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."
See the towns in the West as they begin to form when people move to new areas of America's "wilderness."
The Japanese attack West Loch at Pearl Harbor and destroy US military and equipment bound for the battle of Saipan.
Robert E. Sticker created an oil painting interpreting the “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” an adrenalin-producing event which occurred after whal...
The Tommy Gun (for General Thompson who invents it) becomes famous during the Prohibition-era for its use by gangsters in Chicago.
Throughout United States history we express our frustrations and pride in our country through the media.
Top-secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam leads to many federal-government lies being exposed.
German Otto Beyersdorff concludes within five weeks that the exterior paint on the Hindenburg caught fire. It takes 60 years for U.S. scientists to ag...
Clarence Darrow is hired to represent the defendants, and he quickly withdraws the "Not Guilty" plea.
Within 34 seconds, the Hindenburg catches fire, remains level, but then bursts into flames and crashes. There are eyewitness reports, movies and photo...
An explanation of what the Executive Branch is and what it does.
Politicians (Bundy and McNamara) with little knowledge of Vietnamese history want to defeat Communism, and look for an excuse to fight North Vietnam.
Pvt. Joseph McDonald receives the radar message from Opana Point but cannot get anyone to believe him about the incoming Japanese planes until it is t...
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