The Battle of Bull Run: The First Major Battle of the Civil War and the End of Early Illusions

Explorer, soldier, and the first Republican presidential nominee — discover John C. Frémont’s expeditions and complicated legacy in the West.

Sojourner Truth: The Voice That Refused Silence

Explorer, soldier, and the first Republican presidential nominee — discover John C. Frémont’s expeditions and complicated legacy in the West.

Apollo 11: The Journey That Changed Our View of Earth—and Our Future in Space

On July 16, 1969, millions of people around the world watched as a towering Saturn V rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside the spacecraft were three astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins—beginning what would become one of humanity’s greatest achievements: the Apollo 11 mission to…

Public Square | AI and Civic Life: Who Gets a Voice?

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, shaping how people learn, work, receive information, and interact with institutions. As these tools become more common in education, healthcare, government, hiring, media, and other parts of public life, they raise an important civic question: who should have a voice in how AI is used?

The Fourteenth Amendment: History, Meaning, and Lasting Civic Impact

Explorer, soldier, and the first Republican presidential nominee — discover John C. Frémont’s expeditions and complicated legacy in the West.

John C. Frémont: America’s Restless Pathfinder

Explorer, soldier, and the first Republican presidential nominee — discover John C. Frémont’s expeditions and complicated legacy in the West.

John Hancock — The Man Behind the Most Famous Signature in American History

John Hancock was New England’s richest man, a Patriot leader nicknamed “King Hancock,” and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas McKean — The Founding Father Who Lived Three Lives at Once

Thomas McKean signed the Declaration of Independence, led the Continental Congress, and served 22 years as Chief Justice — often all at the same time.

The Great Seal of the United States: Six Years, Three Committees, and One Enduring Symbol

On the afternoon of July 4, 1776, the same day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, the delegates turned immediately to another urgent matter: the new nation needed a face. It needed a symbol that would announce to the world not merely that a revolution had occurred, but that a sovereign republic had…

Rachel Walker Revere | The Woman Who Held the Revolution Together at Home

Everyone knows the name, Paul Revere. The silversmith. The patriot. The rider. His midnight gallop through the Massachusetts countryside on April 18, 1775, warning that the British were marching, is one of the most enduring stories in American history. But on that same night, in the family’s modest home at 19 North Square in Boston’s…