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The Apollo space program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the ...

By the second half of the 19th century, still less than a century old, the United States...

Many of the first artists in the West were assigned to exploration and geological partie...

Many of the first artists in the West were assigned to exploration and geological parties...

With this famous speech, Daniel Webster joined the nineteenth-century debate over slavery...

After criticizing US involvement in WWI, Eugene Debs found himself testifying in court fo...

On June 16, 1918, union leader Eugene Debs delivered this speech at the Ohio State Social...

President Woodrow Wilson delivered this address on January 22, 1917, a few months before ...

Politician William Jennings Bryan delivered this speech at the Democratic National Conven...

With this 1914 address, President Woodrow Wilson declared his intentions for the US to re...

American politician Daniel Webster delivered this speech in 1820 on the 200th anniversary...

On June 17, 1825, Congressman Daniel Webster spoke at a ceremony honoring the new Bunker ...

When John Adams sent three American ambassadors to meet with the French foreign minister,...

Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president of the United States when he beat out President ...

President Woodrow Wilson delivered this address to the 1914 graduates of the US Naval Aca...

Stephen F. Austin prided himself as being one of the US’s first emigrants to Texas....

These infamous words closed the impassioned speech Patrick Henry delivered at the Second ...

In this speech, President Andrew Jackson defends and praises the Indian Removal Act. With...

Thomas Jefferson beat out Aaron Burr in the 1800 presidential election after Alexander Ha...

In this speech, a young Theodore Roosevelt describes what he believes are the key princip...

With this 1990 speech, American politician William Jennings Bryan presents a compelling a...

Before George Washington was president, he was a great general. He understood not only ho...

As the Revolutionary War came to an end, Congress had failed to pay many of its soldiers....

George Washington gained a reputation for military excellence for his service in the Fren...

The act of dedicating a time to be thankful preceded the Thanksgiving holiday. It even pr...

After the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War, Washington resigned fro...

In 1790, Moses Seixas of the Touro Synagogue wrote a letter to President Washington. Repr...

One of the first things that Grover Cleveland addressed after a whole term away from offi...

In times of turmoil, the American people often turn to the President of the United States...

 In 1882, Congress passed a law that criminalized polygamy. Emmeline Wells, a staunc...

Daniel Webster gave this speech in honor of George Washington on the centennial of the fi...

Though his presidency was short-lived, the time at which Zachary Taylor was in power was ...

In this message, Zachary Taylor addresses the state of two newly acquired territories -- ...

The end of his first year in office marked a momentous time for the United States -- it w...

A heated conflict arose among the states, threatening to divide the nation in two. No, it...

Today, the US Constitution is held as sacred and infallible. But the process of creating ...

Alexander Hamilton is considered one of the most important contributors to our constituti...

Rutherford B. Hayes’s presidential campaign was fraught with drama, and a late acce...

A House divided was a speech that was given after his nomination to be a state senator by...

This public address, given well before his presidency, was to the Springfield Washington ...

Abraham Lincoln saw many political changes during his time as president, few speeches reg...

On March 4, 1921, Warren G. Harding became the 29th President of the United States and de...

During his time as Ohio Senator and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Har...

On November 20, 1820, a sperm whale struck and sunk the whaling ship Essex, stranding the...

President Andrew Jackson bid farewell to the nation at the inauguration of Martin Van Bur...

In 1832, President Jackson vetoed a bill that aimed to renew a charter for the US Bank. H...

Many consider Theodore Roosevelt to be America’s most conservation-minded president...

Deep within the bayous and swamps of Louisiana resides a population descended from an ex...

20th century Chicago was an ideal breeding ground for organized crime. A buzzing circuit ...

By the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th-century, there were perhaps only 3...