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

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution unfolds across six nights, tracing how Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley helped turn ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt examines ...

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

The kick-off celebration America 250, sponsored by the Charlotte Parkhurst and General John A. Sutter Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held in Town Center Sunday. DAR is a ...

Many parents believe their children are getting plenty of sleep—but new research from Brown University suggests that notion may be far from the truth. In their study published in the journal Frontiers ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...