Against bucolic and urban images of industry and humanity, Reagan begins in his unmistakable voice, “When someone says ‘Let’s ...

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...

A new United States Postal Service stamp set, Figures of the American Revolution, highlights several key figures with ties to ...

Patriot or loyalist? Britain or America? The New Hampshire Historical Society’s newest exhibition, “If You Had to Choose: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New Hampshire,” presents the stories o ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

Undergraduate and graduate students studying American history can apply for a $25,000 scholarship from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution between Nov. 1 and Jan. 31, 2026. The ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, History Cambridge co-hosts “Washington in American Memory,” a seven-part speaker series running ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...

Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns, in his latest documentary series, tackles what he calls ‘the most important event in the history of the ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has long been a chronicler of the American experience. He talks with John Dickerson about his latest film for PBS, "The American Revolution"; the importance of studying ...