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 ...

Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Morgan Freeman lend their voices to Ken Burns' 12-hour documentary, 'The American Revolution.' ...

Like every great Ken Burns documentary, the letters and writings of the people involved are an important part of telling the ...

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

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

Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and ...

Ken Burns spent a decade creating his documentary series about "The American Revolution." It couldn't have come at a more pressing time.

From Tom Hanks and Samuel L. Jackson to Meryl Streep and Claire Danes, American stars help tell the story of The American ...

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

"The American Revolution" is a sweeping, six-part PBS docuseries that feels like a confrontation of how America's founding ideals were born ...