America: Birth Of A Nation
As the United States celebrates 250 years of American exceptionalism, The Onion looks back on the pivotal moments and enlightened fathers who gave birth to the greatest nation on Earth.
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@davespanksalot8413
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
That went perfectly with my two gallon bucket of Brawndo.
@alvinjunier6644
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
0:46 THE FOUNDING FATHERS WERE ANARCHIST!!! THE CROWN WAS RIGHT!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 😭
@leonjacob8474
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
I can just imagine the writer who said: “okay hear me out what if we just skip both world wars and the Great Depression”
@MindlessnessEducation
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
R.I.P Onion
@JanisFroehlig
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
No one believes me when I tell them it's Beethoven. Finally a source I can cite!
@bleachpliz
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
The only mess up was not having the narrator leave in tears within the first 5 minutes
@vwm8534
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
The okd white men sending the poor to die for them is some accurate truth.
@vwm8534
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Ken Burns stuff is entertaining but not entirely accurate. Not way off but……..
@berumutto
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
SURE if you cant find a STOCK PHOTO OF HAMILTON…you can settle with Lin Manuel Miranda!!!
😝😂🤪🤣😜
@thatsnotanaccount
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Advanced degree in slave mathematics 😭😭😭
@thatsnotanaccount
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
“It’s Weird” – Thomas Jefferson
@jonathanrynjah
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Cannibal Corpse in the credit? Lol
@salj.5459
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
22:37 Source for this image?
@nunyanunya4147
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
!MER!KA!
@TensileStrength
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Sometime in the future when few records survive, historians will not realize this is humor and have a very strange depiction of the past
@williamdowling7718
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Thank you for skipping over the boring parts between the civil war and the 1980s. Basically a black hole of world events. Literally nothing happened.
@mainframe8962
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
This goes hard.
@TheDungeonDive
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Something about this doesn’t seem right.
@leukosethel7684
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
If you guys liked this you should watch America: The Motion Picture
@leukosethel7684
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
The name « Birth of a Nation » might jsut be the cherry on top
@RealJuevo
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
this makes me unreasonably happy at a time where few things do. thank you for the image of Ken Burns holding a man by the hair and spitting down his throat. I might actually sub to the print media for that alone
@Wolfcraft_6
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
This is almost as good of a documentary as the Jeffery Epstein one.
@clqudy4750
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Compelling history that I've known since 5th grade 40 yrs ago And it begs the long pondered question, "What the fuck are we doing?" Perhaps, one day, we'll still never know
@davidfischer6630
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Founding fighters is 100% something I’d watch
@nancyaustin9516
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Is this supposed to be humorous? Onion, you missed by an ocean. Maybe two or five.
@DebSimonsmeier
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
PragerU will be adding this to their curriculum 😂
@LucasRodmo
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
The credits are fuckin hilarious
@mwallick
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
This is canon now.
@MAS7s
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Whoever wrote those Credits nailed it.
@jorrinn1995
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Yea….America.
@stupedcraig
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Now Im on a list for watching this.
@xaustinx15
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
21:09 . 9/10/01? ohhhhhhhh ssssshhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiii
@lasume01therobot
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
The comic book part is funny
@masterchain3335
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Things are looking promising for Ken's sequel.
@cocacraesh
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Revealing how other media will not tell you about the significance of Ken Burns in American history. Really a major figure if you think about it. I only trust the Onion anymore
@trvrshoe4518
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
no ones cares about lewis fucking clark
@WheeljackArmada25
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
This year marks the 102nd year without Woodrow Wilson rest in peace king 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@janmican7406
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Cannot watch this shit.
@maximealoe244
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
the us still has much to improve if it wants to escape its image of only being able to do comedy for kids
this video only proves it
@traviscareyVO
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
thanks for having me TheOnion 😀
@IzzysIssues
July 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Telling my substitute to show this in class