‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns Tackles the War for Independence in Patriotic, Pragmatic and Familiar Form

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S.
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This American soldier saved Charlemagne’s cathedral in World War II

Capt. Walter Huchthausen strove tirelessly to stop the building from collapsing and ensured it would be preserved as it is ...

American ‘Revolution’ and Canadian independence

As a promising high school history student, I wrote an incisive B+ essay making the iron-clad case that the American Revolution was anything but, in terms of the kind of fundamental change a ...
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American medic’s war poem bridges battlefields and memory

Among them was Glenna Manchego, known by her call sign BabyDoc. At twenty-five, she has already lived a life that few novels ...
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Cost of war: U.S. death tolls in major conflicts since the American Revolution

Each Memorial Day, Americans honor the service members who gave their lives for their country. From the nation's founding to its modern military operations overseas, hundreds of thousands of U.S.

Wreaths Across America returns to Woodvale Cemetery: Around The Town

On Dec. 13 at noon, the community will once again gather for Wreaths Across America, marking Woodvale’s second year of ...