Recent rehabilitation of this important site at the Gettysburg battlefield provides a much improved experience for visitors.
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.
A Chinatown cook's fight to re-enter the U.S. in 1895 went up to the Supreme Court, which upheld his claim to birthright citizenship and guaranteed it for all through the 14th Amendment.
America’s first civil war took place during the Revolution, an ultra-violent, family-splitting, and often vindictive conflict between "patriots" and loyalists.
The dumping of tons of tea in protest set the stage for the American Revolution and was a window on the culture and attitudes of the time.
How tough Henry Knox hauled a train of cannon over wintry trails to help drive the British away from Boston
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.
It is one of the most notorious incidents in American history, and also one of the least understood.
It's one of the oldest folk ballads in our national songbook, but where did it come from? The answer is complex, multi-layered, American.
George Washington’s Narrow Escapes
"Americans are united by their history and by a faith in progress, justice, and freedom," writes President Kennedy