Mary Queen of Scots’ last letter written hours before her execution to go on show for first time in a decade

A LETTER written by Mary Queen of Scots just hours before her execution will go on display for the first time in nearly a ...
Beyond Walks on MSN

The Artillery Innovation That Stopped Hitler’s Last Offensive

This video tells the story of how American artillery held Elsenborn Ridge during the Battle of the Bulge. It follows Abbott Harrington Burns, Major George Kaiser, and Brigadier General John H. Hines ...
American Songwriter

George Strait Makes a Rare Appearance To Honor Vince Gill as He Receives the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at the CMAs

Vince Gill has won a long list of awards, touched countless hearts with his songwriting, and can play circles around nearly any guitarist in Nashville. Fans, fellow artists, industry professionals, ...
4029tv

Winner of the Week: Bentonville's Burns Brothers

So, I mean, it was just it was a do or die time, you know, just trying to get a stop and, luckily, it worked out in our favor."> NOW TIME FOR TONIGHT'S WINNER OF THE WEEK....OR IN THIS CASE TWO ...
Yahoo

Former President George W. Bush’s Unexpected ESPN Appearance Sparks Mixed Reactions From Viewers

Former President George W. Bush made a rare appearance on ESPN2’s ManningCast, catching up with brothers Peyton and Eli Manning during the Dallas Cowboys vs. Las Vegas Raiders game on Monday, November ...
Variety

Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ Is a Vast Account of Our Country’s Origin Story: TV Review

Narrated by frequent Burns collaborator Peter Coyote, “The American Revolution” starts well before that fateful July day in 1776 when the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration ...
PBS

Ken Burns’ ‘The American Revolution’ explores the beginnings of the nation’s democracy

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...
The New York Times

What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles

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 ...
The Washington Post

Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...
NPR

Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...
USA Today

What Ken Burns wants you to know about 'The American Revolution' will shock you

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...