The seven-part Ken Burns documentary The War is being broadcast in conjunction with the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s new exhibit, Those Who Serve: Martha’s Vineyard and World War II.
The War, coproduced by Lynn Novick, screens on Rhode Island PBS station WSBE (channel 9) on Sundays at 2 p.m.
Also screening are one-hour documentaries about the war on Mondays at 10 p.m. These include World War II: D-Day, The Price of Freedom (Jan. 11); Men Who Sailed the Liberty Ships (Jan. 18); Government Girls of WWII (Jan. 25); Spitfire, Birth of a Legend (Feb. 1); and Fly Boys, Western Pennsylvania’s Tuskegee Airmen (Feb. 8).
Those Who Serve is at the museum at 59 School street in Edgartown. The exhibit shares the voices, photographs and objects belonging to Vineyard veterans and those on the home front. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for children 6 to 15, and free for members and children under six.
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