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."
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, Second Edition, by Edward J. Stackpole.
Image of the letter Charles Guiteau sent to General Sherman.
This is the first page of Charles Schenck's anti-draft leaflet which caused him to be charged with sedition against the United States. His case, asse...
This is the second page of Charles Schenck's leaflet opposing the draft during World War I. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled that he, a...
This is page 2 of Charley Williams' story. Note that to maintain authenticity, writers transcribed the oral histories - including Charley's - using t...
This is page 3, of Charley Williams' story, and concludes his oral history as a former American slave. Note that to maintain authenticity, writers tr...
The "Roaring Twenties" was a decade of the 20th century - the 1920s - which followed the end of World War One. It was marked by opposing activit...
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was intended to provide protection for African-Americans. The United States Supreme Court, however, found it to be ...
Civil War discharge document. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Five members of the nine-man Military Commission signed a Clemency request for Mary Surratt on the same day - June 30, 1865 - that the tribuna...
During World War I, 1st Lt. Charles Tribbet - an African-American officer - took a train from New York to Ft. Sill. "Jim Crow" laws required him...
David Hackett Fischer wrote an acclaimed work called Paul Revere's Ride. This image, of its back cover, contains praise for the work which helps...
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