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)
Editorials about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)
Maine became the 23rd state on 15 March 1820, its statehood part of the balance between pro- and anti-slavery forces known as the Missouri Compromise... (Read More)
An article about the Great Blizzard of 1888, a massive four-day storm on the East Coast that dumped up to five feet of snow!.. (Read More)
An article about President Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address, on 4 March 1861, as he eloquently tried to heal divisions and avert a civil war... (Read More)
An article about the near-suicidal mission of Lt. Stephen Decatur Jr. and 70 volunteers who slipped into Tripoli Harbor the night of 16 February 1804... (Read More)
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