GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Filmmaker Ken Burns sits at a small table in a shuttered dining room built to re-create the evening of July 1, 1863. Two whale oil lamps cast a dim light. The floor boards shake from the sound of artillery outside.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
At new Gettysburg museum, Ken Burns gets a taste of battle he chronicled
‘Combat’ thunders outside as Civil War filmmaker huddles in a shuttered dining room
March 11, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. EST