John Trumbull's 1818 painting, <i>Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776</i>, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the ...

“The American Revolution” airs at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, through Friday, Nov. 21, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also stream on the PBS app following the broadcast premiere. It’s ...

Takeaways from Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” now streaming on PBS: History is not clean and simple. Events do not unfold in a linear and logical fashion that leads to inevitable ...

Next year marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all men are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights. Next year marks 250 years since the Declaration of ...

The documentary aims to look at the Revolution from multiple perspectives, moving beyond common myths. A large cast of actors, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman, will voice ...

A decade before the first shots of the American Revolution, colonists in Boston were brewing with frustration over a new tax from across the Atlantic Ocean. “It's the first time that the British ...

The documentary was created by filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein. Donald Trump’s ‘Religious Liberty Commission’ descends into chaos Teen’s arrest goes off the rails La Niña is nearly done ...

Ken Burns' latest project is an expansive documentary about the history of the American Revolution. Premiering Nov. 16 on PBS and airing over six consecutive nights, The American Revolution starts ...