This program is produced in partnership with the Falls of
the Ohio Foundation and KET.
1st Showing: 4:00-6:00 pm
Reception from 5:45-6:45
pm
2nd Showing: 6:30-8:30 pm
Interpretive Center will be open for 30 minutes before the 1st
show and 30 minutes after the 2nd show.
With dramatic narration and
authentically recreated scenes, enhanced with an original score, this film
chronicles the settlement of the American Colonies, the formation of colonial
governments, and the tension that resulted from the economic strain on Great Britain
for its prosecution of the Seven Years War with France. It illustrates how
Great Britain’s attempt to make the American colonies pay for its debts, among
other issues, brought about the revolt. British Parliament's passage of The
Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, the Tea Act, the Coercive Acts, the Intolerable Acts
and the Murder Act- and the effects of those acts upon the colonies- are all
thoroughly explained. The reaction of Americans on the frontier who were
settling lands beyond the King’s Proclamation Line of 1763, to events in Boston
is portrayed. The production includes a dramatic portrayal of the opening
battles at Lexington and Concord, and follows the American militias from there to
Boston, where 20,000 of them laid siege to the city and the British troops
occupying Boston.
This film is the first in a
three-part series commemorating America’s 250th Anniversary of the signing of
the Declaration of Independence.
Written, hosted, and directed by Kent
Masterson Brown, President and Content Developer, for Witnessing History
Education Foundation, Inc., a Kentucky nonstock nonprofit charity and IRS
Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Lexington, Kentucky.
Kent is a Centre College (1971) graduate and
a graduate of Washington & Lee University College of Law (1974). A
constitutional lawyer, author of several works on the American Civil War,
including his latest, “Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command.” (UNC
Press, 2021). As President and Content Developer for Witnessing History, Kent has
made seven (7) Telly Award-winning films on American History for Kentucky Educational
Television and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).