Special Announcement: AMC's "TURN"

I hope you received the post about AMC's "TURN".  If you didn't get to see the premiere Sunday night, there is still time.  Currently, the pilot can be viewed on AMC's website for free.  You can also watch the premiere Saturday morning at 10:30 as well as Sunday night at 7:30 just prior to the 2nd episode at 9:00.    The pilot is 90 minutes.  I encourage you to watch the premiere during these encore showings because you can go to the "TURN" page on AMC's website and click on Story Sync.  Story Sync provides extra information during the scenes of the episode.  Once Story Sync is loaded, the information changes automatically in conjunction with the scene of the episode on the television.  This feature will be available with the other episodes as well.

Just as "The Patriot" took poetic license to tell the story, "TURN" is as well.  Therefore, do not take everything shown as fact.  In spite of this knowledge, I am still enjoying the series as it is showing Americans that the freedom they enjoy today came at a serious and often times harsh price.  If one person appreciates what our patriots went through to give us the birth of the greatest nation on earth and gets them to want to learn more about their efforts, then the embellishments are worth it in my opinion.

If you would like to more about this phenomenal secret of the American Revolution, here is a book that may be a good read for you.  In November 2013, a new book about the ring was published.  George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution, written by Brian Kilmeade (of Fox and Friends) and Don Yaeger, was a New York Times runaway best seller.  Mr. Kilmeade states, "As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with this book to give the secret six the credit they didn't get in life.  The Culper spies represent all the patriotic Americans who give so much for their country but, because of the nature of their work, will not or cannot take a bow or even talk about their missions."  The book is available in hardcover, e-book, and audible versions.  

I haven't checked yet, but I wonder if these spies have patriot status in the DAR yet.  Hmm?

Up next on the blog is the beginning of the NSDAR.  Look for it soon.

   

Special Announcement: The Culper Spy Ring of the American Revolution will be explored on television beginning April 6!

I just wanted to let you know that AMC is premiering a new television series entitled, "TURN" with the "N" turned backwards. This series will premiere tonight on AMC at 9:00 P.M.  It will explore the first American spy ring that was created during the American Revolution known as the Culper Ring.  This spy ring was so incredibly secret that knowledge of its existence was not known until the 1930s.

For those of you who haven't heard of this spy ring, it is fascinating, and I encourage you to find out more about it and the techniques used by our patriots to send secret messages such as invisible ink.  By the way, there was a female that was part of this spy ring.

I cannot attest to the historical accuracy of the content.  I can tell you that the executive producers realized that this spy ring's story was larger than a Hollywood movie and plan to explore the characters to their fullest.  You will see the that the American Revolution was the first civil war as the father and son (main character) will be on opposite sides of war.  However, the son will have to disguise his loyalty to retain his secrecy as a member of the ring.

I will also warn you that this will not sugar coat war.  As the executive producers said, this will not be a movie about the American Revolution that your mothers and grandmothers are used to seeing.  With that said, I feel that all of the nuances of war, i.e.the good, the bad, and the ugly, will be portrayed to make this series as real in its feel as possible. 

I am so excited that something about the American Revolution will be a series on television.  I hope that we won't be disappointed.  We will find out at 9:00 tonight.