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Destruction of the Metropolitan Building: The Rise of Preservation for Architecture in Minneapolis

In: Modern US History

By: Jason Chavis

The Life of Calvin Coolidge: The 30th President of the United States

In: Modern US History

By: Terry Long

Rosa Parks Challenges Segregation Law: Sparked Montgomery Bus Boycott

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

The True History of Christmas: Common Christmas Myths

In: American History (general)

By: Alessandra Harris

America's Civil War Today – December 2009: Congress Appropriates Money and Private Groups Save Sites

In: US Civil War

By: Mike Virgintino

Jacksonville's St. James Building: John Henry Klutho's Downtown Crown Jewel Still Amazes

In: American History (general)

By: Devan Stuart

Treatment of Prisoners in the Civil War: Exchange Cartels and General Orders 100 & Reality

In: US Civil War

By: william oneill

Motives for the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692: Delusion or Reality?

In: Colonial America

By: Marilynn Doore

The Salem Witchcraft Trials, 1692: The Hysteria in Massachussetts

In: Colonial America

By: Marilynn Doore

Importance of Women's History Month: Great American Achievers Continuing to March Forward

In: American History (general)

By: Rhonda Campbell

African American Genius Inventors: Modern and Historic Achievements Benefitting Millions

In: American History (general)

By: Rhonda Campbell

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: How Art Has Kept History Alive

In: Modern US History

By: Brian T. Bolten

Lincoln and Haiti: The African American Exodus that Didn’t Happen

In: US Civil War

By: Dave Kostiuk

An Examination of a Slave Girl About Poetry: In Colonial Boston, Phillis Wheatley Was Tested To Overcome Skeptics

In: Colonial America

By: Brian Deming

Barbed Wire Museums: Places to Visit to See Barb Wire Fences Through the Years

In: Modern US History

By: Peggy Hazelwood

Obama and the Rhetoric of Change: How American Presidents Structure Their Inaugural Addresses

In: American History (general)

By: Marilyn Michaud

History and Meaning of Black Friday: Origins of the Nation's Biggest and Busiest Shopping Day

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

Would JFK Have Withdrawn From Vietnam? President Kennedy’s Conflicted Policies On The Vietnam War

In: Modern US History

By: Lawrence Koppy

Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft: A Friendship's Demise and the Split in the Republican Party

In: Modern US History

By: William L. Wunder

Some Great Men Who Never Became US President: The Best Man Doesn't Always Win or Even Run

In: American History (general)

By: David Hornestay

Fun Facts About Thanksgiving Day: Learn Facts Spanning over 300 Years of Turkey Day Celebrations

In: American History (general)

By: Armand Famiglietti

Italians in America: Band Leaders: Musical Talent was Imported from Italy for a U.S. Military Band

In: American History (general)

By: Mike Virgintino

Ghosts of Fort Washita: Some Visitors Find More Than a Restored Historical Site

In: American History (general)

By: Jayne Mays

Brief Mining History of Iron Hill in Delaware: Iron Mining in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries First State

In: American History (general)

By: Maureen Zieber

Howard Zinn and The Constitution: Economic and Social Class Motivations of the Founding Fathers

In: American History (general)

By: Nathaniel Moya

George Bruce Branch Library: The History of a Neighborhood Branch of the New York Public Library

In: American History (general)

By: Eric K. Washington

U.S. Workers Harmed by the New Deal: How New Labor Laws Increased Unemployment in the Great Depression

In: Modern US History

By: Walter Coffey

Lee Harvey Oswald Gunned Down By Jack Ruby: Ruby Later Denied Any Conspiracy

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

Antietam Changes War's Scope: America's Bloodiest Day Leads to Emancipation

In: US Civil War

By: Walter Coffey

Popular Music in 19th-Century America: From Broadside Ballads to the Birth of the Blues

In: American History (general)

By: Darryl Hamson

Samuel Adams and The Intolerable Acts: Adams was the Main Proponent for Drafting the Suffolk Resolves

In: Colonial America

By: Maddison Newburg

Samuel Adams and The Boston Tea Party: Organizion of the Sons of Liberty and His Role in Independence

In: Colonial America

By: Maddison Newburg

Samuel Adams and His Influential Writings: Adam's Writings Played a Key Role in Gaining Revolution Support

In: Colonial America

By: Maddison Newburg

Samuel Adams and The Stamp Act: Adams Gained Much Support for the American Revolution

In: Colonial America

By: Maddison Newburg

Quantrill's Men Held Reunions: The Survivors of the Civil War Guerrilla Band Met Until 1929

In: US Civil War

By: Mike Virgintino

JFK Shot Dead in Dallas, Texas: Lee Harvey Oswald Alleged Assassin

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

Barbed Wire History: How Barb Wire Fences Helped Tame the West

In: Modern US History

By: Peggy Hazelwood

What Day Is Thanksgiving? The Story of Franksgiving and the Official National Holiday

In: American History (general)

By: Diane Ursu

Dr. James McCune Smith: First African-American Doctor in the United States

In: American History (general)

By: Karen Jordan

A Guide to United States Land Patents: Start a Land Patent Search through Online Land Records

In: Colonial America

By: Vanessa Cross

What Happened Before the Pearl Harbor Attack? The U.S. Prepared for War While Trying to Protect its Interests

In: American History (general)

By: Mike Virgintino

Harry S Truman's First Year - Foreign Policy: President Truman's Foreign Policy in 1945

In: Modern US History

By: Stephen Lunn

Harry S Truman's First Year - Domestic Policy: President Truman's Domestic Policy in 1945

In: Modern US History

By: Stephen Lunn

Journal of a Girl in Colonial Boston: Fashions, Dances, and a Puritan Town Through a Child's Eyes

In: Colonial America

By: Brian Deming

The Life and Legend of Sacagawea: Translator and Guide for Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery

In: American History (general)

By: Darryl Hamson

See 1860s America at Pamplin Historical Park: Virginia Site is Home to National Museum of the Civil War Soldier

In: US Civil War

By: Mike Virgintino

History of Thanksgiving and NFL Football: Origins of Thanksgiving Holiday Observances and Traditions

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

Jedediah Hotchkiss: Stonewall Jackson’s Cartographer

In: US Civil War

By: Kristin Hanneman

Free Blacks and Slaves In Dutch Manhattan: African American History of New York Before the British

In: Colonial America

By: Melissa Cooper

Fort Jefferson at The Dry Tortugas National Park: The Former Military Installation Beckons Naturalists and Travelers

In: American History (general)

By: Lawrence Koppy

Gettysburg Address Delivered by Lincoln: Celebrated Ideals of Equality and Democracy

In: American History (general)

By: John Kirshon

Laissez Faire in the 1920s: Economic Policy of the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover Administrations

In: Modern US History

By: William L. Wunder

History of Health Insurance in America: Origins and Birth of U.S. Health Care and Blue Cross Blue Shield

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

The Mannahatta Project–New York Natural History: Uncovering Manhattan's Precolonial Landscape and Ecology

In: Colonial America

By: Melissa Cooper

Nixon: "I'm Not a Crook": Only U.S. President to Resign from Office

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

The George Washington Birthplace: Pope’s Creek is Maintained by the National Park Service

In: Colonial America

By: Mike Virgintino

The Starting Point of the Lewis and Clark Trail: Camp Dubois and the Natural Occurrence of Changing River Channels

In: American History (general)

By: Cynthia Collins

The Great Race of Mercy: Nome's Epidemic Defeated by Sled Dogs

In: American History (general)

By: Ann Casey

The Tragic Creation of Liberia: Social Engineering in the 19th Century, Based on Racial Prejudice

In: American History (general)

By: John Welford

Seth Bullock Tamed Deadwood's Wild Mining Side: Deadwood in 1876 was a Haven for Mining and Mayhem

In: American History (general)

By: Janelle Gann-Austin

Al Capone Released from Alcatraz Prison: Notorious Gangster Paroled Due to Syphilis

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

Life for Children in Colonial Boston: Games, Clothing, Education for Kids in Early America

In: Colonial America

By: Brian Deming

Virginia's Ferry Farm: George Washington’s Home as a Young Boy

In: Colonial America

By: Mike Virgintino

The Origin of Santa Claus: The Men Who Created One of the Most Beloved of Christmas Traditions

In: American History (general)

By: John K. Davis

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity: The Newest Member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority: The Only Sorority to Be Established at a Predominately White College

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

The First Transcontinental Railroad: How Federal Aid Was Routinely Abused in Construction

In: Modern US History

By: Walter Coffey

Battle of Nashville Monument Survives: Peace Monument Honors Fallen Soldiers from North and South

In: US Civil War

By: Lyda Phillips

America's First Train Robbers Predate James Gang: The Reno Gang Captures Train Loot, Infamy in Seymour, Indiana

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Bonnye Good

Riverboat Pilot Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain's Mississippi River Days - Monument in Hannibal, Missouri

In: American History (general)

By: Cynthia Collins

An American Thanksgiving Timeline: Fast or Feast, Thanksgiving Proclamations in America

In: American History (general)

By: Corinne Shibley

Harry Truman's Fair Deal: The Progressive Program of the Thirty-Third President

In: Modern US History

By: William L. Wunder

The Schooner Effie M. Morrissey: Sailing for the U. S. Government During World War II

In: American History (general)

By: Cynthia Collins

The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Limits on American Freedom Amid Concerns for National Security

In: American History (general)

By: Darryl Hamson

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority: The Sister Organization of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity: The Brother Fraternity of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

VP Agnew Accuses TV News of Bias: Spokesman for Nixon’s “Silent Majority”

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

A History of Christmas Gifts: The Origins of Giving

In: American History (general)

By: Paul Forrest

Virginia's Battle of Green Spring: Revolutionary War Fight Between Lafayette and Cornwallis

In: Colonial America

By: Mike Virgintino

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: An Offshoot of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity: First African-American Fraternity Founded at Howard University

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Ellis Island, U.S. Immigration Portal, Closed: Famous Gateway Opened in 1892

In: American History (general)

By: John Kirshon

First Christmas Trees in the White House: Franklin Pierce Was First President to Have a Holiday Tree

In: American History (general)

By: Linda N. Riggins

The Battle of Spencer's Ordinary: A Quick and Small Skirmish in Virginia During the Revolutionary War

In: Colonial America

By: Mike Virgintino

The Origin of Taps: From Lights Out Call to Funeral Tribute

In: US Civil War

By: Holly Beth Anderle

Jefferson City, Missouri's Historic Riverfront: Capital City and Steamboat Landing Along the Missouri River

In: American History (general)

By: Cynthia Collins

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity: Indiana University's Fraternity Founded By African-American Men

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority: America's First Sorority Established By African-American Women

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

The Harlem Renaissance: Elements of the African American Literary and Social Movement

In: American History (general)

By: Emily Reynolds

Dining with Patriots: The Taverns of Colonial Williamsburg

In: Colonial America

By: Mike Virgintino

The Tradition of Thanksgiving: Comparing the Early History of Thanksgiving With Todays Celebration

In: American History (general)

By: Theresa D. Young

Was Anyone Punished for the Boston Massacre? Yes; But the Soldiers Who Killed Five Got Off Virtually Scot-Free

In: Colonial America

By: Brian Deming

How Roosevelt Realigned Politics in 1936: FDR’s New Deal Coalition Permanently Altered the Political Landscape

In: American History (general)

By: Lawrence Koppy

U.S. Marines Corps Celebrate Its Anniversary: Keeping the United States Safe for 234 Years

In: American History (general)

By: Dawn Goldsmith

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: The Oldest Greek Letter Organization for African-American Men

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Historic Ship Leads Arctic Expeditions: The Schooner Effie M. Morrissey - Sailing with Captain Bob Bartlett

In: American History (general)

By: Cynthia Collins

Jim Bridger - Mountain Man, Guide, and Explorer: Bridger's Contributions Helped Settle the West

In: American History (general)

By: Janelle Gann-Austin

History of the National Pan-hellenic Council: America's Historically African-American Sororities and Fraternities

In: American History (general)

By: Ashley Anderson

Iwo Jima Memorial Dedicated in Virginia: Honors United States Marines

In: Modern US History

By: John Kirshon

Richard Sands, circus king of old New York: Trinity Church Cemetery’s forgotten Olympian of the sawdust ring

In: American History (general)

By: Eric K. Washington

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