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Season 16 Episode 8: Patriots Day

36 SeasonsApr 19, 2004TV-PG55m6.5

"Patriots Day" follows Revolutionary War re-enactors as they prepare to re-fire those shots heard 'round the world on April 19, 1775, in Lexington and Concord. Filmmaker Marian Marzynski's style is low key and at times whimsical (real redcoats didn't use cell phones),but the "living historians" are serious. Says one: "It is important to understand the passion of what took place here."

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Season 16 Episodes:

Episode 1 New York: Center of the World

1. New York: Center of the World

Aired: Sep 8, 2003

This final chapter provides a powerful portrait of the events leading up to a...

Episode 2 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 1 - Revolution

2. Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 1 - Revolution

Aired: Jan 12, 2004

Part one focuses on people and events from 1865-68.

Episode 3 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2 - Retreat

3. Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2 - Retreat

Aired: Jan 13, 2004

Part two follows several blacks and whites in the south between 1867 and 1877.

Episode 4 Citizen King

4. Citizen King

Aired: Jan 19, 2004

A documentary that draws on input from a broad cross-section of people to exa...

Episode 5 Remember the Alamo

5. Remember the Alamo

Aired: Feb 2, 2004

"Remember the Alamo" recalls the contributions of Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) t...

Episode 6 Tupperware!

Aired: Feb 9, 2004

This is about the origins of Tupperware in Massachusetts.

Episode 7 Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman

7. Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman

Aired: Apr 12, 2004

Russian immigrant Emma Goldman verbally attacked the U.S. government, big bus...

Episode 8 Patriots Day

8. Patriots Day

Aired: Apr 19, 2004

"Patriots Day" follows Revolutionary War re-enactors as they prepare to re-fi...

Episode 9 Golden Gate Bridge

9. Golden Gate Bridge

Aired: May 3, 2004

Recalling the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, a "graceful leap over a...

Info about American Experience

Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography