In “Until the Last Gun Is Silent,” Matthew F. Delmont shows how the conflict consumed a civil rights leader and tore a ...

April 19, 1775. On this day, “the shot heard ‘round the world” spurred the Battle of Concord, initiating the American ...

The Boxer Rebellion was the fourth and largest war, Imperial China fought against Western powers in the nineteenth century.

The University of Kentucky’s Department of History is honoring the anniversary of the nation's founding with their ...

Sag Harbor Cinema will host free weekly screenings of “The American Revolution,” a new documentary series by renowned ...

Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial ...

In 2026, Black History Week will celebrate its 100th anniversary. The observance was expanded into a monthlong celebration in 1970, reflecting the growing recognition of the importance of Black ...

Louisiana Public Broadcasting has launched Louisiana’s Hidden History: Spanish Louisiana in the American Revolution, a new educational collection now available nationwide on PBS LearningMedia.

Any discussion of films and TV series about the American revolution has to start with a caveat. There have been historical movies for as long as there have been movies, but films and TV series about ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will ...

July 4, 2026, will mark a major event in the nation’s history. It is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and our landmark semi-quincentennial birthday. In less ...

Takeaways from Ken Burns’ documentary “The American Revolution,” now streaming on PBS: History is not clean and simple. Events do not unfold in a linear and logical fashion that leads to inevitable ...