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."
At Iwo Jima, photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the instant the replacement flag goes up while other photos and movies depict the original flag comin...
Many American women are champions in the fight for women's rights.
Astronauts are ready for Challenger's launch; thousands of school children are watching to see the lift-off of the first teacher in Space, Christa McA...
The weapon that strikes the Black Hawks comes from Afghanistan; the Soviet Union gave them weapons. An associate of Osama Bin Laden trains the Somalis...
Frank Abagnale's first con is on his dad; he runs up $3,400 in charges on his father's Mobile gas card.
Ignoring safety precautions, the Wright brothers are the first human beings to ever fly a powered plane. It happens on December 17, 1903.
The first flights take place December 17, 1903; by 1908, Wilbur shows their plane in Europe, and by 1909 builds a military flyer.
Inspired by the Wright brothers, Robert Goddard becomes an American rocket pioneer.
Key is remembered for honoring the Fort McHenry flag which now is cared-for at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
The flag still flies at dawn, after the British give up on Baltimore.
The US fleet at Pearl Harbor is crucial to American and Britain's war interests; the military believes the fleet is safe.
One of the worst disasters in the United States, the flooding of Johnstown Pennsylvania in 1889.
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