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."
The battle at Stony Point, which took place in July of 1779, was (according to the National Park Service) "the last military action of importance in t...
When the U.S. was finally able to send a teacher into space, successfully, more than 20 years had passed since Christa McAuliffe's tragic death aboard...
This image depicts some of the tea which was thrown into Boston Harbor on the 16th of December, 1773, during an event known as "The Boston Tea Party.
Rick Smiths unit had a motto on the 30th of October, 1991:These things we do, that others may live.
A Brooklyn penny-candy-store owner (named Morris Michtom) was so intrigued by a 1902 political cartoon (featuring Theodore Roosevelt with a bear cub) ...
Ted Kennedy gave the eulogy for his brother, Bobby, at the St.
For the 19th Amendment to become law - and give American women the right to vote - it needed the support of 36 states.
After the Civil War, federal troops returned to Texas. It had become a much-more volatile place during the years they were away.
When cowboys drove herds of cattle from Texas to Kansas, they were moving Texas Longhorns.
In the United States, Thanksgiving was not always celebrated on the last Thursday in November.
Abraham Lincoln originated America's annual Thanksgiving Day when he issued a proclamation, in 1863, declaring the last Thursday of November as a nati...
Nellie Bly did not let the challenges of being a woman stop her in her quest to inform the world of injustices being done.
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