The Museum of the American Revolution will mark the holiday with free admission for children 12 and under and a full schedule of family-friendly programming. The offer runs Saturday, Aug. 30, through ...

Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth. Painting by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1857. Monmouth County Historical Association The war began on April 19, 1775, with the Battles of Lexington and Concord ...

PBS to Launch Largest Outreach Effort in Network’s History, with Filmmaker Events in 25-plus Markets, Station Engagement Across the Country, Extensive Educational Materials, and Partnerships with ...

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming month. PBS may be worse for wear following federal defunding, but public TV documentarian Ken Burns remains at work with ...

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...

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