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Critical decisions by the Chief Justice saved the Supreme Court’s independence—and made possible its wide-ranging role today
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In the bitter debate over the War of 1812, the decorated veteran nearly died fighting a Baltimore mob in defense of an unpopular Federalist publisher.
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Toward the end of World War I, American doctors fought an invisible enemy on the home front — a pandemic that would kill more people than any other outbreak of disease in human history.
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In one momentous decision, Robert E. Lee spared the United States years of divisive violence
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A curious story of religion, sex, and baseball grew out of a long-forgotten postcard among her grandmother’s belongings.
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In the blackest days of the Great Potato Famine in Ireland, Americans responded by organizing the first international humanitarian mission, sending food and provisions in the refitted warship USS Jamestown.
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Debate over America's involvement in World War II came to a head in July 1941 as the Senate argued over a draft extension bill. The decision would have profound consequences for the nation.
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He was unlike any other baseball star in America, a blond-haired boy from the heartland whose raw power and mythical purity made him a hero
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The first votes of the fledgling Virginia Assembly in 1619 marked the inception of the most important political development in American history — the rise of democracy.
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Because of wartime gas rationing, Congress and the Administration debated cancelling the famous gridiron match-up between Army and Navy in 1942. President Roosevelt found a novel solution.
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