Today, our Nation commemorates the Battle of Chippawa—the historic victory in which American forces decisively defeated the British Army on July 5, ...
A look at early Fourth of July celebrations in Humboldt County, 1855-1865, reveals a host of red-white-and-blue American ...
How the simultaneous deaths of two Founding Fathers entrenched the idea that the United States was chosen by God ...
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America at 250: How Illinois helped shape American music, freedom and women’s rights
From folk music to abolition and women’s rights, Illinois helped shape American history and culture.
The phrase “In God We Trust” appears on American money. This year, as Americans celebrate 250 years of Independence, it is worth reminding ourselves that this is ...
During the American Civil War, medical treatment was fast, bloody, and brutal compared to modern standards. Surgeons worked during a ...
The Declaration of Independence established a principle that ultimately doomed slavery, even if it could not abolish the institution overnight.
OP-ED. Elisabeth Landi, a history professor, argues in this op-ed for Le Monde that commemorations marking the birth of the ...
New murals in a small Co Antrim village have been unveiled in time for the USA’s celebration of its 250th anniversary, to ...
From the very earliest days of independence, the struggle of African Americans for their rights has defined the idea of ...
Across New England, a writer traveled down dirt paths and into historic homes to find the forgotten stories of the enslaved ...
The 1st Wisconsin Regiment was made up of militia units from the Lake Michigan coast and was the first unit from the state ...
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