The network will also re-air some of its other programming that touches on American history, particularly around the ...

What began as a broad outline for Block Island’s America 250 celebrations is quickly being filled in with all the details for ...

Did you know Gen. George Washington spent more time in New Jersey than anywhere else during the American Revolution? New Jersey plays a prominent role in Ken Burns' latest documentary, "The American ...

Washington, DC – May 6, 2026 -- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the six-part, 12-hour documentary series directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, that premiered on PBS in November 2025, will ...

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SAYS WIND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. THERE WAS A LOT OF IT TODAY. TONIGHT, CRYSTAL BRIDGES HOSTED AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER KEN BURNS AS HE SHARES HIS LATEST FILM, THE ...

BENTONVILLE -- Calling for connection among humans who stand to benefit from unity was a recurring theme Friday during Ken Burns' appearance at Heartland Whole Health Institute. He elicited ...

BENTONVILLE -- Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker, said Friday he was moved by the support Arkansans showed for the Public Broadcasting Service when the Arkansas Educational Television Commission ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Henry David Thoreau is one of those figures whose name one may know but whose writing often boils down in the mind ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns argued Wednesday that America’s current political divisions, while concerning, pale in comparison to those of the Revolutionary era, urging Americans to look to the ...

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...