During a talk in Palm Beach, filmmaker Ken Burns discussed the ideas behind the U.S. Revolutionary War, the subject of his ...

FREE TO READ] The filmmaker is on a mission to strip the story of American independence of mythology and nostalgia ...

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

His “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the ...

Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...

Thomas Paine’s Service During The Revolutionary War MADISON, WI, UNITED STATES, January 7, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — January 29, 2026 — Online Event | 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST Registration Required: ...

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago. In recent days, I discovered Ken Burns’s two episodes on Benjamin Franklin that aired in April 2022 on PBS.

The captivating reintroduction of six bison in a forest preserve has deeper meaning to Indigenous people and advocates of ...

Ramtin talks with filmmaker Ken Burns about the revolution that made the U.S., and the surprising lessons he thinks it holds ...

Sag Harbor Cinema will host free weekly screenings of “The American Revolution,” a new documentary series by renowned ...

Chancellor Robert M. Gates will be reinvested for his third-term during the ceremony, which launches the “Year of Civic ...

America’s favorite multitalented Founding Father is celebrating his — checks parchment — 320th birthday Saturday, and the ...