At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

El 4 de julio es la esencia de lo estadounidense: desfiles, parrilladas, cerveza fría y, por supuesto, fuegos artificiales.

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

As time moved along, growing bands of protestors helped the adolescent nation grow stronger and more just. After the Civil War, women began to protest being denied the vote. Impoverished laborers rose ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics ...

The 4th of July is a holiday that means national celebration. But what that looks like has changed through the decades. From ...

Alarmed by the policies of President Donald Trump, millions turned out last month for protests around the United States and ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...