(bright music) - Join us this fall as WMHT goes on a field trip to explore history by visiting the American Revolution.

- Through local sites, sounds and experts, we dive into the history of one of America's most pivotal moments.

- And just wait until you see the outfits.

- This is the coolest thing that's happening in upstate New York right now.

This is the reconstruction of a revolutionary gunboat.

- It's really a historical moment that's kind of a once in a lifetime thing.

- I think it's fascinating to think about Schuyler Mansion as a witness to the history that changed so dramatically in the 18th century.

- And here, we have quills that have been prepared for writing.

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- [Staff Member] Entertainment was important, and they had an entire room dedicated to that.

(gentle music) - For an enslaved person, they have the same individual motivations as many of the people involved in the war.

It's completely interwoven.

It's the whole point of focusing on our whole history, and we're always looking to expand the story, not to replace any parts of the story.

(bright orchestral music) - Here, at Fort Ticonderoga, many of the moments that shaped the course of our Revolutionary War, the War for American independence, they happened right here.

- Living History provides this really compelling, visceral way to explore the past.

- Mick Mack, walk up.

- Mick Mack, walk up.

- You have 4,000 pounds of bovine doing what you say, merely based on your voice.

- That was so cool.

- Our knowledge of the past is ever changing.

The events have happened.

How we understand them, that is history.

- We're here, at Saratoga National Historical Park.

As you go around the battlefield, you really can experience and feel the conditions the men and women with both armies would've experienced.

- Woo!

Oh, that was so good.

(bright music) Hello.

- I think it's great to reflect upon the past, to be in the places where historical events occurred.

There are so many stories, and there's always more to learn.

(bright music) - [Matt] Hey, Nicole, this is great.

When does this premiere again?

- [Nicole] 7:30 PM, November 16th on WMHT.