Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...
WHYY

Ken Burns previews ‘The American Revolution’ at a sneak peek in Camden

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. After screening excerpts of Ken Burns’ documentary “The American ...
The Atlantic

The geological origins of the American Revolution

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 ...
The Atlantic

The American Experiment

“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 ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Sons of the American Revolution celebrates 250th anniversary of U.S. military

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 ...
PBS

Invite Your Students to Join The American Revolution Youth Media Challenge

Explore foundational American principles, such as liberty, self-governance, and democracy, through media-making with your middle or high school students this school year. PBS LearningMedia’s The ...
WHYY

WHYY to preview Ken Burns’ new ‘American Revolution’ documentary in Camden

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Americans, and Philadelphians in particular, might think they ...
The New York Times

Ken Burns on Why the American Revolution Never Ended

The documentarian reflects on the ideas that drove our nation’s founding — and how they echo today. By Ken Burns and David Leonhardt Produced by Jillian Weinberger President Trump’s threats to ...
Detroit Free Press

Ken Burns gives Detroit audience a sneak peek at new PBS series 'The American Revolution'

The making of the latest Ken Burns docuseries took 10 years from start to completion. Burns directed the project, which is 12 hours long and contains six episodes, with Sarah Botstein and David ...
Yardbarker

The American Revolution: A New Epic from Ken Burns and Tom Hanks on PBS

The story of America’s founding is one we think we know. This fall, get ready to see the birth of a nation in a whole new light. A landmark television event, “The American Revolution” is set to air on ...
Deadline.com

Tom Hanks And Ken Burns Say PBS Series ‘American Revolution’ Counters Trump-Led Erasure Of “Full History”

From left, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Annette Gordon-Reed, and Tom Hanks at the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution." at the Atlantic Festival. Michael ...
WLOX

Coastal Daughters of the American Revolution chapters ringing in U.S. Constitution week with the nation

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Bells across America rang Wednesday as communities celebrated the day the U.S. Constitution was signed and the beginning of Constitution Week. In Gulfport, the Daughters of ...