At Edinburgh Film Festival, the acclaimed documentarian spoke about the cyclical nature of world events and why he's waiting ...

Springfield Friends and the American Revolution” will be presented Sunday during the 11 a.m. worship service at Springfield ...

A landmark collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress uses cutting-edge technology to find ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

Throughout US history, social movements—from reformist to radical—have returned to the language and ideals of 1776. Freedom struggle: Frederick Douglass petitions Abraham Lincoln to allow Black ...

The PBS docuseries, co-directed by Sarah Botstein, argues America’s birth was less a unified fight for independence than a ...

People who visit the Downtown Public Library this week will have a chance to learn about the beginnings of our country, ...

Thomas Paine’s Thetford roots | Andy Burnham and Larry the cat | Larkin about ...

Historians deal in secular truths. Slavery is an appropriate explanation for the Civil War; God’s will is not. Still, some occurrences are so improbable they can make it hard to believe that we’re ...

Saying that the most patriotic act you can commit this month is to watch director Ken Burns' six-part, 12-hour "The American Revolution" is a little like saying you have to eat your vegetables. But ...

Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

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