History Lessons

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The Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution — remains one of the ...

When delegates concluded the Constitutional Convention in September 1787, each state faced the monumental decision of whether to ...

Thanksgiving has long been a cherished American tradition, but its date has not always been fixed. For much ...

Each year on November 11, Americans pause to honor the men and women who have served in the ...

On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in the presidential election, an act that would ...

By 1938, Orson Welles was already recognized as a prodigy. Born in 1915, he grew up with a ...

On October 20, 1803, the United States Senate voted to approve the treaty that made the Louisiana Purchase ...

Before independence, the American colonies relied on the sea for their survival. Ships brought manufactured goods from Britain ...

By 1871, Chicago was the fastest-growing city in the United States. In 1833, it had been little more ...

It was a summer day in Washington, D.C., when President Woodrow Wilson signed a brief but powerful act ...

On the morning of August 21, 1959, the sun rose over the Pacific as it always had, casting ...