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."
Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War is a co-production of KCPT Kansas City Public Television and Wide Awake Films.
On the 4th of June, 2009, President Barack Obama gave a speech at Cairo University, in Cairo, Egypt.
En route to his new job as America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln took a whistle stop train tour from Philadelphia to Washington, D.
The American Constitution has a famous preamble, beginning with the words "We the People." Barney Fife has lots of trouble remember the words which fo...
Historical footage of the Bataan Death March is coupled with survivor stories.
What caused the conflict, known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn (or the Battle of the Greasy Grass), led by LTC George Custer and Crazy Horse?
THIS CLIP CONTAINS RECREATED SCENES OF WAR FROM THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
This clip, from the PBS series - Liberty!
This video without sound, from the U.
This video without sound, from the U.
General Robert E. Lee had a serious problem.
NOTE: THIS VIDEO CLIP RECREATES SCENES FROM THE CIVIL-WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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