{"id":71118,"date":"2025-11-23T11:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=71118"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:52:57","slug":"fragments-of-an-unfinished-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/11\/fragments-of-an-unfinished-revolution.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Fragments of an Unfinished Revolution<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After watching all six episodes of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/kenburns\/the-american-revolution\">The American Revolution<\/a><\/em>, <br>Ken Burns&#8217;s new, much-heralded documentary, I had mixed feelings . . .<\/p>\n\n\n<p><font size=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-2200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" data-attachment-id=\"71150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/screenshot-295\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,499\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Unfinished Revolution \u00a9 2025 by jh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-750.jpg\" alt title=\"Unfinished Revolution copyright 2025 by jh\" class=\"wp-image-71150\" title=\"Click to enlarge.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-750-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/UNFINISHED-REVOLUTION-enhc-2200.jpg\">Click to enlarge.)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After watching all six episodes of &#8216;The American Revolution,&#8217; 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