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 ...
We tend to think we know a lot about the Revolutionary War since we learned “the greatest hits” in school—the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s famous ride, Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. It’s ...
When Ken Burns started making his series on the American Revolution nearly a decade ago, he knew one of his biggest challenges would be casting George Washington. The renowned documentarian has worked ...
New Jersey’s landscape has taken center stage in Ken Burns’ "The American Revolution." The ongoing PBS series portrays the Garden State as the defining battleground of the conflict’s lowest points and ...
Ken Burns has produced a documentary about the Revolutionary War that sets a new standard for historical documentaries. This has been said of Burns before, at least since “The Civil War” premiered in ...
We know Malala as the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, the girl who survived a Taliban bullet at 15 for advocating for girls' education in Pakistan. Now in a new book, she's reintroducing herself to the ...
The Athens Regional Library will host a special program on an upcoming PBS documentary, "The American Revolution," on Tuesday, Nov. 11. The program scheduled for 6-7 p.m. is a prelude to the 2026 ...
Like most people who love immersing themselves in the past, Rick Reynolds likes nothing better than to sit down with a good history book. Lately, however, he’s been going to the movies. The Town of ...
A print shows British Brig. Gen. Charles O'Hara surrendering to American Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division) History’s ...
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