Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming month. PBS may be worse for wear following federal defunding, but public TV documentarian Ken Burns remains at work with ...

A peaceful Native village met an unthinkable fate in 1782 a tragedy that still haunts America’s revolutionary story.

Netflix has announced that Mel Gibson’s acclaimed historical war drama is joining its November lineup. The film, set during ...

From debt-driven taxes to colonial defiance, Britain’s policies after 1763 united diverse colonies in resistance, laying the ...

The secret meetings took place in December 1775 at Carpenters' Hall and helped lead to a critical supply of ammunitions and ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...

A new United States Postal Service stamp set, Figures of the American Revolution, highlights several key figures with ties to ...

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

He wrote the best book about the Revolution,” said David Schmidt, a producer and co-director of “The American Revolution.” ...