Three experts discuss their behind-the-scenes experience as historical advisers to the new series.

Ken Burns's new documentary achieves a tone that is unmistakably Burns: measured, atmospheric, at times elegiac and always ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...

It was the American Revolution, “more than any other single event,” the famed historian Gordon Wood once observed, “that made ...

Let us remember that liberty’s first sparks flew not only in Massachusetts, but on the icy ramparts of a New Hampshire fort.

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

It’s been 250 years since the American Revolution — and the country continues to evolve with highs and lows. Over the course of his career, Ken Burns has brought award-winning storytelling to the ...

Ken Burn's "American Revolution" documentary shows that war had profound implications for humanity, notion of equality of all ...

It is important for all of us, especially our young people, to have an appreciation of these multi-dimensional American ...

The Founding Fathers were the first human beings to assert that people were citizens, and had the right to elect their government and hold it accountable to the people.

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