In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...

(WTAP) -On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil ...

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

Our appreciation and respect for Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is enhanced by an awareness of the fascinating ...

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...

Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it ...

Kalpana Chawla embarked on her maiden space mission aboard Nasa’s Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-87) on 1997. Chawla played a ...

With co-directors David Schmidt and Sarah Botstein, he tells America’s origin story in his new film, “ The American ...

Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against ...

In many ways, Ken Burns is the Van Halen of historical documentary directors. Before you jump, hear me out. Watching the ...

More than five years after it was vandalized and removed, the pedestal that formerly held a bronze statue intended to commemorate Colorado’s role in the Civil War has been taken away from the west ...