Ken Burns on why the American Revolution was a "big deal in world history" 01:45. The American Revolution was one of the most ...

Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...

Renowned American actor Kurt Russell spent part of his July 4th visiting the Arlington house where his eighth ...

As Arlington commemorates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, Kurt Russell and his son are ...

The tide of the war rose in Washington’s favor as his troops became more ex­perienced and proficient in just this type of ...

Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...

The home, which was built by Jason Russell, was the site of the bloodiest battle of the first day of the American Revolution ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

Burns and "The American Revolution" co-director David Schmidt walk in Colonial Williamsburg. Burns says he does not take his ...

To celebrate the country's 250th anniversary, an Ohio group is working to put all of the state's Revolutionary War veteran ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...