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 telegram, dated the 6th of October 1993, notified Jamie Smith's parents that their son was killed in action in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. Cli...
This document gives notice to the Sheriff of Boston that John W. Webster was scheduled for execution on the 30th of August, 1850. It also notes that ...
Before he became famous in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Pima County in the Arizona Territory. This image depicts the do...
On 10 November 1924, gun-toting assassins posed as customers at Dio O’Banion’s shop. As he sought to fill their order, they filled him wit...
William Bradford's book is a first-hand account of the Leyden Pilgrims' journey to America. It is a story of faith and adventure. It provi...
During the 1930s, the federal government hired writers to obtain the oral histories of former slaves. Charley Williams was one of those intervie...
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