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  • Peter Seibert.
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    Montgomery County Leadership: Peter Seibert, President and CEO, Independence Seaport Museum

    May 28, 2026

    Peter Seibert, President and CEO of Independence Seaport Museum, spoke with MONTCO Today about growing up as the token Protestant…

  • Philadelphia Map then and now.
    Philadelphia

    How Philadelphia Became the Birthplace of American Independence

    April 30, 2026

    Why Philadelphia? When most people picture the American Revolution, they see muskets flashing in Boston, redcoats marching through New York,…

  • Washington's Headquarters, the Isaac Potts House, in Valley Forge.
    Historic

    5 Places Where Washington Slept: A County-by-County Journey Across the Delaware Valley

    February 21, 2026

    You can’t have driven anywhere around the Delaware Valley without passing a place where George Washington is reported to have…

  • Snow covered Revolutionary War cannons at Valley Forge National Historical Park.
    Pennsylvania

    Where the Revolution Lives Today: 5 Philadelphia Area Revolutionary War Sites to Visit This Winter (Plus a Bonus)

    November 24, 2025

    After spending a month living inside the stories and settings of the American Revolution and riding the excitement around Ken…

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    Events

    Explore Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ at a Special Valley Forge Park Alliance Event

    November 20, 2025

    If Ken Burns’s storytelling gives you goosebumps, this is an evening you won’t want to miss. Just weeks after the…

  • The American Revolution Trailer.
    Philadelphia

    Was The Revolutionary War America’s First Civil War? You Decide

    November 12, 2025

    When Ken Burns sat down with Joe Rogan last month and called the American Revolution “our first civil war,” it…

  • Lyla Burns, Ken Burns' mother.
    Historic

    Ken Burns’ Delaware Valley Roots: How His Mother’s Battle with Cancer Forged a Passion for Storytelling

    November 10, 2025

    Before Ken Burns became the United States’ most admired documentary filmmaker, he was a quiet boy growing up in Newark,…

  • Washington on a horse in battle in The American Revolution.
    Philadelphia

    The Greatest Event Since the Birth of Christ? Ken Burns Says It Began in the Delaware Valley

    November 8, 2025

    When Ken Burns, the celebrated documentary filmmaker behind The Civil War and The Vietnam War, calls the American Revolution “the…

  • Photographer capturing a Revolutionary War reenactment.
    Philadelphia

    Untangling a Revolution: How Ken Burns and His Team Brought America’s Revolution to Life

    November 7, 2025

    Everyone thinks they know the story of the American Revolution including the midnight rides, the musket smoke, George Washington at…

  • Painting of the Battle of Brandywine.
    Historic

    Across All 6 Episodes, Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Take Center Stage in Ken Burns’ The American Revolution

    November 4, 2025

    The Revolution that changed the world was born right here in the Delaware Valley, in the muddy crossroads of Chester…

  • British Soldiers preparing to fare their canon
    Historic

    Revolutionary November: PBS Docuseries Brings The Revolution Home to Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley

    November 1, 2025

    Before the world called it the American Revolution, the fight for independence began right here, in the fields, taverns, meeting…

  • Ken Burns.
    Entertainment

    Ken Burns’ New Documentary ‘The American Revolution’ Puts Ben Franklin at Start, Philadelphia at Center

    October 14, 2025

    After a decade of filming for his new docuseries The American Revolution, Ken Burns begins with Ben Franklin and positions…

  • Philadelphia Region

    Bryn Mawr Veteran Retells His Experiences from Vietnam War in PBS Documentary Mini-Series

    September 21, 2017

    Bryn Mawr veteran, Bill Ehrhart, is at the center of a new documentary mini-series ‘The Vietnam War’ by PBS, writes…

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