Burns was the first speaker of the year at the Ringling College of Art and Design’s Town Hall speaker series. Director Rob Reiner, who was killed in December, had been on the schedule for the spring.

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of ...

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site and the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall are pleased to present a talk by Penn State ...

Thomas Paine’s Service During The Revolutionary War. January 29, 2026 — Online Event \| 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST ...

The continued initiatives begun by RHS last year as part of its Virginia 250 observance – the bi-monthly book club entitled ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus t History Center will host a Jan.

I just finished Ken Burns' documentary series, "The American Revolution," and I have to agree with his assessment that our ...

To paraphrase Monty Python, “What have the Romans ever done for the American Revolution?” On the night of December 25, 1776, in the midst of a fierce winter storm, General George Washington and his ...

When “The American Revolution” unfolds this month on PBS, don’t get the idea that you weren’t told the truth in elementary school. “What I learned in school was not wrong,” says director David Schmidt ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Have you watched the Ken Burns' American Revolution documentary? I consider myself pretty well ...

PBS has extended Ken Burns’ free streaming window for his history docuseries “The American Revolution,” following its ratings success. The 12-hour documentary series, directed by Burns, Sarah Botstein ...