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 ...

In this modern take on the historical documentary, the mythical Thoreau – the hermit of Walden Pond, the imitator of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the nag, the saint – will give way to the human Thoreau: ...

When “The American Revolution” unfolds this month on PBS, don’t get the idea that you weren’t told the truth in elementary school. “What I learned in school was not wrong,” says director David Schmidt ...

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

The 18th century property can be seen in the first episode of Ken Burns' latest project for PBS. Filmed in part at Lake Compounce in Bristol, as well as in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Southport and Black ...

Directors Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns look at a bust of George Washington made by Jean-Antoine Houdon at George Washington's Mount Vernon on Oct. 29, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Va. Credit - Matt ...

For months, I eagerly awaited the release of “The American Revolution,” a documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Throughout the week of Nov. 16, I spent 12 hours plopped on my ...

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After years of delays, the Foote’s Rest development that will transform a historic block in downtown Frisco is beginning to take shape. The Foote’s Rest development is being built around the site of ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event hosted by the University of Texas chapter of Turning Point USA on campus in Austin, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Mikala Compton / Austin ...

The Adams Presidential Center in Quincy is hosting a free event about the PBS documentary "The American Revolution." Award-winning historians Gordon Wood and Friederike Baer, who were featured in the ...

Ken Burns doesn't smear the Founders, but he egregiously omits the courage and tireless work it took not only to declare independence, but to fight for it.