>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director of friends
of PBSWisconsin. Thank
you forwatching. "Ken Burns:
OneNation, Many Stories" "KenBurns: One Nation,
Many Stories"with us. The impact
of Ken Burnswork on the collectiveunderstanding
of the past is
just incalculable. Looking at this
list of the documentaries he's
created from 1981, Brooklyn Bridge
to the Civil War, baseball
. Just remembering all of these
documentaries that he'screated and shared with us
andthe impact they've had on uswhen
we've watched them . Andthen they
get added to Lewis andClark. Mark
Twain, jazz, theWar, National Parks
, Roosevelt'sVietnam War, so many
documentaries that have eased
our understanding. Andthere's more to come. We
haveLeonardo da Vinci now and
wehave the upcoming AmericanRevolution
. Understand it'sgoing to be 12 hours
long. I'mreally looking forward to thistake
on the American Revolution.All of this
is made possiblewith your support.
This great catalog of documentary, this
increased understanding and thefuture
of ongoing work. Pleasegive
us a call, show yoursupport
by becoming a member bycalling
1-800-236-3636. >> Hi, I'm Stephanie
Elkins. Iam the host of Morning Classics
on Wisconsin Public Radio.Volunteering here this
evening.What an amazing show that
wejust finished up . Just asmattering
and a taste of all ofKen
Burns's work. And we're asking for your
support of thisprogram. And we have some
thankyou gifts that will help deepen
your understanding of his work
,deepen your connection to hiswork for
your gift of $15 amonth
or more, we'll send youthis book.
It's called our America and it spans
200 years.In photographs, very powerfulimages
, curated edited by KenBurns for
your gift of $25 amonth, we'll send
you the book,plus
your choice of one of
nineDVD sets , from baseball to
theVietnam War to jazz to countrymusic,
you choose which oneyou'd
like and for your gift of
$100 a month or more, you don'thave
to choose. We'll send youall nine
of the DVD sets, plusthe
book. What's important is that you call
right now and make a gift in support
of PBSWisconsin. The number
is (800) 236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm Linda Berman, avolunteer here
at PBS Wisconsin,and
I feel actually privilegedto be able
to talk to you tonight to say
how importantyour support really is
. You'rethe ones who keep us supported
.You're sustaining us. It's veryeasy to
become a sustainer , too.You can
call and pledge your support to have a
monthly amounttaken out of your credit card,
or your checking account. Thisway you
don't have to worry. Youcan even upgrade
if you usuallygive
yearly. You can have itdone as a
sustainer and come out monthly, but most
importantly,it's your support that keeps
programs like this. And our wayto say
thank you is obviouslywith our quality
programing. Andone of the
thank you gifts we have to add to
this beautifulprograming is
this incrediblebook. At $15 a month,
I havebeen looking through
and justastounded. The photo of Abe
Lincoln in 1865. Opposite it
isa picture of Richmond, Virginia
in 1865, contrasting them andthis
is a way that you see howKen
Burns is amazing, telling
his stories. And we are
thebeneficiaries of these stories.And we're saying
when you pledgeyour
support, you'll continuethem with his new
productions tocome. So when you consider that
it's a very easy decision to
give us a call, 1-800-236-3636.>> It only
takes a few minutes to make that call
or use the QR code or go online,
but it takesKen Burns and his
collaboratorsyears, thousands of hours
ofwork to bring us these rich
documentaries. Everything from research
to inspiration,archival studies, getting theinterviews,
hours in the cold,in
the heat, getting the rightkind of
footage, bringing theseincredible stories. It's
yoursupport that makes all of thispossible
. We get to enjoy thisrich history.
We get to enjoy adeepened
understanding. It allcomes to us
in our living rooms or over our devices,
or whereverwe choose to
watch. But it takes a
lot of effort, a lot of workto
bring these programs, to bring this understanding. That's
the equation we bring this
thisunderstanding to you, and youhelp us
with your support. Ifyou're able
to give us a call
1-800-236-3636 and make thatpledge
.>> If you've been a member of
PBS Wisconsin for a while, thankyou so
much. We're reallygrateful for your
support. Ifyou're not , if you haven't
been,it feels wonderful. We'd love tohear
from you. And the
way youdo it is by making a
phone call.It's very easy. Just takes a
couple of minutes. And for yourgift of
$15 a month or more,we'll send you
the book calledOur America
. It's got some wonderful images. It's a
big,gorgeous coffee table type book,but it's
chock full of you couldspend hours with
this book for agift
of $25 a month or
more.We'll send you the book plus
oneof nine different DVD sets.You'll have
to choose. If you'rea
music lover like me, you mightwant jazz
or country music. If you don't want to
choose, justgo for $100 a month
and we'llsend you the book and
all nineof the DVD sets. You can
talk toone of our
volunteers at (800) 236-3636.
is sweeping. It'senormous. And yet
Ken Burns canfocus in on these various
smallpieces and make it intimate inthe
book, this is a picture ofHenry David
Thoreau fromWorcester, Massachus etts,
1856.It's like here is a real
humanbeing. He's not just this
mythical character, he is real.And that's what
Ken Burns hastried to
do with all of the
programs, and especially theones that we've
been able topreview tonight. I want to
alsoremind you that you can
previewwhat's on our airwaves, on ourairwaves
magazine at $35 levelabove. You
will get this every single month at the
$60 leveland above, you'll
get ourPassport the opportunity to useour
Passport . You can stream
various programs, whether it's on your
computer or differentdevices. The most importantthing
is we want to connect
withyou and it's your
support thatwe depend on. So take this
opportunity now. We've got wonderful volunteers here
night to give them a
call atone (800) 236-3636, just likeLinda
just said, every gift level we've mentioned tonight
,one of the benefits of yourmembership
is receiving"Airwaves" magazine, our
monthly program guide, our monthly
lookbehind the scenes at
PBSWisconsin, and the upcomingprograms
.>> Every gift matters, everygift at
every level makes adifference.
I want to take amoment to thank
the members ofour heritage society. Those are
donors who've made a gift to usin
their estate plans, and
they're giving truly benefits.The future of
PBS Wisconsinallows us to plan for the
future .Let's this programing
keepcoming, but if you're able
tojoin as a member, if you're able
to join as a sustainer to makethose
monthly ongoing gifts that are so easy and so important to
us, now is a great time to
call.And you can make that call at
1-800-236-3636. so much for
joiningus tonight for this wonderful
smattering of the work of KenBurns
. We'd love to hear fromyou. With
a gift of support ofthis work at
(800) 236-3636. Foryour gift of $15, we'll send
youthe book one America
for $15.For $25 a month, you'll
send it.You'll receive the book plusyour
choice of one of the sets
of DVDs. And for $100 a
month,we'll send you the
book, plus all nine of the
DVD sets fromcountry music
to baseball, nineof them. That would mean
youwould be a member of ourdirector's
circle, and you could use those as gifts.
Thank you somuch for
watching this evening.We're really grateful. We'revery
grateful for your support.We
can't do it without you and
please know that you're making adifference to
PBS Wisconsin.Thanks .