America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
The Wright brothers win the race to develop the first heavier-than-air powered flying machine.
Four days after leaving Nantucket, the Essex was overwhelmed by a terrible squall which damaged the ship during a knockdown.
After WWII, Korea is divides into North (Russian control) and South (US control). The Russians refuse to reunify, while the South forms a new democrat...
See photographs of and articles about soldiers, civilians, destruction and death during the Korean conflict.
The Japanese capture Zamp and Phil after 47 days. They are beaten and treated worse than animals. Zamp and Phil transfer to another prisoner of war ca...
There are ultimately 38 American pilots in the Lafayette Flying Corps who fly for France in WWI.
The history of Lake Conemaugh and the South Fork Dam
The Underground Railroad poses incredible risks and uses railroad terms to keep the passages secret.
When slavery ends, many former slaves face incredible obstacles.
The Challenger Disaster could have been avoided on January 28, 1986. Cold weather worsens O-ring failure possibilities. Engineers ask NASA to delay th...
Read testimony from Robert "Red" Manley who drops Elizabeth Short at the Biltmore Hotel and is the last to see her alive.
With his second wife, the white woman Helen Pitts Douglass, "The Old Man Eloquent" continues to live at Cedar Hill.
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