In the late 1800s, Chicago grew rapidly into a major industrial city, but its wooden buildings and poor planning led to the Great Fire of 1871, which destroyed much of the city. Amazingly, the city quickly rebuilt, creating the world’s...

An addition to Ken Burns, "Learn the Address" campaign, where Americans read the Gettysburg Address.

Ken Burns has been making documentary films for over forty years. Since the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made,...

There has been a long attempt in American culture to rehabilitate Robert E Lee. Historians don't make him out to be this gentleman that documentaries put him out to be. I happen to be writing a big civil war project, so I felt like...