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."
STS-1 was the mission name for NASA's first shuttle launch. The first shuttle to orbit the Earth was ''Columbia.'' It lifted off April 12, 1981.
Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885. A leading suffragist, she fights hard to give women the right to vote.
Meet Sue, the dinosaur, who (once extracted from the South Dakota land) now lives in Chicago's Field Museum.
As the day of the parade draws closer, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns meet Inez Milholland.
The Five Sullivan Brothers, serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during WWII, all lost their lives when a Japanese torpedo struck their s...
The Surratt family owned two properties - one, in Surrattsville, and the other in Washington City.
General Sam Houston suffered a serious injury in the battle which led to the surrender of Santa Anna.
On the 24th of January, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, where James Marshall (who was building a saw mill for himself and John Sutter) fou...
During the first part of 1941, Yoshikawa had arrived in Hawaii. Tasked with helping pilots (who had never been to Pearl Harbor) find their individual...
This image depicts the tally of electoral votes for the election of 1800 where Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received 73 votes. As a result of ...
European Landing Sites for Shuttle Flights - What happens if the shuttle crew detects a problem, after launch, while the orbiter is over the Atlantic?
Taps is a 24-note bugle call which marks one of two events: It signals that all unauthorized lights must be extinguished. This is the l...
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