Recent rehabilitation of this important site at the Gettysburg battlefield provides a much improved experience for visitors.
Dickinson played a pivotal role in our Nation’s founding, from the Stamp Act to ratifying the Constitution, but his contributions are largely forgotten by history.
Some delegates at the Constitutional Convention wanted a strong executive, while others feared the American president might become a king.
In the Age of Discovery, maps held closely guarded secrets for the kings, adventurers, and merchants who first acquired them.
Since her untimely death in 1963, the legendary country music star—and the first female to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame—continues to inspire new audiences and artists.
The discoverer of the New World was responsible for the annihilation of the peaceful Arawak Indians
A child of the South's "Lost Cause," Truman broke with his convictions to make civil rights a concern of the national government for the first time since Reconstruction. In so doing, he changed the nation forever.
Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion.
Even though he had no military training, Lincoln quickly rose to become one of America’s most talented commanders.
The archaeologist who discovered the real Jamestown debunks myths, and answers age-old mysteries about North America's first successful English colony.
John Hay’s ringing phrase helped nominate T. R., but it covered an embarrassing secret that remained concealed for thirty years.