The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
Surprisingly few U.S. writers touched by the 1918 pandemic wrote about it. But flu lit appears more popular today than ever
The peace agreement set up reservations for the tribe—only to break that agreement in the following decades
President Grant’s signature on the 15th Amendment was a bold stroke for equality
Some of the most breathtaking photos of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens were taken by a graduate student camped nearby
Mrs. Trump, who confesses a passion for design, had a precise idea of what she wanted to wear on that historic evening
The March on the Pentagon to end the Vietnam War began a turning point in public opinion, but some in the crowd were hoping for a miracle
A new biography reveals new details about the history of the boxer—“a heavyweight of contradictions”
The fiery progressive Robert La Follette responded with a classic defense of free speech in wartime
Alone in his stand, Weldon Heyburn despised that Robert E. Lee would be memorialized with a statue in the U.S. Capitol
How William H.H. Murray accidental bestseller launched the country's first outdoor craze
The editors of the new book, “Unseen” talk about recognizing the paper of record’s biases
The material is expected to spark new interest in the 35th president's death
When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, his stay inspired enemy's patriotic song
On September 8th, 1974, famous daredevil Evel Knievel climbed into a steam-powered rocket and attempted to blast across Idaho's Snake River Canyon
An epic natural disaster restored the forest of an earlier America
During World War I, the scientist invented a mobile x-ray unit, called a "Little Curie," and trained 150 women to operate it
On the 133rd anniversary of her birth, "ER"'s influence lives on
The iconic Round Barn was destroyed at Fountaingrove, once home to a Utopian community and one of America’s first Japanese immigrants
When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive
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