America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of ...
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Historians are still learning new information about George Washington's life, but one shred of lore endures: He had a thing ...
Removing a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia revives a 250-year-old American debate.
The administration has ordered that further changes be made to Independence National Historical Park, according to internal ...
As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, ...
George Washington kept slaves as president, but a federal display commemorating them has now been dismantled.
New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...
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The story of George Washington’s life and legacy as father of our country. Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new ...
PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will host a Jan. 24 screening.
The southern portion of the Japanese Alps also stretches into Shizuoka prefecture. Today more than ten percent of the land in ...
George Cabot Lodge, the scion of one of America’s most enduring political dynasties, stepped into the arena against a Kennedy in 1962, marking the final chapter in a familial rivalry that had defined ...