From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, these are the best ...

As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons and daughters from radical influences History Charles Oldrieve used ...

Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories. American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics. California textbook Texas textbook California ...

Not too long ago, historians of the American West joined their artistic brethren in celebrating what we now think of as the “Old West.” For historians and artists, the “winning of the West” was a ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

“Every American who has ever lived, with the exception of one group, was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants,” wrote a young senator in 1958. The senator’s name was John F.

With nearly 250 years of American history accounted for, it’s perhaps no surprise that the nation’s political life has had its good and bad moments. Political scandals have dogged Washington from the ...

Bring a dash of history to your yard by planting the same crops American figureheads used to have in their gardens. In ...