Explore the truths behind Civil War and slavery myths that persist in America and understand the real history behind them.

The concepts of history and memory represent two attitudes toward the past, two streams of historical consciousness that must at some point flow together. History -- what trained historians do -- is a ...

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...

The date selected for this event was between Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and Nov. 19, which is when President Abraham Lincoln gave ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

With Presidents Day last week, some conservative pundits deemed it prudent to reevaluate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. As you might expect, this resulted in the spewing of a lot of ...

A bold new photographic project asks modern-day Americans to recreate portraits of their 19th-century ancestors in painstakingly accurate fashion Jared Miller poses as his ancestor Richard Oliver, a ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

Guest speaker Joe Knapp showed students some of his artifacts he has collected from the Civil War to social studies students ...

"The controversy surrounding the Civil War Monument has become a symbol of Coloradans’ struggle to understand and take ...

Choosing your favorite Ken Burns series has as much to do with your historical interests as the quality of any individual ...