Ken Burns,
Director and Producer

Their Journey: A Veteran's Tribute Tour
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007
Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Description: In June of 2007, forty-five In Their Words interviewees were escorted by AETN to visit the National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. The veterans experiences touring the nation's capitol and their reflections of the war years make up this ninety minute film that is 59 years in the making.

Countdown to The War
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Description: This thirty minute live program takes a look at organizing your own "Tribute Tour,"  as well as other ways to honor the World War II generation. Then, be with AETN as we countdown to the first episode of Ken Burn's new epic World War II documentary, The War.

Description: THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history - a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America - and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. Watch the first two hours September 23.