Imagine a world without electric lights. Then thank Thomas Edison for his "Electric-Lamp" U.S. Patent #223898, granted on 27 January 1880... (Read More)
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)
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)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells some stories about how Christmas was celebrated during America’s first 100 years... (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)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook shows how Thanksgiving Day migrated to the South... (Read More)
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