The Wood County Committee on Aging will be featuring Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” miniseries, released in 1990 throughout the month of May. The group will meet two days a week at 1 p.m. at the Wood County Senior Center, 140 S. Grove St., Bowling Green.
In this nine-part series, Burns uses contemporary cinematography in addition to archival photographs, paintings and newspaper images to teach about the Civil War. The series is rated TV-14 for various reasons including violence, gore and intense scenes.
Two episodes will be viewed each week. The program host, Joe Long, a Grand Rapids native and history scholar, will lead a short discussion after each episode to review the details of the war as portrayed in the film.
Call the WCCOA programs department for more information or to register at 419-353-5661 or 800-367-4935 or email programs@wccoa.net.
Program dates and episode titles are listed below:
- Tuesday, May 3: Episode 1 – “The Cause” (1 hour, 40 minutes)
- Wednesday, May 4: Episode 2 – “A Very Bloody Affair” (1 hour, 9 minute)
- Wednesday, May 11: Episode 3 – “Forever Free” (1 hour, 16 minutes)
- Thursday, May 12: Episode 4 – “Simply Murder” (1 hour, 1 minute)
- Tuesday, May 17: Episode 5 – “The Universe of Battle” (1 hour, 36 minutes)
- Thursday, May 19: Episode 6 – “Valley of the Shadow of Death” (1 hour, 9 minutes)
- Tuesday, May 24: Episode 7 – “Most Hallowed Ground” (1 hour, 12 minutes)
- Thursday, May 26: Episode 8 – “War is All Hell” (1 hour, 9 minutes)
- Tuesday, May 31: Episode 9 – “The Better Angels of Our Nature” (1 hour, 8 minutes)
