Americans celebrate the emancipation of 250,000 slaves in Texas, while July 4th is a celebration of American independence, ...

A brief look back at the Battle of Bunker Hill from Ken Burns looks ahead to his upcoming six-part documentary.

The semiquincentennial comes as Donald Trump, the scholarly community, and others divide over whether to have a yearlong ...

Trump envies the military spectacle that France perfected, but his ghoulish celebration is the complete opposite.

Ken Burns’ The American Revolution debuts on PBS Nov. 16. A tie-in book, The American Revolution: An Intimate History by ...

If you look back at the history of the world, it’s difficult to recognize every single inventor. There are so many worth ...

Pat Blackman returned to the Hill Country Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by popular demand to discuss Roger Sherman, a pivotal figure in America’s founding.

American colonists who aligned with the British lost their lands, their reputations and sometimes even their lives ...

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...

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