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."
Supporting the efforts of women to gain more rights in America, and the concepts set forth in the Declaration of Sentiments, the National Reformer pub...
On the 5th of April, 1975, Clinton Granger prepared a memo about Vietnam for General Brent Scowcroft. What would happen in Vietnam in America co...
The Naval Court of Inquiry treated intercepted, decoded Japanese messages separately from its main opinion. Hereafter is the Addendum (dated Oct...
A Naval Court of Inquiry was convened to determine whether the United States Navy, or any of its members, were responsible for America's failure to pr...
PROCEEDINGS OF NAVY COURT OF INQUIRY 341A witness called by the judge advocate entered. was duly sworn, and was informed of the subject matter of the ...
"Pioneer" regiments, at about the time of World War I, were regiments of African-American soldiers required to perform heavy labor. Instead of t...
This article was published in the Omaha Bee on March 3, 1895 (following the sudden death of Frederick Douglass). It is entitled, "A Reminiscence...
Image of an article about a surviving Conestoga Wagon, from the March 31, 1973 edition of the Greenville Advocate.
The Library of Congress has many news articles about Frederick Douglass. This is one of them. Click on the image for a much-better view.
Benjamin Franklin writes an article for the January 1750 issue of "Gentlemens Magazine," published in London. It is the first-known publication discus...
News article online, courtesy Library of Congress. Click on the image for a better view.
News article, reporting the death of Frederick Douglass, is maintained by the Library of Congress. Click on the image for a better view.
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