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Ken Burns on how the American Revolution "turned the world upside down"
The American Revolution was one of the most significant events in world history because it created a "new thing called a ...
CBS News - Video on MSN10h
Ken Burns: Attacks on PBS seem "foolhardy" and "misguided"
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with CBS News' John Dickerson about the importance of public broadcasting and his new film on the American Revolution. More from their conversation will air on ...
The Daily Progress6h
Filmaker Ken Burns welcomes 74 new US citizens at Monticello
"There is nothing more beautiful, moving and hopeful," documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said Friday as he welcomed America's ...
USA Today18d
Ken Burns' documentary tours historic national sites - USA TODAY
On Nov. 25, 1783, Capt. Johann Ewald watched the start of the biggest party New York City had ever seen. “On all corners one saw the flag of thirteen stripes flying, cannon salutes were fired ...
The New York Times7mon
The Land That Allowed Ken Burns to Raise the Dead - The New York Times
The award-winning filmmaker has slept in the same bedroom for over four decades. He credits his home with allowing him to make the films everyone said he couldn’t. Ken Burns has lived in this ...