Wow - ashamed - proud. Powerful words. In some ways - wish I had just said "saddened"! Maybe it wouldn't have "hit a nerve" out there. Certainly we all know about the classic stories of 6 people all at the same place - at the same time - telling about "the whatever" afterwards - and voila - you have "six different events"! LOL "We" then listen - sort and sift - trying to get a bit closer to what really may have happened. That's fine - and normal - and what I'd call "human experience". So also with my comments on history. Ironically, the main point of sending the post to begin with was re: the local SWAIN connection! But - given the power of the series, I "went on" about the "context" and my own reactions. I wanted to point out the power of the documentary "genre" for story telling - to include multiple points of experience - with both the "big context" and the "personal letters/diaries". My "to the side" personal experience was that we aren't "told" many of the things that happened. But, that too, is a matter of history. It depends on how many individuals decide to take the time/effort to write their particular collection of facts - their interpretation - then put it out there for the rest of us. Shoot - stories are only "out there" and told if folks like "us" write them - about our families & ourselves. So - sorry if I stirred anything up out here. I do think Ken Burns is a master at the documentary genre - from "The West" to his work on baseball to many, many more. Just wanted to share. :( Deb Looks like I hit