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Lecture: Ken Burns, PBS Documentarian

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 at 15:00

George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

George Sherman Union, 775, Commonwealth Avenue, Audubon Circle, Fenway, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

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Ken Burns, celebrated PBS documentarian, speaks at Boston's George Sherman Union about crafting historical documentaries. Drawing on decades of work—from The Civil War to The Vietnam War—he shares storytelling approaches, archival research, and the role of public history in shaping how we remember the past.

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