Frankie Meyer: PBS series on American Revolution opens up interest in ancestors

The Tucson Presidio: As Old as the American Revolution

Did you know Tucson, Arizona, is older than the United States? Built on the northern frontier of New Spain, the fort founded in 1775 connected the region to larger struggles shaping North America. Today, Tucson is in southern Arizona, but when it was established in 1775, the Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón was part of a plan to secure the northern frontier of territory claimed by the Spanish. The soldiers and settlers of early Tucson lived at th…

Frankie Meyer: PBS series on American Revolution opens up interest in ancestors

The new Ken Burns series about the American Revolution is extraordinary. If you have ancestors who fought in the six-year war, you will be mesmerized by the six episodes on PBS. Each program is two hours long.