Thomas Paine: Common Sense Comes to America Common Sense was published on January 9, 1776. No writing was more important to...Read More
Washington Saves the Revolution at Trenton Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel...Read More
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy December 7, 1941 The world was in a perilous place in December 1941. Hitler’s...Read More
George Washington Gives Thanks George Washington proclaimed Thursday, November 26, 1789, as an official holiday of “sincere and...Read More
The Gettysburg Address: A New Birth of Freedom November 19, 1863: Lincoln’s address was so short that photographer Alexander Gardner only had...Read More
Iran Takes Americans Hostage November 4, 1979 November 11, 1979 photo believed to be of former Iranian President...Read More
Duck and Cover: Nuclear Missiles in Cuba Many Americans remember these days. In 1949, the Soviet Union produced a nuclear bomb...Read More
Are Americans Exceptional? What is the concept of American exceptionalism? We can all think of a few...Read More