The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...
Lucy Worsley's PBS series highlights the emotional fallout of the conflict, with a focus on the British perspective ...
In recognition of the nation's 250th anniversary, the U.S. Postal Service today released Figures of the American Revolution Forever stamps. The commemorative stamps feature 25 individual portraits ...
The "Patriots of Color" exhibit helps bring to life overlooked stories involving people of color and their role in the ...
Washington uses bonuses and drafts to encourage Americans to join the Continental Army. By early 1777, many soldiers were returning home, and Washington needed to enlist new men. The Continental Army ...
When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says ...
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 ...
As America gets ready to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Worsley logs miles not only across the United Kingdom and Ireland, ...
The American Revolution on PBS, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, written by Geoffrey C. Ward and narrated by Peter Coyote, is a six-part docuseries about the events leading up ...
America’s fight for independence reverberated around the world in significant ways, which University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell explores in his engaging new book, The American ...
The American Revolution will be a war that will pit brother against brother – and birth a nation. The American Revolution will become not just a local war for independence, but a war between great ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premiered on PBS, it marked the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says these ...