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."
Members of the Japanese delegation sign surrender documents aboard the U.
Jazz is a uniquely American form of music.
"Race," a film about Jesse Owens, highlights the events of 1936. One of the world's greatest-ever athletes tells us what it was like to represent his ...
At the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles - on the 15th of July, 1960 - John F.
As huge crowds gathered at the U.S. Capitol, and throughout the Mall, John F. Kennedy delivered his famous inaugural address. It was the beginning of ...
John F. Kennedy became America's 35th President on the 20th of January, 1961.
On the 11th of June, 1963, President Kennedy gave a speech on civil rights.
This clip is the second part of President Kennedy's speech on civil rights which he gave on June 11, 1963.
Jim Morris - whose story is featured in "The Rookie," starring Dennis Quaid - actually experienced a real-life fairy tale.
Less than a month before he was sworn-in as America's 32nd President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was visiting Miami.
John Adams, who was part of the Declaration-of-Independence-drafting committee, argued in favor of approving Lee's Resolution to sever the colonies' t...
On Iwo Jima's D-Day - February 19, 1945 - Basilone was a machine-gun section leader who came ashore on Red Beach 2.
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