History Lessons

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On the morning of April 6, 1917, the United States was a nation that had spent nearly three ...

Facade of Federal Hall with figures on the balcony — one of the most iconic early images of ...

Every year on March 23, our On This Day feature at Civics for Life highlights a defining moment ...

Every March 17, St. Patrick’s Day brings parades, green attire, and celebrations of Irish heritage across the United ...

Alexander Graham Bell around the time of his early telephone experiments. On March 10, 1876, in a modest ...

A City on Edge In early March 1770, Boston was a city simmering with tension. British soldiers had ...

The photograph by Joe Rosenthal became one of the most recognized images of World War II. On February ...

John Glenn prepares for the historic Mercury-Atlas 6 launch in 1962. When astronaut John Glenn lifted off from ...

William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States. William Henry Harrison is best remembered for his brief ...

On February 2, 1848, representatives of the United States and Mexico gathered in a small town outside Mexico ...

Early miners searching for gold along California’s American River, where the Gold Rush began. On January 24, 1848, ...

On a cold January day in 1790, six men gathered quietly in New York City to begin an ...