Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

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

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

Ken Burns’ 'The American Revolution' focuses on New Jersey locations that defined the 1776 crisis and the army’s reversal at ...

Tulane unveiled the lineup for the fifth annual New Orleans Book Festival, hosting over 100 nationally acclaimed and ...

By Zach HagadoneReader Staff There’s never a bad time to explore and consider the origin story of the United States, but now ...

Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with "The Civil War," a sprawling, mutlipart documentary that caused a sensation, set a standard and sealed the style he's applied to ...

The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...

WH NEC Director Kevin Hassett, Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Thomas Massie and Ken Burns were on "This Week" Sunday, November 16.

On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...