As America approaches its 250th birthday, the bestselling biographer and historian reflects on the message of the Declaration ...

This duality made intuitive sense to the students. They understood that their country and its heroes, like all of us, aren’t ...

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Ken Burns' latest docuseries, "The American Revolution," explores the United States' bloody and hardwon origin story.

There’s no photographs. There’s no news reels. The cast of characters is so spectacularly diverse," Ken Burns said in an ...

The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...