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 image depicts "Robert," the H-bomb which fell into the Mediterranean Sea (off the coast of Spain) on January 17, 1966.
The U.S. government did not allow African-Americans to join the U.S. Marine Corps until 1942. The first black Marine was Howard P. Perry.
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention issued a report on the 13th of September, 1787 preparing for the first federal elections.
The deaths of all five Sullivan Brothers caused a national sensation when word of the tragedy was finally released two months after it happened. The ...
What is a FLYBY spacecraft and how long have they been a part of NASA's space-exploration program? This image depicts the FLYBY spacecraft developed t...
Follett, a family-owned business serving the education industry, was started by Charles Montgomery (C.M.) Barnes in 1873.
Go back in time to see the early days of a revolutionary concept in the making of cars - the assembly line. It was created by Henry Ford, for the Mod...
Entitled "The Foundation of American Government," Hintemeister's art work is his interpretation of a key event in American history.
Frances Adeline Miller Seward, the wife of President Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, was respected in her own right. Among other t...
Although the Lockheed U-2 has the ability to self-destruct, Francis Gary Powers was unable to destroy his plane before bailing-out on May 1, 1960. He ...
Francis Gary Powers, flying military aircraft for his country, was a "Top Gun" by 1955.
In 1775, Francis Marion was elected to South Carolina's Provincial Congress.
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