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."
When Robert Kennedy, about to address an Indianapolis crowd including many African-Americans, learned that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinate...
Supporting his older brother Jack (before and after JFKs election to the U.
When his brother died, Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy gave the eulogy.
Robert Goddard was given the title "Father of Modern Rocketry" by NASA for his impact on the science of rockets.
Although he joked with his doctors, on 30 March 1981, President Reagan came dangerously close to losing his life to an assassin's bullet.
Ronald Reagan became America's 40th president on January 20, 1981.
Rosa Parks brought the civil rights movement fuel to grow with her actions.
On the 1st of December, 1955, Rosa Parks was riding on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. When the driver ordered her to give-up her seat for a white perso...
Not long after J. Howard Miller - the artist at Westinghouse who created the "We Can Do It!
On the 7th of July, 1947, the public information office at Roswell Army Air Field (in Roswell, New Mexico) reported the crash and recovery of a flying...
This video clip, from the 1930s, shows circus roustabouts - like those in Water for Elephants - as they do the hard work erecting the "Big Top" and th...
Rudolf Abel, whose real name was William Fisher, under arrest for espionage, is transferred by plane to/from Texas where he is questioned at the Deten...
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