An article about the inauguration of John Kennedy as the nation’s 35th president on 20 January 1961; the youngest elected president in American history... (Read More)
Jane Hampton searches old newspapers to learn about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook describes how negotiators for the U.S. and Great Britain tried to forge a peace treaty by Christmas 1814... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry finishes her story about how Las Vegas had Christmas spirits in 1919, though it was Prohibition and the city was supposedly dry... (Read More)
Melissa Davenport Berry tells how Las Vegas had a festive Christmas in 1919, even though Prohibition was beginning and the town was supposedly dry... (Read More)
The Supreme Court ruled on 14 December 1964 that the Civil Rights Act was constitutional, prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook describes when and how newspapers started using the term “White House” for the president’s house. .. (Read More)
The brutal robbery of the Daviess County Savings Association Bank in Gallatin, Missouri, on 7 December 1869, first got Jesse James’s name in print... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a discovery she made about the history of the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving... (Read More)
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