An article about a juvenile hoax pulled in the House of Representatives on what was supposed to be Jeannette Rankin’s first day, 4 March 1917... (Read More)
An article about the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel built exclusively for women, opening on 2 March 1903 in New York City... (Read More)
An article about the grand opening of the impressive, gleaming new Art Deco theater in New York, Radio City Music Hall, on 27 December 1932... (Read More)
Melissa Berry writes about 48 pioneers who made the westward trek into Ohio in 1787-88 – and of the 1937 reenactors who commemorated their expedition... (Read More)
An article about Congress finally moving to its permanent location in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on 17 November 1800... (Read More)
An article about women suffragists’ dismay at the botched signing ceremony for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote... (Read More)
An article about aviator Wiley Post taking off on 15 July 1933 for his grandest flying adventure of all: the first solo flight around the world!.. (Read More)
In this article, for Flag Day, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn more about the apocryphal story of Betsy Ross and America’s first flag... (Read More)
An article about the admission of Minnesota as the Union’s 32nd state on 11 May 1858 in the midst of the controversy over slavery... (Read More)