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 USS Indianapolis (CA35) during her last overhaul before departing for Tinian Island with the Hiroshima atomic-bomb components onboard.
After delivering parts of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sinks in July of 1945. Years later, a 12-year-old school bo...
On the 26th of October, 1942, the USS Juneau (CL-52) was involved in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
About two months after the USS Maine exploded, in Havana's harbor, the U.S. declared war on Spain. All but one member of the Maine's championship-winn...
On December 12, 1937 Japanese forces in China attacked and sank this American gunship - the USS Panay (PR 5) - while it was anchored in the Yangtze Ri...
After the war was over, and Robert Leckie returned from his tour of duty in the Pacific, he married Vera Keller.
After Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and their colleagues are released, they renew their efforts to get a constitutional amendment, granting women the right t...
Americans became very upset about the Vietnam War when they watched horrifying scenes on their television screens.
This is the Deringer John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
Fort Ticonderoga, in New York state, is a large eighteenth-century fort. It played a key role in the Revolutionary War.
This aerial view depicts Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. It once had an electric chair.
Around 1863, Angelo Mariani - a Frenchman born on the island of Corsica - decided to mix coca leaves with French wine. His new product became extremel...
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