Just under a decade before skirmishes in Concord and Lexington would set off the American Revolutionary War, a group known as the Daughters of Liberty formed to protest the Stamp Act, per University ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (TENNESSEE VALLEY LIVING) - It is a document that changed the course of American history and led it’s framers and the nation to independence. But, there is a lot of history that we ...
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 ...
The reknowned filmmaker talks about his new six-part documentary film series, “The American Revolution: An Intimate History,” which airs Nov. 16-21 on PBS stations. Filmmaker Ken Burns says the 13 ...
Bars have always been about more than drinks. In the 18th century, a tavern became tied to revered historical figures who ...
When discussing his work and its long conversation with the American story, Ken Burns often shares a version of a quote long attributed to Mark Twain. “History doesn’t repeat itself,” the maxim ...
Ken Burns’ upcoming six-part, 12-hour documentary “The American Revolution” doesn’t just tell the story of icons like George Washington or Benjamin Franklin. The series, which premieres Sunday on PBS, ...