With the six-part, 12-hour documentary series set to premiere Nov. 16, Burns faced questions about whether the spark for the ...

The noted documentary filmmaker will give two presentations: an afternoon event for invited high school students and a ...

For many Americans, the Revolutionary War was the country’s star-spangled origin story, a righteous battle between home-grown patriots and invading British forces, which ended in the triumphant ...

The American Revolution was one of the most significant events in world history because it created a "new thing called a citizen," iconic filmmaker Ken Burns told CBS News, as the nation celebrates ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Rick Atkinson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, recently visited the Virginia Museum of History and Culture to discuss his new book about the American Revolution. "The Fate of the Day ...

"One of the great challenges of our day is helping people learn how to disagree agreeably. The erosion of this ideal has been ...

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...

Organised by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub, the conference will mark ...

The symposium is part of the Brown 2026 initiative, which explores the American Revolution ahead of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence.

When standing on the rough timbers of the North Bridge in Concord, Mass., visitors at Minute Man National Historical Park can send their imaginations 250 years into the past. On April 19, 1775, the ...