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."
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.
Before the Civil War erupted, Thomas Jonathon Jackson was a professor at VMI (Virginia Military Institute).
Thomas Paine - writer of numerous pamphlets during the American Revolution - knew how to put things in perspective.
This video clip provides a short history of the Thompson Submachine Gun, more commonly known as the "Tommy Gun.
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was the first African-American to serve as a U.
Although the American Colonies have declared their independence from Britain, General Washington and his men are losing on the battlefields. Then Wash...
Eight days before President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, the United States launched an unmanned space capsule and a Titan II rocket.
In this interview with Errol Morris (of Bravo TV), Tony Mendez relates some of the background of the ARGO "exfiltration" plan he created with Hollywoo...
To the Shores of Iwo Jima depicts actual battle footage of fighting on the heavily-fortified, well-defended, Japanese-owned (Tokyo Imperial Prefecture...
The flag-raising at Mt.
The "WHITE HOUSE TOUR," with Mrs.
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