A new documentary on the American Revolution will soon shine a light on the events that launched a nation. Filmmaker Ken Burns, renowned for long-form documentaries like The Civil War, Baseball, and ...

For a soldier, a letter holds a meaning that’s hard to comprehend for anyone who hasn’t worn the uniform. It’s more than a message — it's a fragile thread connecting them not only to loved ones, but ...

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

My wife and I decided to again watch the Ken Burns epic masterpiece series “The Civil War.” We saw it when it came out in 1990. We were so impressed with it back then and even more so now but for a ...

A documentary titled “Death and the Civil War,” prominently featuring Yale historian David Blight, will air on PBS on Sept. 18, at 8 pm. Based on Drew Gilpin Faust’s acclaimed book “This Republic of ...

The American Revolution is a new documentary that will premiere for a two-hour episode, In Order to Be Free, on PBS at 8 pm on Sunday, November 16, with 5 subsequent episodes airing on consecutive ...

The U.S. Civil War ended 160 years ago, but as demonstrated by the new documentary feature Natchez, its reverberations are still very much being felt in the American South. During a Q&A (which you can ...

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