews
Official Trailer | The Revolution that Changed the World
November 16, 2025
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary from Ken Burns.
The First Shot
November 16, 2025
A single shot echoes on Lexington Green, and the American Revolution begins.
'We Are in the Very Midst of a Revolution'
November 16, 2025
John Adams, read by Paul Giamatti. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
'We Would Not Have Had a Country Without Him'
November 16, 2025
Historian Annette Gordon-Reed. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
The American Revolution: An Inside Look
August 8, 2025
Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to...
Across Indiana | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The War in the West
S2025E9
The Revolutionary War in the West was a war for land, fought between colonial and native peoples....
From Brushstrokes to Limestone: How Indiana Celebrated the 1976 Bicentennial
S2025E8
Bedford, Indiana celebrated the 1976 bicentennial in a monumental way.
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