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."
In this historical footage, recorded by Thomas Edisons film company, President McKinleys funeral cortege initially makes its way through Washington, D...
After many long years of war, and the deaths of many people, Richard Nixon announces a Peace Accord to end the Vietnam War
President Obama delivered the main address - entitled "Together We Thrive: Tucson and America" - at a memorial service for the six shooting victims wh...
Polio, a virus-caused disease which also existed in ancient times, is incurable.
Early investigations into the explosion on board Deepwater Horizon examine the blowout preventer as a possible source of failure.
How do you pronounce Koscuiszko?
Video of FDR being pushed in his wheel chair during a visit to Pearl Harbor the month after D-Day.
Ronald Reagan delivers a speech to students at Moscow State University, urging them to be free of fear and full of hope for the future.
In this clip from "On Freedom's Wings: Bound for Glory," Luther H.
"Red Tails" is a LucasFilm movie inspired by the Tuskegee Airmen and their days of combat action: Terrence Howard portrays a character based on Lt.
Senator Robert Kennedy flew to California, in March of 1966, to look into the claims of striking farm workers.
At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Bobby Kennedy (then still the countrys Attorney General) introduced a memorial tribute to his brother.
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