The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...
I think he was alert to the ways that it could end up eroding the institution,” says historian Christopher Brown ...
Ken Burns' latest docuseries, "The American Revolution," explores the United States' bloody and hardwon origin story.
Burns' anticipated six-part docuseries "The American Revolution" premieres at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16 nationwide on PBS, ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, then-President Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful 272-word speech, later known as the Gettysburg Address, ...
The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...
Two-hundred fifty years after a 25-year-old Boston bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons up and over t Hills in the ...
It was 250 years ago this week that North Carolinians fought in their first formal battle for American independence. But they didn’t fight it in North Carolina — and they didn’t fight British redcoats ...
Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and ...
Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw empires battling for supremacy in the Americas, with Native nations caught in ...
The nonprofit organization planning celebrations for America's 250th birthday in 2026 has unveiled a special commemorative ...