John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of ...

The United States came out of violence,” the historian Maya Jasanoff reminds us in our series “The American Revolution” ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and ...

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

Ken Burns' latest opus is solid storytelling. It also highlights the costliness of our ignorance about our history.

The House in the Horseshoe still bears the scars of the Revolutionary War skirmish that happened on the grounds.

CONCORD, N.H. — In the American Revolution, Granite Staters had to pick a side. Their decisions led to vastly divergent fates ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  Premieres Sunday, November 16 at 8:00 pm A new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores ...

Ken Burns new PBS documentary reminds us how bloody an messy the revolution was. When the myths are stripped away, though, it ...

An in-depth look at the premiere episode of Ken Burns’ latest documentary The American Revolution. We examine the pivotal ...

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

The 250th anniversary of an early Revolutionary battle brings crowds to the Ninety Six National Historic Site.