One of the most complicated video games ever made attempts to simulate literally everything about a 500 year period of ...

History’s gears are lubricated by gore. Witness America’s Revolutionary War, whose continuing reverberations have done more to improve the course of human events than any other event in history.The wa ...

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...

In the wake of the bloody French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, Germaine de Staël kept the ideas of freedom alive at her ...

Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the king’s intentions.

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread starvation in ...

Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the ...

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 11/14/25, we preview the new Ken Burns' documentary series, "The ...

History’s gears are lubricated by gore. Witness America’s Revolutionary War, whose continuing reverberations have done more ...

The Call for the Last Victims of the Terror, 7-9 Thermidor, Year 2 (25-27 July 1794). Found in the collection of Musée de l'Histoire de France, Château de Versailles.= The Call for the Last Victims of ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion examine how General Motors contributed to stalling the electric car revolution. This insight highlights corporate decisions that shaped the automotive industry for ...

The Indiana County Daughters of the American Revolution held a memorial service for 15 Revolutionary War patriots on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Ebenezer Church and Cemetery in Lewisville. The Indiana ...