The documentarian will hold a live talk at Seattle's McCaw Hall on July 14, during which a sneak preview of the documentary ...

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...

This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution. The celebrations have begun, notably the Boston Tea ...

One of the most common misconceptions people have is that all Americans fought for the Patriots’ cause, and that’s not true.” ...

North Carolinians’ role in winning the Revolutionary War began with the fateful fire they set 250 years ago this week.

But Ken Burns and his collaborators are here to tell you that the saga of how the U.S. came to be was far more complex and bloody than the simpler, pledge-of-allegiance-style version that’s been ...

“General Washington and Thomas Jefferson both said that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War,” according to playwright/author Robert Inman. “That’s the reason we ...

Patriots celebrated their departure and the confirmation of U.S. independence. But for tens of thousands of American loyalists, the British evacuation spelled worry, not jubilation.

South Carolina played an outsized role in the Revolutionary War, though it is one that has largely been overlooked by what ...

Ravaged plantations. Houses burned to the ground. A father’s dying words for his son to avenge him. Hilton Head may not have been the site of a major Revolutionary War battle, but it was the site of ...

The festival includes Revolutionary-era military encampments, musters, and re-enactments, as well as demonstrations of ...