06/28/2015 - 20:00
When the Continental Congress voted for independence from Britain on July 2, 1776, John Adams said the day would be forever remembered with “a great anniversary festival.” So why do we celebrate Independence Day on July 4, not on July 2?
05/12/2015 - 10:22
One of the biggest events in world history, the American Revolution, rose in large measure from something very small: stamps.
04/29/2015 - 08:00
Every four years on Jan. 20, a president takes the oath of office. But did you know that 226 years ago on
April 30, 1789, the first president, George Washington, was inaugurated?
04/16/2015 - 14:11
Forty-five years ago this week, television sets were wheeled into classrooms and workplaces as Americans anxiously awaited word about the fate of three American astronauts onboard Apollo 13.
04/13/2015 - 08:00
We know the stories of his hardscrabble childhood, his days as a young lawyer and his debates against political opponent Stephen Douglas, but it was during four packed years in the White House that Abraham Lincoln transformed the country.
03/30/2015 - 13:00
Every month or so, scientists announce that they have found another planet in the starry distance. One space telescope often mentioned as the “planet hunter" is the Kepler space observatory.
03/07/2015 - 10:00
This weekend marked 50 years since the attack of participants in a voting rights protest in Selma, Alabama. But the fight for the right to vote started long before “Bloody Sunday” on March 7, 1965 -- and continues to this day.
03/02/2015 - 05:00
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers shot into a rowdy crowd and killed five colonists, a tragedy that became known as the Boston Massacre. The shooting has been studied and debated over and again in history books. But was it, strictly speaking, a massacre?
02/16/2015 - 14:00
Both Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy have some claim on the title "youngest president."
02/08/2015 - 20:00
In the war for American Independence a small band of colonists took on the British Empire.
