Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on the challenges of telling America's origin story. Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on the challenges of telling America's origin story, and ...
Siege of Yorktown. General Rochambeau and general Washington give last orders before an attack, October 1781. Auguste Couder (1789–1873). Artist Auguste Couder, 1836 (Photo by Pierce Archive ...
The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...
Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against the monarch leading them and in which any outcome seemed possible. By sheer ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...
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 ...
What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...
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