American Civil War History

The American Revolution, Ken Burns

Ken Burns’ documentary, ‘The American Revolution,’ shares an origin story that transcends the culture wars

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

New Hampshire Public Radio · 8h

Ken Burns got over his aversion to reenactments to make ‘The American Revolution’

Smithsonian Magazine · 4d

Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution

3dOpinion

What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

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

4don MSN

African American Civil War soldier honored with trail head in Oak Ridge

Elijah Wood was an enslaved soldier who fought for the Union in the Civil War and served in the first United States Colored ...

University of Wyoming

UW History Professor Earns Wiley-Silver Prize for the Best First Book in Civil War History

Cecily Zander, an assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming, has earned the 2025 Center for Civil War Research’s Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War ...

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