America: The Story of Us
Apr. 28th, 2010 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickMr. Robert has taken a step backwards. Something's changed and the reflux is acting up again. It isn't as bad as it was before, but it's worse than it was immediately after Buffalo. K thinks it might be the water (it's harder here in DC), but that makes no sense to me. I think we're planning to actually catch the GI specialist by phone today (I know K tried last night but apparently we didn't get the signal in the basement).
We started watching the new America: The Story of Us, Mini-Series on History and, surprisingly, I'm really enjoying it. It might be the kind of thing we have to buy for Mr. Robert. It's.. a pretty nice recreation of key events in America's past, starting with Jamestown (they skipped over Roanoke, but since no one knows what HAPPENED in Roanoke, I can see why), hitting the mayflower, the creation of the 13 colonies and then an explanation as to how a group of rebels managed to win a war against the best military of their time.
That's what I've seen so far, it's a 12-episode mini-series. Looks like the next episodes touch on Manifest Destiny and the lead up to the Civil War.
Was surprised they skipped the construction of the constitution, would think it was a defining moment in American History. Was surprised they only briefly mentioned the Declaration of Independence.
Honestly, I've enjoyed how they mentioned things even *I* didn't know (Patrick Henry wasn't just a radical, but the richest man in Boston), and also them bringing it back not just to the famous faces like General Washington, but a man who served in Washington's army since the loss of New York all the way to Yorktown. I'm sure they totally raided the basement of the Smithsonian, but somehow hearing about less famous people who were there in history and their accounts felt a little more real.
As I said, I'm surprised by how much I've liked the miniseries so far. If you're into American History, check it out on the History Channel.
We started watching the new America: The Story of Us, Mini-Series on History and, surprisingly, I'm really enjoying it. It might be the kind of thing we have to buy for Mr. Robert. It's.. a pretty nice recreation of key events in America's past, starting with Jamestown (they skipped over Roanoke, but since no one knows what HAPPENED in Roanoke, I can see why), hitting the mayflower, the creation of the 13 colonies and then an explanation as to how a group of rebels managed to win a war against the best military of their time.
That's what I've seen so far, it's a 12-episode mini-series. Looks like the next episodes touch on Manifest Destiny and the lead up to the Civil War.
Was surprised they skipped the construction of the constitution, would think it was a defining moment in American History. Was surprised they only briefly mentioned the Declaration of Independence.
Honestly, I've enjoyed how they mentioned things even *I* didn't know (Patrick Henry wasn't just a radical, but the richest man in Boston), and also them bringing it back not just to the famous faces like General Washington, but a man who served in Washington's army since the loss of New York all the way to Yorktown. I'm sure they totally raided the basement of the Smithsonian, but somehow hearing about less famous people who were there in history and their accounts felt a little more real.
As I said, I'm surprised by how much I've liked the miniseries so far. If you're into American History, check it out on the History Channel.
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Date: 2010-04-28 12:59 pm (UTC)