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."
The first skirmish of the American Revolution took place in Lexington, Massachusetts. These images depict the only pictorial record created by a conte...
The Bag of Pigs invasion - known as "A Perfect Failure" - may seem foolhardy today, but it must be viewed in its historical context.
Justice Frankfurter's notes on the landmark case of Brown Vs. the Board of Education
Twenty-eight years after he retired from active duty, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., becomes a 4-star General of the U.S. Air Force.
Colonel Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. was commander of the 332nd Fighter Group, composed entirely of Tuskegee Airmen. The character of Colonel A.J. Bulla...
Betsy Ross reportedly made America's first flag (the "Stars and Stripes"). Is that true? Who was this famous woman?
The Bill of Rights, like the original U.S. Constitution, is now a highly faded document.
In 1718, a battle occured between the British Royal Navy and Edward Teach (the pirate known as "Blackbeard").
Risking their own lives, Master Sgt. Gary Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randy Shughart are killed in action at the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993.
On October 3, 1993 Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Durant is piloting his MH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, known as Super 64, in the skies above Mogadis...
This broadside, from the 1860s and printed in Boston, was created to persuade people, especially young men, of the dangers of alcoholic beverages. It ...
It's the Masters! Who planned this beautiful golf course? How did it come about? When Bobby Jones envisioned that Berckmans' Place (near Augusta, Geor...
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