Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...
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 ...
WILLIAMSBURG — Ken Burns did not realize America was on the eve of its 250th anniversary when he started planning “The American Revolution” documentary, portions of which were previewed here Tuesday ...