Like Mother’s Day, the first event specifically honoring fathers in the U.S. was held in a church in West Virginia. Held in 1908, the event...

In the 1850s, Ann Reeves Jarvis organized Mother’s Day work clubs to improve sanitary conditions for families in western Virginia (later West Virginia). Having lost...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth became the first reigning British monarchs to visit the United States. Their six day visit lasted from June 7th-12th,...

Alcatraz Island, known as "the rock" is a small island 1.25 miles west of San Francisco, California. The island has facilities for a lighthouse (oldest operating...

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic attacked an estimated 500 million people, more than 20% of the world's population, and killed an estimated 50 million people globally!...

Above is the typed version of Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address to the people of Springfield, IL, as published by the American News Company.  Since Lincoln's...

Animals have been used to aid military efforts for thousands of years. The U.S. military in WWII enlisted animals to carry supplies, transmit messages, track...

In the decades leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920,  as the women's suffrage movement was growing, an anti-suffragist movement also emerged....

In the letter below from President Nixon to Judge Sirica, Nixon states he refusal to obey the subpoena and turn over his tapes. Nixon cites...