Following Pearl Harbor, Americans were impatient to strike back against Japan on their home turf. General James Doolittle’s daring raid fulfilled this nationwide desire.
A young and brilliant revolutionary, John Laurens deserves a bigger place in American memory.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, two of the most beautiful and stylish women in US history, represented very distinct versions of American womanhood.
The experiences of the men who served on Colonial America’s western frontier forced an evolution of what it truly meant to be a citizen soldier.
The renowned author built her career telling stories about the people who carved a life for themselves in the brutal landscape of the Great Plains.
Long after the Pearl Harbor attacks, former Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Husband Kimmel argued that he was scapegoated for the destruction at Pearl Harbor.
Robert Johnson was a legendary Delta blues musician whose haunting music and mysterious life inspired generations and fueled one of the greatest myths in music.
American Aviator Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance in 1937 sparked widespread interest, speculation, and ongoing investigations about what really happened to her.
