John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of ...
"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history ...
Ahead of the quarter-millennial anniversary of the American Revolution, Ken Burns spoke with Jeffrey H. Anderson of the ...
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the ...
The directors and writer of the six-part docuseries say the revolution is 'wrapped in a lot of mythology and nostalgia,' ...
Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...
There’s no photographs. There’s no news reels. The cast of characters is so spectacularly diverse," Ken Burns said in an ...
Told over six installments, "The American Revolution" is an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and ...
The cast is extensive with over 60 voice actors appearing, including Hollywood celebrities Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Tom ...
The acclaimed filmmaker’s PBS documentary is a captivating look at the fear, risk and courage that forged a country ...
To drive east on Route 71 — through Alford and Egremont, onto Route 23, down into Great Barrington, up into the hills of Monterey, Sandisfield and Otis — is to ...