American History Archives

75 years ago on April 28, 1945, Italian partisans killed dictator Benito Mussolini and his entourage near Lake Como. By

The First Meeting of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, 1619: 400 Years of Democracy in America

The first session of Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619 was the birth of democratic republicanism in the US.

The historic Apollo 11 Mission and the Space Race in the context of the Cold War and the greater arc of history.

battle of little big horn, custer’s last stand art

The first settlers in Virginia struggled mightily to found Jamestown. Soon after arriving, they encountered Native Americans from the

How the slave uprising on Santo Domingo resulted in the Louisiana Purchase

The true story behind Patrick Henry’s 1775 “liberty or Death” Speech

The Influenza Pandemic resulted I the deadliest month in US History and killed up to 5% of the world’s 1918 population.

The Women’s Suffrage Movement and anniversary of Susan B. Anthony’s death

Shay’s Rebellion generated an urgency that brought Americans our Constitution