The revolutionary ideals of liberty spread across the colonies while many suffer from enslavement. Committees of Correspondence form in hundreds of Massachusetts towns linking advocates of resistance ...

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality ...

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

Ken Burns' documentary series "The American Revolution" placed PBS in Nielsen's streaming Top 10 for the first time ...

The American Revolution, the new six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt ...

The series returns with two installments, ‘East’ and ‘West,’ that focus on specialists in silversmithing, saddle-making and ...

Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" made PBS history as the six-part documentary landed as the No. 10 most-watched streaming acquired title.

A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script ...

An exhibition in Gee’s Bend, AL tells the story of Dinah Miller’s arrival and her enduring influence on the community, its ...

Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about how the U.S got to where it is today.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - John Gilmore Riley was born into slavery in 1857 with no formal ...