CHAUTAUQUA – Great leaders are often defined by even greater adversity. Such was the theme of Ken Burns’ moving documentary on the Roosevelts, shown in excerpts Friday at the Chautauqua Institution ...

Sierra Club Outings marks 125 years, honoring John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, Yosemite, and Indigenous stewardship in Illinois ...

Our history is filled with stories of enemies who underestimated us and good guys who ultimately prevailed. Twenty-five years ...

Declaration of Independence to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Both will be at the Orton Center, 1250 E. Brockton Ave., on ...

A few days later, she handed me her copy of Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence’s autobiographical novel about a sensitive young man who is shaped and crushed by the love of his domineering mother. “Read ...

The National Park Service's birthday typically has been a day to celebrate what we have. This year it became a day to advocate for what we're losing.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Legendary filmmaker Ken Burns has joined the fight against a new Valley Link project slated to bring over 250 miles of power lines to parts of Virginia, West Virginia and ...

The world is remembering country music legend and cultural icon Dolly Parton after her passing yesterday at 80 years old. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins Peter Alexander to share his experiences ...

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country's founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 at 7pm and air ...

Something will trigger a memory of the trauma, but Marlowe said the more time passes, the more it becomes a badge of honor ...

With war looming against the French and their Native allies in North America, Benjamin Franklin proposes an Albany Plan of Union to unite the British-American Colonies for the first time. He promotes ...