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The Revolutions

What did “freedom” mean during the American Revolution?

Aired 03/16/2020 | Rating TV-G

The Future of America's Past

The Revolutions

3/16/2020 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

What did “freedom” mean during the American Revolution?

What does “freedom” mean to those outside the halls of power — and what did it mean during the American Revolution? Ed visits sites in Boston & Philadelphia to put that question to curators, museum educators, a playwright, & a tribal preservation officer. He learns about the ways in which women, Native Americans, & African Americans made the words of the Revolution come true in their own lives.

Aired 03/16/2020 | Rating TV-G

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The Future of America's Past is a local public television program presented by VPM

The Future of America's Past

The Revolutions

3/16/2020 | 27m 2sVideo has Closed Captions

What does “freedom” mean to those outside the halls of power — and what did it mean during the American Revolution? Ed visits sites in Boston & Philadelphia to put that question to curators, museum educators, a playwright, & a tribal preservation officer. He learns about the ways in which women, Native Americans, & African Americans made the words of the Revolution come true in their own lives.

Aired 03/16/2020 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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