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."
In 1798, Revere described his ride (and his capture) in a letter to Jeremy Belknap:.
During America's Civil War, one of the country's most-famous writers penned a poem about ... the Revolutionary War.
This aerial photograph of Pearl Harbor was taken on the 30th of October, 1941 - about five weeks before Japan attacked the naval base.
This aerial photograph of Pearl Harbor was taken on the 30th of October, 1941 - about five weeks before the naval base was attacked by Japan.
This captured Japanese photo, taken by an attack pilot, depicts a huge burst of sea spray after a successful torpedo strike at Battleship Row.
Because the clouds have cleared on Sunday morning - December 7, 1941 - every pilot has an unobstructed view as hundreds of Japanese airplanes approach...
Image of a captured Japanese photograph taken on December 7, 1941.
Margaret (Peggy) Shippen was nearly nineteen when she married Benedict Arnold.
William Penn's treaty with the Delaware, when he founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, helped to have peaceful relations between the Colonists a...
As North Vietnamese troops neared Saigon, many people attempted to flee the city by helicopter. Hubert van Es took an iconic photo of those events on ...
On the 8th of October, 1871, Peshtigo was a mill town in Wisconsin.
After hijackers took control of United Flight 175, Peter Hanson - a passenger - called his parents from the plane.
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