What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.
This book, by the Pearl-Harbor historian Gordon W. Prange and his co-authors Donald M Goldstein and Katherine V Dillon, tells the story of the Decembe...
Image depicting the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, dated October, 1895. Click on the image for a better view.
On the 14th of October, 1774, the First Continental Congress declared their opposition to Parliament’s Coercive (Intolerable) Acts. This excerpt...
Image of the Declaration of Independence as it originally appeared in the Pennsylvania Packet in its issue of Monday, July 8, 1776. This facsimile sh...
This image depicts the final page of Thomas Jefferson’s draft Declaration of Independence, including edits made by members of the “Committ...
This facsimile image depicts the signatures of the individuals who signed the Declaration of Independence. Click on the image for a better view.
The original Declaration of War issued on November 4, 1811. Click on the image for a better view.
Image of a broadside printing called The Defense of Fort McHenry, which detailed the background for Francis Scott Key's poem. Click on the ...
Thomas Clarkson and his colleagues on the "Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" wanted to create a visual picture of a slave's life during ...
After Senator Kennedy was shot, police officers searched Sirhan Sirhan’s home in Pasadena. They found a spiral-bound notebook which appear...
Bookcover image of Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex, by John Horner & Don Lessem.
Bookcover image of Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex by John R. Horner and Don Lessem. In this book, learn the story behind the discovery of the worl...
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