The American Revolution & The 14th Colony

As part of the extended educational outreach for Ken Burns’s series THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Alabama Public Television will present a FREE screening and author talk featuring Mike Bunn, author of “The 14th Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America’s Revolutionary Era,” examining the role of Alabama in the War of Independence, on Thursday, March 5 at 6:30pm at the Coastal Alabama Community College in Fairhope. Guests will enjoy a reception before watching a segment of The American Revolution documentary series. A panel discussion with Mike Bunn, local historian Dr. Philip J. Carr, archaeologist Sarah Price, and Andrea McGhee of the Poarch Creek, will cover the role of the Fourteenth Colony (which included West Florida, Alabama and Mississippi) and of Native American tribes, in the outcome of the Revolution.