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."
Learn how anonymous people, celebrating peace at the end of World War II and captured in an iconic photograph - were identified years later.
It's 110 years since America's largest-recorded avalanche struck the town of Wellington in Washington state. How did this disaster occur?
This historic film footage, taken by the Edison Film Company, depicts the state of ruin in San Francisco, following the April 1906 earthquake and subs...
A man of contrasts who owned slaves, Thomas Jefferson declared that all men were born equal.
When Thomas Jefferson became America's third President, the election process was complicated. He won on the 36th ballot, in the House of Representativ...
This image is the original letter - maintained at the Library of Congress - which Thomas Jefferson wrote to Spencer Roane on the 6th of September, 181...
Before the Civil War erupted, Thomas Jonathon Jackson was a professor at VMI (Virginia Military Institute).
Mose Wright (also called Moses Wright) is Emmett Till's great-uncle. When Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam are tried for the murder of Emmett Till, Mose Wrig...
Although the American Colonies have declared their independence from Britain, General Washington and his men are losing on the battlefields. Then Wash...
This image depicts the official poster, for the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were scheduled to be held in Tokyo. They were cancelled, due to WWII.
The weapon depicted in this image - a Thompson Submachine Gun - belonged to General George S. Patton, Jr.
When the Puritans arrived in America, they continued the use of the pillory. Intended to punish people by humiliation, among other things, the pillory...
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