Burns’s 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it’s complicated.

From flintlock muskets to cutting-edge automatic rifles, this documentary-style video explores every major firearm used by ...

A powerful new documentary series from acclaimed filmmakers Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt is set to premiere ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Citadel history professor David Preston provided an overview of his lecture about the complexity of what led to the larger outbreak of the American ...

After capturing hundreds of hours of footage, over a decade, for his new docuseries The American Revolution, filmmaker Ken Burns knew the epic story had to begin with Benjamin Franklin. Burns was ...

Allan Roberts sits under a blue umbrella in a cemetery every day, staying as close as he can to his wife Mary, who died seven months ago. The 35th Annual Walk for Life and Famously Hot Pink 10K and 5K ...

Not long ago, the Hopkins House in Gettysburg - the last remaining Civil War-era log cabin that had been owned by Black citizens - was scheduled for demolition. Instead, thanks to community activists, ...

STARKVILLE — America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a new ...

Exploring the lives and contributions of Andrew Pickens, Thomas Sumter, and Francis Marion. This episode of History in a Nutshell explores the contributions and legacies of the three legendary South ...

MADISON – The Madison Historical Society Commemorated 200 years since Revolutionary War hero Gen. Marquis de Lafayette passed through Madison in his Farewell Tour of the United States with a ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—America’s struggle for independence that began 250 years ago will take center stage next month as Mississippi State’s Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts the screening of a ...

Learn more about the Marquis de Lafayette, the young, wealthy French aristocrat born in 1757 who defied his own king to enter the American Revolution against Great Britain and became a trusted aide to ...