Witnessing History Education Foundation Inc

TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCTION, TOURS, LECTURES, SEMINARS, ARTICLES AND OTHER MEDIA.

AFTER A VERY DIFFICULT 2021, DUE TO THE CONTINUED COVID PANDEMIC AND CONSEQUENT LOCKDOWNS, THE YEAR 2022 WAS BRIGHTER. WITNESSING HISTORY EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. (WHEF), FIRST, EXPANDED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS DURING COVID, A FEW DIRECTORS RESIGNED DUE TO ILLNESS AND FEAR OF ILLNESS. WHEF ADDED STEVE EVANS, CHIP SUTHERLAND, AND DOTTIE DOBBS SPEARS, WHO JOINED NEIL RUSH, JANE WINEGARDNER AND MR. BROWN ON THE BOARD. IN ADDITION, WHEF WAS ABLE TO RAISE $267,265.75, INCLUDING $77,000.00 IN NONPROFIT RELIEF FUNDS FROM THE KENTUCKY PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET. CONSEQUENTLY, WHEF UNDERTOOK PLANS TO RESUME PROVIDING, FOR EXAMPLE, TOURS OF HISTORIC SITES. ONE TOUR TOOK PLACE IN APRIL, 2022. A LARGE GROUP OF ABOUT 40 PERSONS DID THE THREE-DAY BUS TOUR TO VISIT THE CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS OF MUNFORDVILLE AND PERRYVILLE IN KENTUCKY AS WELL AS THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE HISTORIC SITE. ALL THE SITES THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR VISITING IN 2021, BUT HAD BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO A COVID ALARM IN THE STATE. IN MAY, 2022, MR. BROWN GAVE A TOUR OF THE LEXINGTON CEMETERY, SPLITTING THE PROCEEDS EVENLY WITH THE KENTUCKY CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE, WHO CO-SPONSORED THE WALKING TOUR.

PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON AMERICAN HISTORY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION AND STREAMING CHANNELS REPRESENTS THE FUNDAMENTAL MISSION OF THE WHEF. THE PANDEMIC AND RELATED LOCKDOWNS SEVERELY CURTAILED FILMMAKING AND NECESSARY FUNDRAISING.IN 2022, HOWEVER, WHEF WAS ABLE TO BEGIN THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF ITS FIRST OF THREE PLANNED FILMS ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PRODUCED IN HONOR OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, ENTITLED "THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD:" THE COMING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IN JUNE, THE STANDUPS PERFORMED BY MR. BROWN WERE FILMED AT WRIGLEY MEDIA GROUP. THAT SAME MONTH, MR. BROWN AND A CAMERMAN FILMED SCENES OF THE FORT GOWER AND FINCASTLE RESOLUTIONS AT WILDERNESS ROAD STATE PARK IN VIRGINIA. THEREAFTER, IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, MR. BROWN AND FILM EDITOR, CHRIS YELTON OF WRIGLEY MEDIA GROUP, EDITED THE FILM. DURING THE SAME TIME, WHEF'S COMPOSER, CLARK CRANFILL, BEGAN COMPOSING ALL THE THEME MUSIC FOR THE FILM. AT THAT TIME, THE WHEF SOUND DESIGNER, NEIL KESTERSON OF DYNAMIX PRODUCTIONS, BEGAN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND SCHEDULING VOICE ACTORS TO VOCALLY REPRESENT ON THE SCREEN THE PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS PORTRAYED IN THE FILM. BY THE END OF 2022, WHEF WAS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC, AT LONG LAST, THAT THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE SPRING OF 2023.