John Adams, once virulently anti-tavern, effusively extolled the Philly bar scene in letters to his wife, Abigail. At one ...

Laura Linney is among the huge A-list cast, but she's not playing Giamatti's wife Abigal Adams this time - Claire Danes is.

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns joins Morning Joe to discuss the new PBS documentary series 'The American Revolution' and ...

That’s two years longer than the actual length of the American Revolution, but the Founding Fathers and the Continental Army ...

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

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...

The PBS documentary, by filmmaker Ken Burns, tells an American origin story to bring a diverse nation together, rather than ...

Revolution” is a singular achievement, offering new perspectives and insights on the uprising against British rule that ...

Ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, iconic documentarian Ken Burns centers the “world-changing” events of July 4, 1776, ...

Here’s a look at the actors who brought The American Revolution to life: Peter Coyote is the narrator. He speaks throughout ...

Ken Burns’s new documentary series on the American Revolution includes history often left out of textbooks: the economic and ...