Around 4,000 artifacts are inside the Gettysburg Museum of History on Baltimore Street. The building is out of exhibit space.

Ken Burns is a genius. Intelligent and thought-provoking and brilliant. Perhaps the best quote is: [When asked] “‘What do you ...

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on ...

The backlash came from across the political spectrum. Historians, preservationists, local officials, and cultural critics ...

Among my growing list of improper uses of the English language is the response I get when telling a restaurant server or ...

New Jersey’s landscape has taken center stage in Ken Burns’ "The American Revolution." The ongoing PBS series portrays the Garden State as the defining battleground of the conflict’s lowest points and ...

Today, our Nation marks the 162nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, the brief yet immortal speech through which President Abraham Lincoln transformed a battlefield of sacrifice into a hallowed ...

Neither length nor duration have any relevance to the overall excellence of a speech. Identifying the greatest speech in American history will always be a subjective exercise. There’s FDR’s “Day of ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa., Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gettysburg Museum of History has issued an official statement clarifying the key historical findings presented in the new BBC documentary "Hitler's ...

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 ...

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...