The Gold Rush lured hundreds of thousands of people to California and changed American history. It all started with a tiny gold flake.

The United States today is home to countless stories. Together they tell us what America has been, is and could be.

A 162-page White House report accuses the National Museum of American History of ideological capture and abandoning ...

As the Treasury Department moves to place President Trump’s signature on U.S. paper currency, did you know four women's ...

In honor of the U.S. Semiquincentennial, a recent poll asked Americans what the United States has done best since declaring ...

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

Nineteenth-century Indiana passed some of the country’s toughest “blue laws” to protect Sunday’s rest and worship from ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, an Aiken family has uncovered a piece of ...

Situated between New York and Philadelphia, Morristown's strategic location played a key role in the American Revolution.

The American Independence Center houses pieces of history that tell the story of the early days of the United States.

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast ...

Moore played an early role in the making of American Christianity. At the time of the country’s founding, the church was experiencing an ebb tide, as the rejection of organized religion became more ...