American history

In the midst of this Thanksgiving season, let's remember the shared history and principles that bind us together.

Riley Bryant discovered rusted Civil War bullets on the previously submerged banks of the Mississippi, as well as a soldier's belt buckle.

The wreck of the German U-Boat U-111 was intentionally sunk by the U.S. Navy in 1923 after it was captured at the end of the war.

"Y'all should watch y'all's own play," one Twitter user wrote in response to the London production of "Hamilton" honoring the queen after her death.

The thinkers, doers, and funders who brought conservatism back to life in the post-war era are long gone and largely forgotten.

Congresswoman Liz Cheney was decisively repudiated by the Republican voters of Wyoming.

Radicals have seized on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade as an excuse to upend our political system.

Our ancestors are not alive today, so the torch has been handed down to us; we must protect Black preborn lives.

There are differences between the way native tribes and the United States handled the issue of displacement.

It's not clear if we Americans are due for a change, at least chronologically. But are we due politically and culturally?

"A rare Davy Crockett letter that perfectly illustrates the honesty and the fire which made him a folk hero," Bonhams noted.

The former president shared a post on Truth Social calling for a new civil war in response to U.S. inflation.

The national holiday remembers the lives of those who died defending their country during the Civil War.

Millions of forms from the 1950 census have been made public, revealing the most popular baby names and how much groceries cost at the time.

"The floors pop and the drapes move back and forth—I can just imagine old Andy and Teddy having an argument over Franklin," President Truman said.

The Division of Legislative Services, a nonpartisan state agency, took the blame for the error on Friday morning.

Our polarizing, paralyzing national feud over how and what we teach our children, could use a time-out for some personal perspective on our own educational experiences.

The commission is checking 2,500 historical markers for offensive text, removing two so far and identifying 131 that could require changes.

Christmas is so much more than just a celebration. It's hope and joy—it's a spirit.

About two-thirds of the Clotilda, a slave ship sunken since the 1960s off the Alabama coast, was confirmed by researchers to be mostly intact underwater

The former president will begin his four-date "History Tour" with former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly in Florida before moving onto Texas.

The demand for older houses is booming across the U.S., with numerous social media accounts dedicated to their renovation and restoration.

The Texas constitution, which Matthew McConaughey confirmed he's not running in, requires anyone running for office to believe in the "existence of a Supreme Being."

Four centuries ago, 102 men, women and children set sail on the Mayflower, a Virginia Company merchant ship from England bound for the New World.

The 10th president, John Tyler, was the first president to be widowed, and remarry, while in office, and had the most children of any leader.

According to a court ruling, the letter was stolen between 1938 and 1945 by a "kleptomaniacal cataloguer" at the archives at the Commonwealth Museum

Three "C"s have made America great: Christianity, capitalism and the Constitution.

Douglass' potent anti-slavery advocacy bore the influences of biblical religion, classical philosophy and the American brand of Enlightenment thought.

On August 28, 1963, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The furniture restorer claimed the chair was filled with human hair from slaves as well as hand-picked cotton.