Preview "The National Parks: America's Best Idea"

In light of this being the 50th anniversary year of Minute Man National Historic Park, this note from Concordian, Rick Wheeler, one of the Friends of Minute Man Park, is particularly apt.

Members of the public are invited to view an exclusive preview of Ken Burns' upcoming documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea which will premier in September on PBS stations nationwide.

This preview, developed exclusively for National Park partner organizations, such as the Friends of Minute Man National Park (find their blog at http://www.friendsofminuteman.org/blog), features behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes and commentary by Filmmaker Ken Burns. Join the Friends for an entertaining evening of preview viewing, light refreshments followed by a brief discussion - all at the Minute Man Visitor Center on Route 2A in Lexington, MA. For more information, contact Carrie Midura at 978.318.7822 or  carrie@friendsofminuteman.org.

All screening dates are free and open to the public:

• Thursday, August 20th, 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, August 27th, 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday, September 10th, 6:00 p.m.

Nearly a decade in the making, The National Parks: America's Best Idea is a visual feast, featuring some of the most extensive, breathtaking images of the national parks system every captured on film. It contains the most contemporary footage of any Ken Burns film since Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, shot principally by chief cinematographer Buddy Squires (who has filmed all of Burns's documentaries), long-time Florentine cameraman Allen Moore, Lincoln Else (who also is a former ranger at Yosemite) and Burns himself.