A Hidden Corner of Gettysburg & a Chat with Ken Burns | History Traveler Episode 345

[@FordMustangry-wu7mh]

I remember watching Ken Burns The Civil War, on PBS when I was a kid, and it helped cement my passion for the Civil War, listening to Shelby Foote was to me like listening around a camp fire to your grandfather's stories. Ken Burns brought attention back to the Civil War, people watched and wanted to know more, to see those actual places that so many on both sides gave thier lives for the ideas, beliefs, and feelings of the day. Again, job well done, you have hit your stride with these videos, and if you keep enjoying doing them, I and many others will enjoy watching them.

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

Retired , here! 37 years teaching Special Education! When I visit Gettysburg , I make a bee line for Little Round Top! Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a former teacher and college professor was running low on supplies . Every teacher can definitely relate to that problem! He ordered his brave men of the 20th Maine to "Fix Bayonets!" He then led that charge down that famous hill! They captured many Confederates from Texas and Alabama! 😊😊😊🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@tinlizzie]

Yes, Ken is so correct. If you don't know your history, you don't know yourself or your future! I love it.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Absolutely!!

[@J.O.J.61]

💯👍🇵🇹🇺🇲

[@thomasdragosr.841]

...and we are letting an ignorant group of people destroy our history every day.

[@JamesClark-lw6sw]

​@@thomasdragosr.841 PEOPLE LIKE BURNS HIMSELF.

[@gordonhuskin7337]

@@thomasdragosr.841 and ken burns loves them! he shares their marxist ideology!

[@edking3427]

Excellent video. I only recently learned that my Great Great Grandfather was in the 154th NY and was captured at this battle. He survived CSA prison camps, was paroled and fought across Georgia with Sherman's army. It adds perspective to the battle and his capture.

[@jeffdavis9687]

My great Great Grandfather was in the 154th also. They have a reunion every year and is great to attend..

[@Tld0026]

I’m American and visited just about everything there is to see in the US except Gettysburg. I grew up on the grounds of the battle of stones river and visited with my elementary school every year and that got me interested in the civil war. I’m putting Gettysburg on my to do list and getting there asap.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Amazing place!

[@jaeves007]

Please go! I visit annually, I have fallen in love with the town. Come back when you decide to go if you need any advice!

[@nanabutner]

What ever you do, be sure to go to LITTLE ROUND TOP at twilight! You know if you turn your head in either direction you will see many ghosts of the military men/women and you can feel the cannons and gunfire! It is very strange! Also dawn gives the same effects. My father who was so practical that he wasn’t phased if rain stopped in the middle of the street was effected by Gettysburg.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

@@nanabutner - I’ve been at Little Round Top at every hour of the day on multiple occasions. Many times by myself. No ghosts.

[@nanabutner]

@@TheHistoryUnderground I am sorry but I know what I felt! There are ghosts there!

[@jeffdavis9687]

my Great Great Grandfather, Dana P. Horton, was a captain in the 154th NY Volunteers and was wounded in this battle. I have been there many times. This is a wonderful video. Thank you so much for this.

[@DSToNe19and83]

Interviewing Ken burns… I’d say at this point you done did something! You’re top notch, “keep on keeping on” 🍻

[@PJ-bv9tc]

Wow. Ken Burns is brilliant! Great job JD!

[@gordonhuskin7337]

Ken burns is a subversive leftist

[@kdfox2007]

Ken Burns is exactly correct about the value of history. We are having an existential threat to democracy because too many of our citizens don’t have a clue about why we are the way we are.

[@your_royal_highness]

And, they do not care to learn. Not to mention history itself is not being taught in schools. Or what is taught is shallow and whitewashed.

[@andrewglass25]

the weaponized justice system is a problem I agree

[@vickistevens423]

Great video, as always. Tim Smith is indeed a wealth of information and I always learn something new from his video content. Outstanding interview with Ken Burns. So excited to be moving to Gettysburg this summer and am definitely looking forward to attending the Gettysburg Film Festival next year.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome!

[@RealBanz]

Hey JD! I’m visiting Gettysburg from Texas this week. We visited Erik Dorr’s museum today and it was amazing. Great video as always. I really enjoy all your content.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome! So glad that you enjoyed it.

[@jeffe9842]

Ken Burns' series on the Civil War was the first of several of his series that I watched. I had never seen anything done in the style of presentation that he used and, I was so intrigued, that, being in grad school at the time, I arranged my schedule so that I would have time free for each episode.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Nice.

[@dawndickson2156]

Ken Burns has such a way with words. His documentaries are captivating. How can one watch and not dive head first into history. And for anyone who has never been to Gettysburg GO! So much to take in. I live in PA. It is my favorite place to go.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Agreed.

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

Check out Antietam battlefield / Sharpsburg, MD. It is not too far FROM Gettysburg/ in Sharpsburg, MD! September 17,1862! 23,000 died in a single day! The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War!

[@miniaturefarmer464]

GW wanted to get back to his farm. He was a farmer at heart. Agriculture made this country.

[@BrianGuertin-h6f]

Love going to Gettysburg my favorite place

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place.

[@dbach1025]

I can not believe I get to watch Ken Burns meet JD. Burns is a lucky man. :) Great interview, JD. Burns is easily a national treasure. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Thanks.

[@lanemeyer9350]

Meeting Ken must have have been a lifelong dream for you, that’s awesome. I LOVE this channel, kudus coming from Providence, RI! So much Civil War history here btw! Ambrose Burnside, Elisha Hunt Rhoads & Sullivan Ballou are all in one cemetery with George Sears Greene being buried 20 min away

[@jleechadwick]

I can't wait to see his series on the American Revoution, having had several 4 times great grandfathers who fought in it (no tories as far as I know). Dad gave me his love of history. I remember one of the first places we went after we moved to Virginia while Dad was stationed at the Pentagon--we went to the battle field at Manassas. I have to admit, when you live in the Washington DC area, you get the best field trips. I love a lot of different things, but history is my favorite subject to study.

[@gordonhuskin7337]

Don't get your hopes up, Burns is a rabid communist

[@craigcolandro2781]

@jleechadwick What you're going to get is a steady diet of Washington, Jefferson, etc... bad guys who owned slaves, some mistakes(Burns tends to make them in most of his Documentaries) and a little bit of actual history thrown in for good measure.

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

Gosh I just love your channel. I’ve visited Gettysburg a few dozen times. It’s about 4 hours or so away and I’ve driven there just to spend a day. This episode was great! So glad to see Ken Burns.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Appreciate that.

[@johns8771]

Ken Burns, in addition to making great documentaries, also has an amazing collection of hand sewn quilts.

[@timferryA1]

Did not know that about J.A. Williams! Thanks!

[@jimplummer4879]

History and Civics were my favorite subjects in school and still are.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@stevekunde123]

I have never heard of the brickyard fight before. Thanks for sharing it with us today.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@AdamLDavies]

Great video. And I agree with Ken at the end there, all history, good or bad, is important to understanding where we’ve been, how we got there and in some cases, how we don’t end up there again.

[@sandrapersaud3105]

I love history, and I completely agreed with your comments.

[@jomcginnis6703]

Gettysburg was on my bucket list and was so glad to check it off. What an amazing experience. So beautiful and the history is overwhelming.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Love that place.

[@johnstup4479]

Enjoyed listening to Tim Smith and Ken Burns. Thanks JD for bringing the words of these two men and history into our homes.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@Zederok]

Was a huge fan of Ken Burn's documentaries but his politics are terrible and borderline anti-American.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I’m still a fan of the documentary work that he’s done. Hopefully people who would disagree with my political views would feel the same about my own work.

[@JazznRealHipHop]

The world will have a true loss when Ken goes to explore the un-documentable other side. Legendary. Thank you Tim Smith, History Underground and all those who seek to teach and enliven the past ❤

[@tanker335]

We had a true loss when he kept quite when statues were being torn down. He should have been leading the charge to stop this nonsense.

[@dg7708]

​@tanker335 he is a huge lib, what did you expect?

[@JazznRealHipHop]

@@tanker335 I assume he realizes monuments, especially ones erected during Jim Crow of southern criminals, are not the main way or only way we remember history. And how many of those statues were destroyed? Some yes but many were just moved.

[@marcg.3830]

@@JazznRealHipHopmany many statutes were destroyed especially here in Richmond, VA, all because of the lie that was told in 2020 about a fentanyl addict.

[@tanker335]

@@JazznRealHipHop Pardon me it I don't want a small cable of Marxist dictating who's worthy of being honored or not in the history books. And one statue destroyed by these clowns is one too many.

[@julieknowles7063]

I've loved Ken Burns documentaries. Thank you for the interview.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@melissakhalar1842]

I love listening to and learning from intelligent well educated people that share their knowledge and wisdom. Thank You Mr. Ken Burns. ❤

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@aliciagutierrez2536]

Gettysburg is definitely on my bucket list of places to visit.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place.

[@lanemeyer9350]

I just went for the first time (49 years old), it was amazing. Fly into Baltimore and it’s an easy 1:15 drive. BOOK IT!

[@markchristman1076]

Have enjoyed Ken Burns series on the Civil War, also read Bruce Catton's trilogy. History Underground is able to go more places, more in depth than bigger productions. From South Mountain, MD to Hawaii, great job JD.

[@adriansantana7540]

21:16. Yes, history makes a person and the person make history.

[@davesexton5178]

Absolutely love your videos! Especially the Civil War episodes. My Great Great Grandfather immigrated from Germany and almost immediately enlisted in the 30th Ohio Company A. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his Gallantry at the Siege of Vicksburg (Forlorn Hope). 1st Sergeant Andrew Schmauch. Keep them coming.

[@davidwilhelm3431]

Tim Smith is indeed a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about Gettysburg, whether it be the town and its civilians or the battle. He's an institution.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@DavidYelle-j3r]

I really appreciated seeing this "hidden corner" of the battlefield and plan on visiting it the next time I'm in Gettysburg. Thanks for this post. But Ken Burns saying Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history is something the facts of history certainly dispute. Documentation to support any and all of the following can be provided upon request: Let's start with the false premise the Civil War was fought to put an end to slavery. This is not true. When you understand this truth, and you learn secession was entirely Constitutional, James Buchanan, the 15th president, despite being against secession, believed correctly he had no Constitutional authority to stop it. Therefore, in spite of intense opposition, Buchanan courageously chose to uphold the Constitution. Lincoln, on the other hand, did not. Most of what we've been taught about Lincoln is myth. There were slave States in the North until very late in 1865, after the Civil War ended. It was a war between two slave-holding republics, not one side on a righteous crusade to end slavery. The end of slavery was certainly a good and unintended outcome, but it was NOT why the war was fought. Lincoln firmly supported the Corwin Amendment in March 1861 that would have made slavery Constitutionally permanent in the South. Yes, Constitutionally permanent. The purpose of making slavery permanent in the South was to convince seceded States to return to the Union. The issue of slavery in the territories was about political and economic power, essentially control of the government, not whether blacks could live in them as free people. Free States would vote with the North and slave States with the South. Speeches by Northern congressmen reflected Northern intentions for the territories: "Free States" were to be kept free of blacks altogether, making opportunities and jobs only available to white people. In his first inaugural address, Lincoln sternly warned there would be no "bloodshed" if the tariff was collected. There was no mention at all of any purpose to set slaves free. At a meeting at the White House on September 10th, 1861, Lincoln told Judge Edward Coles and Jessie Fremont, "The war is about a great national object. The negro has nothing to do with it." The Emancipation Proclamation was, in Lincoln's own words, a "war measure" and it was conditional. It would have gone away if the Southern States simply returned to the Union by January 1, 1863. This wording is in the text of the document. As late as February 3rd, 1865, at the Hampton Roads Conference, Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward explicitly offered Confederate Vice President Alexander Stevens the Emancipation Proclamation and the new 13th Amendment, freeing slaves, going away if seceded States only returned to the Union. Seward said both could be voted down if the Southern States returned. Slavery wouldn't have lasted long in the South. It was being ended peacefully all over the world and the Southern States would have been on "an island by themselves" if they persisted. They most-likely would have been pressured to put an end to it. Most people don't know the Southern States were willing to give up slavery in exchange for help in winning independence. That was the purpose of the Kenner Mission to Europe in 1864. Robert E. Lee said in a 1866 letter that many in the South had "long sought" an end to slavery and it was good that slavery was ended. However, the South didn't know how to make it happen without catastrophic consequences. The South's economy would have collapsed with the immediate and uncompensated emancipation the very few but out-spoken abolitionists were demanding. Compensated emancipation was accomplished by many other countries, particularly England. This would have been essential to ending slavery in the South with its centuries-old dependence on it. However, the North offered no plan at all nor was willing to do so. Most Northerners didn't really care about slavery in the South as long as it stayed there. They didn't want blacks living among them. Ohio and Lincoln's State, Illinois, had laws prohibiting free blacks from living in either State. The idea the War was a "righteous cause" is not consistent with sentiments of most Northerners at the time. When there was an attempt to "spin" the War to be about ending slavery when the North was losing, it didn't enhance recruitment as intended. Instead, there was anger, demands for the War to end, draft riots, and army desertions. The demands for immediate emancipation and the vilification of Southerners by the abolitionists only made Southerners intensely defensive. This explains the "slavery-heavy" wording of the secession documents when there were so many legitimate disputes that angered Southerners and also led to secession: control of the government, tariffs, spending on internal improvements, opposing interpretations of the Constitution, and the retaining our federal system. What is crazy is over 1,000,000 former slaves died from starvation and disease by immediate emancipation. The North did nothing about this. This is well-documented but suppressed in our history. Historians have ignored this sickening consequence. Believe it or not, Confederates voiced concerns over immediate emancipation and its impact on the welfare of former slaves. But this was dismissed by Lincoln who essentially said, "Let them root hog or die." This is not the stuff we are taught in history class. It doesn't fit the accepted narrative. Also, we are never taught the War ended the Constitution as the founders intended it. The Constitution was a union of free and independent States, held together by a voluntary compact. They yielded only a very few specific, enumerated, and delegated powers to a subordinate central government. Lincoln destroyed the federal republic that was created and replaced it with a highly centralized and dominant central government, the very idea of which was soundly defeated at the Philadelphia Convention. The fear the central government would diminish the power and sovereignty of the States was the greatest impediment in getting the Constitution ratified. The founders had just fought a war to free themselves from highly centralized government. They would be horrified by what we have now! What they intended was abundantly clear in their speeches, letters, and ALL the founding documents, and in the Constitution itself when interpreted properly. Lincoln horribly violated so many Constitutional provisions in prosecuting his war; his war NOT to end slavery but to suppress secession. However, secession was discussed as being wholly legitimate and Constitutional by the founders. I can start with Thomas Jefferson mentioning it as being permissible in his first inaugural address. Later, he wrote in 1816, "If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation... to a continuance in union... I have no hesitation in saying, let us separate." The Constitution's 10th Amendment seals secession as a power reserved to the States. Jefferson said the 10th Amendment was the "cornerstone," the very heart, of the Constitution. It is interesting to note that Northern States discussed secession in 1794, 1800, 1803, and 1814, and none of the founders still living at those times said they couldn't do it. Look into the Hartford Convention. It was clear the Northern States in 1814 wanted to govern themselves because the South controlled the central government. And this, conversely, in 1860-1861, was the biggest issue with the Southern States, that the North was going to control the government. There were so many ways Lincoln violated the Constitution: he started a war without Congressional approval, suspended the Constitutional right of habeas corpus, shut down 300 Northern newspapers who condemned his actions, imprisoned close to 30,000 Northerners who disagreed with him, deported a Congressman who gave speeches about Lincoln's Constitutional wrongs and was going to run against Lincoln in the 1864 election, issued an arrest warrant for a Supreme Court Chief Justice who disagreed with him, illegally arrested most of the Maryland State Legislature, illegally seized firearms from private citizens, and prosecuted a horribly costly war against fellow Americans, ultimately killing close to one million people and ravaging the South, not for the honorable purpose of ending slavery, but to suppress the right of States, sovereign entities, to govern themselves. Without slavery being ended as an outcome, not a purpose, of the War and consistently used to whitewash all this, the history books wouldn't be so kind to Lincoln.

[@growda1]

I live in Fayette county PA. I would really like it if you did a video on Fort Necessity. The first deployment of George Washington.

[@Jmp64-ns8zl]

I've had enough of Ken Burns and his "white guilt." His history sadly borders on revisionist as of late. Now yes, I'm sure he's trying to stay relevant in these insane times, but there's only one version of history...for better or for worse. Not everything must be conditioned and qualified.

[@sandramosley2801]

What great work.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Many thanks!

[@tojomac21]

Congratulations J.D. you got Ken Burns on your Channel. I love Ken Burns documentaries

[@EGSBiographies-om1wb]

Im about to watch *Baseball;A Ken Burns Film* for the first time.

[@johnlarue2248]

Outstanding job on this! Going to have to try the film festival next year.

[@michaelmclaren7373]

What a wonderful opportunity to talk to Ken Burns - one of my personal heroes and IMO one of our finest filmmakers and storytellers working today. As someone holding a degree in history who often finds himself defending the “why” of it’s importance, his closing message was immaculate. Supremely grateful for this content and equally envious JD❤.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Glad that I could share it.

[@mikecollins9321]

He’s a commie

[@user-oe6bp9nf1j]

Great video! I am a big fan of Ken Burns work, but also his fabulous collection of historical quilts.

[@JeffreyLang-j5i]

Big fan of Ken Burns. He needs to do a documentary movie on General Chamberlain PLEASE!!

[@77harris77]

Ken Burns lives in my hometown. I was involved in a book signing of his Civil War book.

[@Chiller11]

Boy looks like I’m first Fascinating interview with Ken Burns. I was fortunate in high school to have had compelling teachers in both American History and Civics. I still use much of what I learned in civics as I try to understand the workings of government and politics in the US, Canada, and the world.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Nice.

[@TheNinjaPicker]

Im sure it was a thrill for Ken Burns to meet you.

[@Robasteerjock51]

Your content was great until you sat with Burns...he is great behind the camera.. He needs to just stay away from politics and don't tell me how to vote!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks. As far as Burns, I can disagree with his politics and still appreciate his work. And being a free speech absolutist, I have to say that he has the right to say whatever he wants politically even if I disagree with it. I’d hope that people would extend the same measure of grace to me if I ever expressed an opinion that they didn’t like.

[@Robasteerjock51]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Burns has great talent no doubt..he used to be all about his profession and good at it..but now he has his popularity….. anyway keep up your great work sir

[@williamfoulk7798]

I really like your videos in Gettysburg 👏👏👏

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you like them!

[@Wreckdiver59]

I can never get enough of Gettysburg 👍 I've seen that mural, but never knew anything about it until now. I'm looking forward to seeing more about the film festival since I couldn't make it there this year.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@swampyankee]

Tim's Monument Monday is a must see, a great, informative series.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Agreed.

[@cschauer]

I absolutely love history. However since moving to GA from my hometown in PA… something I have learned about history. While there are some facts that are indisputable… history is largely taught by the victors. In that, a LOT of facts have been conflated and improperly contextualized. I have to disagree with Mr. Burns. Lincoln wouldn’t be in my top choices for your White House program. I wouldn’t rank him in the top 10 of presidents. And definitely not FDR… All of their “contributions” to American society today have led to the liberalist, socialist problems plaguing the country today. For contributions to the success of the country, Regan and dare I say Trump would be far better choices… and far better entertainment.

[@craigcolandro2781]

Burns is a far-left dude, so his views shouldn't be a surprise. He's said some pretty nasty things about the values, and people I support, which is why I can't stand him.

[@jeffreyjordan9747]

Love your show by Ken Burns is a radical liberal so I'm going to skip this episode

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I’d give it a shot anyway. I’d hate for someone to not watch my channel because they disagreed with my politics. Ken only occupies a small part of the episode anyway. Lots of other stuff to learn. 🙂

[@jeffreyjordan9747]

@@TheHistoryUnderground ok, you convinced me

[@GettysburgLentz]

Thank you for doing justice to the memory of the Brickyard Fight and all who fought there. Tim Smith is a wealth of knowledge and we as history enthusiasts are fortunate to have him. The Adams County Historical Society does a lot of great work and he is a significant contributor to that work.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! That was my first time visiting that part of the battlefield. Very fascinating history.

[@ruthgallagher1168]

Just got back from there. It is our favorite town.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place.

[@jkinthewind]

I was lucky enough to be on a tour with Mr. Dunkelman and he gave us a bit of a "tour" of his mural. I was happy to see that he included a portrait of Amos Humiston in the mural. After his tour i had the privelege of walking with Mr. Dunkelman through the National Cemetery and showing him Amos' marker.

[@topthrilldragster20]

I was just in Gettysburg and i made a side trip to Antietam the next day. Wife wants to go back to Gettysburg

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place. Plan on staying at least 3 days.

[@robinburke2036]

Tim is a treasure. I think we need a monument dedicated to him ;-)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! I agree.

[@randolphkersey5155]

Well let's hope he is not from the south because they will destroy it.

[@TriciaLBarber]

I really like when you said why you started your channel. That is why I was a reenactor for many years with my teenage son. We are from Texas with only Confederate ancestors. But the crew we were with portrayed Union soldiers. Several times we got shamed for being Union in the South. But my answer was if everyone is Confederate how can we keep the history alive to teach it.

[@charleshendrix232]

I was wounded at Gettysburg. Yes. I was on a tour bus on the battlefield and a large chestnut fell from a big oak and hit me in the face. I was bleeding from the nose. I was wounded on the battlefield at Gettysburg and nobody can say I’m a liar.

[@KEVINTOWNER2]

More JD and Tim Smith collabs in the future?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

100%

[@jillthomas2547]

My dad grew up around York, PA, been there multiple times growing up, but have never been to Gettysburg. I grew up not far from Old Washington, OH where part of Morgan's Raid was. I love history

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place!

[@kennethreese4659]

I loved Ken Burns documentary The War. I've watched that over and over many times.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

One of my favorites.

[@evdallas123]

I bet people that live around there can go out in the yard and dig anywhere and find relics without a metal detector

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I think that a lot has been picked over, but there are most certainly still relics in the ground there.

[@jhsams1977]

Thank you Tim and JD!

[@AC_86]

Always been fascinated with the history of the US & the civil war. Thankz for posting these videos. Aaron Belfast, Northern Ireland

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you!

[@explorers1979]

I love Ken Burns' Civil War and The War, but he's a super liberal left wing person that supports things that most people in America do not.

[@darlenegriffith6186]

"most people" - I highly doubt that.

[@justinweaver8107]

I dont comment on every vid but watch em none the less have a good weekend sir

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thank you! That all helps.

[@michaelayers3998]

Ken Burns’ work represents the best of America.

[@markbeames7852]

Shout out to CMSgt James Clouse, USAF (ret) now the Gettysburg National Battlefield Monument chief librarian.

[@InnocentPotato-pd7wi]

The state of Maryland has do e a great job preserving the land around Antietam battlefield! Former Democrat Governor William D. Schaefer led the charge to protect the land surrounding the battlefield! Antietam retains its rural feeling! Development has been forbidden!Thank God!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇲

[@thomashudgins996]

JD, have you read "The Mathews Men" by William Geroux? Now that would be something for you to look into about WWII. I highly recommend it to you. Would love to chat with you after reading it.

[@davidpahlka6301]

There is an old Chinese saying which Thomas Jefferson also used which is, "You cannot foresee the future unless you study the past." Almost all our founding Fathers knew their history well. Much of what we believe are new inventions are only old ideas adapted to modern times. For instance, Democracy, Socialism, Capitalism and Constitutions weren't modern notions but older than even the ancient Greeks and Romans. Aristotle in his Politics mentions the various government experiments by the many different Greek City states. What worked, how long and why is still active debates among historians. What future genii need to teach us is when to reinvent them for the Earth's Common Good.

[@robertreese2600]

I would have picked Theodore roosevelt and Nixon. I think their ghosts would be interesting.

[@thurin84]

you cant perpetuate a free society teaching students what to think. you cant control everything a student might be exposed to throughout their life. but if you teach them HOW to think via critical thinking skills you can arm them with judgement to assess what theyre exposed to themselves. which is something they will do anyway either in an educated manner or an ignorant and misinformed manner. its similar to the old analogy of giving a man a fish vs teaching a man how to fish.

[@stewiesquirrelladventures]

Good evening sir, was just curious if you have checked out the National Geographic magazine that talks about WW2 The Spies and Secret Missions That Won the War?

[@dbicht]

Fantastic video. How wonderful to talk with Ken Burns. It is a must if traveling to Gettysburg to see the Adams County Historical Society. I was there last year and it was so informative. The exhibit Beyond the Battle lets you get an idea of what it is like to be living there during the battle. My GGreat Grandfather, Sgt Thomas Lunard Morgan, was with the PA 151st. His unit was known as the "Teachers Regiment". They were some of the first soldiers to encounter the Southern forces.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@71avalon36]

"Why worry about preserving history when there's money to be made?" said the developers. SMH 🙄😒

[@garybryant6148]

Hi History Hunter. Question: to the best of your knowledge has anyone been scuba diving in the English Channel to survey the various military wrecks?

[@jaycoldren4284]

I watch a lot of your videos and I enjoy them very much. But this particular one is my new favorite. The story of Coster Ave with Tim Smith! The interview with Ken Burns! Loved your questions and his thoughtful answers. Thank you JD!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!

[@pauldouglas3084]

Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@MrWheely1]

Love to see you back in europe 😂😂 D-day. Market garden. Bastogne.... are you @ all 3

[@Joyfulgrace7777]

Amen FDR and Lincoln my faves!! Truth!

[@thurin84]

if only todays politicians were as cognizant of the wastage of public funds.

[@wildshadowstar]

Ken Burns is the master of documentaries, like Stephen Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. Must have been a bucket list item for you to talk with him.

[@Joey_Cisar]

Imagine telling the NPS about our waste of public funds now

[@doncook2054]

gunshots around minute 20-21?? might be wrong....

[@s.p.3738]

Profound statement by Ken Burns at the end. If I were a teacher I would have my students recite it. The whole paragraph. We are losing our way one generation at a time.

[@HackbotT1000Legion]

I climbed big round top this week. Little was closed. No one but my family. Nice

[@spookerredmenace3950]

love Ken Burns docs , as a Canadian i have learned so much about the American Civil war, i like how he doesnt put a liberal agenda into his docs. its always middle of the road , AS IT SHOULD BE!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I've always enjoyed his work.

[@bills6963]

Been there. Pretty cool. There’s a good video on KZbin telling the detailed story of the painting.

[@NikonFstopper]

I would not want to own a house and especially live in a house on any part of that battlefield for it likely is haunted and I just don't need any ghosts in my life.

[@jonduggan7433]

Make sure to check out the Lincoln Diner right across the street from that theater in the beginning of this clip. Really good breakfast food at reasonable prices.

[@irishpride1186]

Got some new civil war content! Love it! Keep the civil war content coming! Thanks man!!!❤😊

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@stevenstone1027]

Great video! Very educational! Thank you!

[@JeffreyGlover65]

I visited Gettysburg and Antietam in 2014. Is the restuarant with the menu from 1863 still there?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Hmmm.....not sure.

[@rah2209]

I cannot wait for my opportunity to go visit Gettysburg. Do they have guilds or are you on your own?

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Heck of a place. There are lots of resources there to help you out.

[@GettysburgLentz]

The closest thing to a guild is probably the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides. You can hire a guide to take you around the battlefield. There are plenty of other options available as well, depending on your interest.

[@janetalison8384]

When the Sputnik astronauts were asked what they wanted to see in America? Guess where😂

[@bobcalderon2534]

A great video. Enjoyed the history of the Civil War, thanks

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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