The American Revolution and the founding founders are two parts of U.S. history celebrated on July 4. But two centuries later, 1776 was a rallying cry for rioters disrupting a national election at the ...

Historian Rick Atkinson stated in a recent talk that Americans tend to view the American Revolution through a kind of rosy haze. In Fate of the Day: The American War for Independence, Atkinson lays ...

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 ...

This week we’re taking a deep dive into the American Revolution. As the birthplace of the Revolution, Massachusetts is at the center of a national movement to acknowledge this historic moment. Check ...

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but It often rhymes.” – Mark Twain. Although Twain was not a forefather, he knew a thing or two. Our country recently celebrated 247 years since we declared our ...

LYNN — As 15-year-old Sreynin Ny read through the list of grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence, the meaning behind the dated language eventually became clear to her.

Ken Burns’ latest documentary series for PBS, “The American Revolution,” a sprawling six-episode, 12-hour examination of our nation’s beginnings, premieres Sunday, Nov. 16, and airs through Friday, ...

There's a whole lot to watch on TV when it comes to the American Revolution. But which shows get it right historically and ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson urged a crowded ballroom of New Orleans civic leaders to treasure institutions that prevent power from "concentrating in the hands of authoritarians who ...