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."
Trying Philip Johnston's idea - to use the Navajo language as the basis of a WWII code - military officials were stunned at the results of a trial. T...
After successfully proving that their language could be used as a WWII military code, Navajo men began to join the U.S. Marine Corps. This docum...
This is a page from the Affidavit of Sengbe (also referenced as Singweh and/or Cinqué), leader of the Amistad rebels. The original docume...
Image of the record documenting the appointment and oath of office of Wyatt Earp, on July 27, 1880, as Deputy Sheriff of Pima County. Among oth...
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