There's a certain version of history most of us were taught in school — the kind that feels neatly packaged, slightly ...

American history is filled with stories we’ve all been taught in school, stories so widely repeated that most of us accept them as fact. But over time, historians have uncovered new evidence, context, ...

Mobile exhibit offers hands-on look at 250 years of American history through Saturday ...

OPINION: California's history of diversity and migration created the most populous state and fostered one of the largest ...

People who believe they learned American history in junior high or high school — even college — are sadly mistaken. Textbook overviews provide glimpses of how America came to be the nation it is today ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...

It is one of the most recognizable obelisks in the world, but did you know the Washington Monument we know today is not the ...

This ivory dress decorated with swirls of handmade fabric rose vines was designed by Ann Lowe. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black ...

People rally to celebrate the reinstallation of a slavery exhibit at the historic President’s House Site, February 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. Credit: Joe Lamberti/AP Photo Philadelphia’s President’s ...

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, which recognizes Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the ...

This fall, communities across Michigan and the nation will honor the legacy of Filipinos in the United States. October is Filipino American History Month, a time to uplift the contributions of ...