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

A historic Connecticut property recently was featured in a PBS documentary about the American Revolution. East Lyme's Samuel ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming The American Revolution with some apprehension, ...

The United States began developing the atom bomb in military effort called the Manhattan Project. The race to create this weapon kicked off after three chemists in Berlin, 1938, split a uranium atom ...

Ken Burns, the preeminent documentary filmmaker of his generation, knows how to captivate audiences, whether it's with history or a quip. When he told hundreds of fans at a Wayne State University ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere on PBS this fall. The American Revolution, a six-part, 12-hour series, will ...

Historians who appear in Ken Burns documentary, 'The American Revolution' will talk Dec. 9 at free event. You can attend ...

NEW YORK — On a chilly midweek afternoon, hundreds of New York City high school students gathered in the pews of Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan. The lesson was “Who tells your story?” The teachers, ...

WASHINGTON, DC — December 4, 2025 — PBS and WETA today announced BLACK AND JEWISH AMERICA: AN INTERWOVEN HISTORY, a new four-part docuseries that explores the complex relationship between Black ...

I don’t know a single person that shares the level of my love and appreciation for PBS, specifically their long-running series, “American Experience.” These documentaries combine dramatic reenactments ...