When Ken Burns started making his series on the American Revolution nearly a decade ago, he knew one of his biggest challenges would be casting George Washington. The renowned documentarian has worked ...

We know Malala as the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, the girl who survived a Taliban bullet at 15 for advocating for girls' education in Pakistan. Now in a new book, she's reintroducing herself to the ...

In its 20th year, this Revolutionary War reenactment and encampment is held in Willard, Ohio. This immersive Revolutionary War reenactment and encampment is held in Willard, Ohio. The event serves as ...

April 19, 1775. On this day, “the shot heard ‘round the world” spurred the Battle of Concord, initiating the American ...

Like most people who love immersing themselves in the past, Rick Reynolds likes nothing better than to sit down with a good history book. Lately, however, he’s been going to the movies. The Town of ...

STARKVILLE — America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a new ...

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA — It was history in the making last week at Penn State Abington's campus. Legendary documentarian Ken Burns is showcasing his new feature on "The American Revolution," on PBS, ...

Ken Burns comes full circle when he frames the Revolutionary War as a civil war. “The war grew out of a multitude of grievances lodged against the British parliament by British subjects living an ...

The Athens Regional Library will host a special program on an upcoming PBS documentary, "The American Revolution," on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The program scheduled for 6-7 p.m. is a prelude to the 2026 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Workers digging at Manhattan's World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried ...