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This story, “Guns of the American Revolution,” appeared in the July 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. “This province has raised 1,000 riflemen, the worst of whom will put a ball through a man’s head at the ...
Burns — whose upcoming film "The American Revolution" is expected to air on PBS on Nov. 16 — also reflected on some of the "complicated stories" in America's short history.
In ‘The Fate of the Day,’ Rick Atkinson continues a remarkable trilogy The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.
Is This an American Cultural Revolution? Liberal critics charge Trump with creating a cult of personality not unlike Mao Zedong’s.
This month marks the 250th anniversary — the semiquincentennial — of a document enacted almost exactly a year before the Declaration of Independence: “The Olive Branch Petition,” ratified ...
This month marks the 250th anniversary — the semiquincentennial — of a document enacted almost exactly a year before the Declaration of Independence: “The Olive Branch Petition,” ratified ...
The resignation followed revelations that an American film director accused in a double homicide had secured nearly $1 million in tax credits from the ministry for a film he never made.
A new biography looks at the decades-long career of an American original who captured the country’s complex moral universe onscreen. By A.O. Scott Our columnist on July’s most notable books ...
Florida bans the most books with over 22,000 titles restricted. Texas is not far behind; its prisons have banned over 10,000 titles, including books on computer coding and career preparation.
More than 100 years ago, Grace Raymond Hebard—UW faculty member, administrator, librarian, and Wyoming historian—began collecting the papers and reminiscences of Wyoming’s pioneers. Her research on ...
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will meet at the White House on Thursday with Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza, who was released in May. “The ...