These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today ...

As we celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, test your civics knowledge and see how your score compares to others.

Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its ...

Impress your friends at this year’s Fourth of July party with these five surprisingly true stories from American history.

The millions of people who inhabited colonial America left traces of their lives behind—from George Washington’s bed to a ...

From Betsy Ross and Paul Revere to George Washington's teeth, some of America's most enduring stories don't survive a ...

“Don’t know much about history . . .,” goes the famous song. It’s an apt motto for the Common Core’s elementary school curriculum. And it’s becoming a serious problem. A 2014 report by the National ...

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 ...

Harriet Jacobs, who escaped enslavement to write Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), created these three dolls for the children of writer Nathaniel Parker Willis around 1850-60. Private ...

There is a particular excitement and celebration of these items right now,” according to Heritage Auctions specialist Caroline Tamposi.

Fourth of July Weekend is here in New York City! From backyard barbecues and dips in the pool to the fireworks over the ...