America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the creation of the United States.

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In honor of the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding, many historians have written some wonderful new books, digging into the social and military history of our transformation from colonies to ...

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Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life. Through ...

Two paintings by Oklahoma artist Mike Wimmer are featured in Ken Burns' new PBS docuseries, "The American Revolution." The documentary series explores the founding of America and features voice work ...

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

Directors Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns look at a bust of George Washington made by Jean-Antoine Houdon at George Washington's Mount Vernon on Oct. 29, 2025, in Mount Vernon, Va. Credit - Matt ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. While watching the Ken Burns production “The American Revolution,” a salient ...

Few documentary films have the natural authority of a Ken Burns production. The narrator of his works, Peter Coyote, is as close as we have today to "the voice of God," the phrase once associated with ...