While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere ...

Burlison’s tweet simplified the causes of a revolution. Even though the military supplies were a factor, the Revolutionary War was caused by a large range of issues from representation in government ...

With the six-part, 12-hour documentary series set to premiere Nov. 16, Burns faced questions about whether the spark for the ...

Passed by the British Parliament in March 1765, the Stamp Act aimed to raise revenue directly from the American colonies. It required colonists to pay a tax on virtually all printed materials. This ...

U.S. history is a strange, exceptional field of play where, to paraphrase Garrison Keillor’s famous sign-off from Lake Wobegon, all the revolutions are strong, all the revolutionaries are kind, and ...

Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns once called the Civil War "the most important event in American history," because it's "an unbelievable guide to who we are." The Revolutionary War is ...

James Boggs, born in Marion Junction, never dreamed of becoming President or a locomotive engineer. He grew up in a world where the white folks are gentlemen by day and Ku Klux Klanners at night.

A new Philadelphia exhibit, “Liberty,” seeks to tell a more inclusive story of the American revolution by introducing visitors to people critical to building the nation — yet whose names they’ve ...

The second installment of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s trilogy about the war animates an entire world — from battlefields and commanders to sounds and smells. By Amy S. Greenberg Amy S. Greenberg is ...