The American Revolution

Name: The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)
Duration: 7860 s
Cast: Peter Coyote, Adam Arkin, Josh Brolin

The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)

Directed by Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, David P. Schmidt

TV-PG

S1 • E6 Nov 21, 2025 2h 11m

8.63.7

British General Cornwallis struggles to pacify the southern states; supported by the French, a victory at Yorktown secures independence for the Americans.

Where to Watch The American Revolution - S1 • E6

Cast of The Most Sacred Thing (May 1780 – Onward)

Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
Adam ArkinJames Parker / Ashbel Green / Andrew Hunter / Enoch Anderson / Timothy Dwight / Robert Morris (voice)
Josh BrolinGeorge Washington (voice)
Josh CharlesJoseph Warren / John Peters / David Ramsey (voice)
Hugh DancyHugh Percy / John Burgoyne / Banastre Tarleton / Comte de Vergennes (voice)
Claire DanesAbigail Adams (voice)
Alden EhrenreichJoseph Plumb Martin (voice)
Tom Hanks(voice)
Ethan HawkeAnthony Wayne / John Andrews (voice)
Maya HawkeBetsy Ambler (voice)
Samuel L. JacksonCaesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Damian LewisKing George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)
Laura LinneySarah Logan Fisher / Sarah Morris Mifflin / Eliza Wilkinson / Eliza Lucas Pickney (voice)
Carolyn McCormickHannah Griffiths / Hannah Winthrop / Esther Reed (voice)
Tobias MenziesEdmund Burke / Ambrose Serle / Cornwallis / William Pitt (voice)
Edward NortonBenjamin Rush / Philip Vickers Fithian / Philip Schuyler (voice)
Jon ProudstarCanassatego / Chainbreaker / Old Smoke / Shawnee Delegate (voice)
Matthew RhysThomas Paine (voice)
Liev SchreiberSamuel Adams / Nathaniel Greene / Lewis Beebe (voice)
Meryl StreepMercy Otis Warren (voice)