That manner of activation of a still image, now widely known as the Ken Burns Effect (thanks partly to Apple iMovie, where it ...
Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.
Ken Burns joins David Frum to discuss how his new documentary captures both the triumphs and tragedies of the nation’s ...
Economic and demographic trends in the United States mirror those of other pre-revolutionary societies in the past.
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson urged New Orleans leaders to treasure institutions that prevent power from ...
Dr Sean Cunningham, a curator at the National Archives, said: "Revolution 250 will explore two pivotal decades that reshaped ...
Dunlap prints were the first official printings of the Declaration of Independence and it is believed only around 200 copies were ever made.
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In January 1776, Virginia’s Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?
The first morning of 1776 dawned mercifully warm and clear over Virginia’s port of Norfolk, a welcome change after the snow ...
On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...
With the nation’s 250th birthday upcoming in July, museums and historical societies are opening exhibitions this fall commemorating the event with shows as diverse as the country itself.
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