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."
On March 5, 1770, British Armysoldiers kill five civilian men and injure six others in Boston.
The deaths of one black and two white freedom fighters goaded Congress into passing the first voting rights legislation since Reconstruction.
Pioneers and their loaded wagons move west, forcing Native Americans to leave their ancestral lands.
Read a poem about the life of Waleed Shaalan, a 32 year-old first year PhD student in Civil Engineering.
Walter "The Haig" Hagen is one of the greatest golfers during the Great-Depression era.
After three tough fights with Arturo Gatti, Micky retires from the ring.
Abandoned at birth Antwone Fisher lives in foster care as a ward of the state of Ohio.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gives President Johnson the ability to escalate America's involvement in Vietnam, but America resists the draft and prot...
President Lincoln predicts he will not survive his second term.
While there are early warnings of a potential attack, the Office of Navy Intelligence does not believe them.
Boisjoly and colleagues continue to warn Morton Thiokol and NASA that an O-ring may fail if the temperature is too cold at launch time.
Within two months of the Treaty of Paris,Washington resigns fromhis job as Commander-in-Chief.
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