Ken Burns on America's origin story: "The most important event since the birth of Christ"

The documentary filmmaker, long a chronicler of the American experience, talks about his latest film for PBS, "The American ...
Smithsonian Magazine

American History

But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed Critics have called the Vaillancourt Fountain an “eyesore,” while supporters say it’s an important chapter in the city’s history Cool Finds The ...

How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away ...

At America’s national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism

The National Park Service under President Donald Trump is looking to reshape what it tells Americans about their history.
Virginia Mercury

Amid controversy, grants awarded to Va. promote new approaches to American history and civics

After reframing a federal education grant program to align with President Donald Trump’s policies, the U.S. Department of ...

American climber speaks out after history-making ski down Mount Everest

Climber Jim Morrison and filmmaker Jimmy Chin discussed Morrison's history-making descent of Everest's north side on skis.
Sent-trib

BGSU network awarded grant to support outreach on American history and civics

The Democracy and Public Policy Network at Bowling Green State University has been awarded more than $620,000 in federal ...
WLRN

The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

Sixty-three years ago, President John F. Kennedy single-handedly brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war by ...