˜ In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. ˜

Six years in the making, this epic 14-hour film, reminiscent in scope and power of Burns' landmark series The Civil War, focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota. These four communities stand in for - and could represent - any town in the United States that went through the war's four devastating years. Witness their personal journeys into war, painting vivid portraits of how the war dramatically altered their lives and those of their neighbors, as well as the country they helped to save for generations to come.

• About Ken Burns
• Episodes
• The Four Towns
• Michigan Voices of the War