Documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein talked about their new PBS series, "The American Revolution," and related modern lessons that come from the historical era.

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story of the revolution, and the war itself, could “put the ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

“A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility.” Thomas Paine made this (true) statement in ...

Concord is widely known for another aspect of its history: It is intimately associated with the Transcendentalist movement in the quarter century before the Civil War. That distinction, too, it owes ...

In 1782, as the Revolution raged, a peaceful Christian Native community met a horrifying fate. The massacre at Gnadenhutten remains one of America’s darkest and most forgotten war crimes — a tragedy ...

President Ted Cox of the state SAR, center, presents the Silver Roger Sherman Medal to Brent Sams, historian of the Capt James Neal SAR, left, and Dr. J.K. Lily, president of the Capt. Daniel Boone ...

After a 1–1 draw to Toronto FC and a 5–3 loss to Chicago, head coach Javier Mascherano’s side is in a dire situation as the playoffs approach. With the Supporters’ Shield out of the question, it could ...

The American ranch house has for decades been dismissed as the real estate equivalent of the TV dinner—mass-produced, bland and outmoded. Recently, though, home buyers are warming to the humble legacy ...

The most influential cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, which begins on Oct. 6, 2025, reflect the cultural and partisan clashes of American politics. The major cases in October and ...

STARKVILLE — America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a new ...

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