The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with ...

America is marking its 250th anniversary. Among the local sites honoring American history is the National First Ladies Library & Museum in Canton.

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

Explore the lives of little-known changemakers who left their mark on the country History Jermain Wesley Loguen opened his home to fugitives fleeing the South. He publicized this work openly, risking ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative ...

American gay liberation activist Marsha P Johnson (center left) in a crowd during the Pride March (later the LGBT Pride March) in New York on June 27, 1982. American gay liberation activist Marsha P ...

With Women’s History Month underway and International Women’s Day approaching on March 8, classrooms and museums across the United States will be focusing on famous women who shaped the world we live ...

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation's bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the ...

Eisenhower Elementary School proudly hosted its second annual African American History Month Guest Reader event on Feb. 23.