A local nonprofit will be sharing the stories of its Revolutionary War ancestors in tandem with a new PBS documentary series ...

By Vince Bzdek What is most striking about Ken Burns’ extraordinary new PBS documentary on the American Revolution is how ...

Burns told a Dallas audience in June that his treatment of the American creation story includes obscure characters and perspectives.

Artist Emanuel Leutze's famous 1851 painting of Gen. George Washington leading his troops across the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. Read John Kiesewetter's guide to the filmmaker's 12-hour ...

Six months away from its 250th year, the United States of America is still in its infancy. It is an empire forever moving and ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

COLUMN. In a spectacular documentary, the filmmaker advocates for a nuanced and diverse understanding of the history of the American War of Independence against the British Crown – a perspective that ...

The USA is a miracle, and the revolution that made it possible could easily have gone the wrong way. These were a couple of ...

Washington, DC, November 3, 2025 — A MORE PERFECT UNION: INSPIRING CIVIC & CIVIL CONVERSATIONS ACROSS AMERICA, a new one-hour special exploring the themes of liberty, equality, and democracy, will ...