Ken Burns's The American Revolution is making its way on PBS on November 16, 2025. This six part documentary explores America's fight for independence, people and ideas that helped shape a new nation.

The Edenton Coffee House Bakery & Café functions as the community’s unofficial gathering space, where residents and tourists congregate for exceptional beverages, delectable pastries, and unhurried ...

The secret meetings took place in December 1775 at Carpenters' Hall and helped lead to a critical supply of ammunitions and ...

Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story ...

Proposed elections will measure not only Mahmoud Abbas’s reforms, but the Palestinian national movement’s very claim to ...

No one doubts that the US is a politically and culturally divided nation. Contrary to much of public opinion, politicians ...

Bucks250PA was awarded a $5,000 grant from America250PA’s second Semiquincentennial Grant Round for their Revolutionary War ...

Discover Swampscott's rich history with a new calendar from the Historical Society. Explore important monuments, homes, and locations.

The same names decorating the gravestones being unearthed are the same names displayed on the street signs in Worcester ...

Changes come as the Trump administration has signaled it will increase scrutiny on citizenship applications and threatened to ...

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 ...

In May 1775, Pittsfield’s Col. James Easton and lawyer John Brown joined Ethan Allen to seize Fort Ticonderoga, marking ...