The American Revolution has been portrayed in many ways—sacred myth, bloody struggle, ideological clash, chaotic birth. It's a story of farmers and philosophers, spies and soldiers, compromise and ...

It's really weird being an American these days. Most of your life is spent trying to figure out what you believe and how you can alter what you think might be oppression and all the other stuff that ...

Ken Burns is the greatest documentarian of our time. With films such as The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook One of the highlights of the American summer is July 4th. Fireworks, parades, and barbecues are ...

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more ...

Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on multiple fronts and driven by impossible odds. From fractured command to ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...