For anyone who is going to be near a TV at some part of the holiday and wishes to see programming related to it,here is a few good pics IMHO.
The History Channel is running their series on the history of the revolution all day through primetime.
And on Turner Classic movies there is:
5:30 PM Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars. Cast: James Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
8:00 PM Howards of Virginia, The (1940)
A young Virginian joins the American Revolution despite his love for a beautiful Royalist. Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 PM 1776 (1972)
The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence. Cast: William Daniels, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner. Dir: Peter Hunt. C-165 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
1:00 AM Patriot, The (2000)
His ***'s ****** by the British turns a colonial farmer into a rebel leader. Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joeley Richardson. Dir: Roland Emmerich. C-165 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM Scarlet Coat, The (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor. Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis. Dir: John Sturges. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
All times are EST.
The History Channel is running their series on the history of the revolution all day through primetime.
And on Turner Classic movies there is:
5:30 PM Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Spirited musical biography of the song-and-dance man who kept America humming through two world wars. Cast: James Cagney, Walter Huston, Joan Leslie. Dir: Michael Curtiz. BW-126 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
8:00 PM Howards of Virginia, The (1940)
A young Virginian joins the American Revolution despite his love for a beautiful Royalist. Cast: Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: Frank Lloyd. BW-116 mins, TV-G, CC
10:00 PM 1776 (1972)
The founding fathers struggle to draft the Declaration of Independence. Cast: William Daniels, Ken Howard, Blythe Danner. Dir: Peter Hunt. C-165 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format
1:00 AM Patriot, The (2000)
His ***'s ****** by the British turns a colonial farmer into a rebel leader. Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joeley Richardson. Dir: Roland Emmerich. C-165 mins, TV-MA, CC, Letterbox Format
4:00 AM Scarlet Coat, The (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor. Cast: Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, Anne Francis. Dir: John Sturges. C-101 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
All times are EST.