The Fourth of July marks the day in 1776 that the United States’ founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, calling for a new land of the free. But as we’ve seen in the intervening years — and in some of the TV shows below — “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” still aren’t inalienable rights in this country. Here, we’ve rounded up 10 television dramas that detail specific chapters in U.S. history, from the Civil War to the Watergate Scandal. Band of Brothers Created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning HBO miniseries from 2001 follows the “Easy Company” of elite U.S. World War II paratroopers from their days of training until the end of the war. The First Lady Depictions of U.S. presidents are a Roosevelt dime a dozen on television, but Showtime gives long-overdue attention to their spouses in this 2022 anthology series,...
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