HBO's "John Adams"

This is a GREAT series indeed, sir...though I'm only through the 2nd episode. Watch it if you've the chance.

I'm a history buff and this show is bringing back the critical moments in our country's history - the First and Second Continental Congress, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord and the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution - and, of course, the series will take us deeper into the life of John Adams, who went on to become the 2nd President of the United States. And it is a refresher course, a history lesson for me as well, re-introducing all of us to such charactres as John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Washington and many more. I encourage everyone to watch it.

But what this show does for me, more than anything else, is portray the era with a sense of realism that puts me in the shoes of every man, woman and child who lived in the time - as if I am living in that moment. I am enthralled by it.

For a more comprehensive look into the making of John Adams, including interviews with the actors, Tom Hanks - producer, author David McCullough, etc. go to HBO "John Adams".