By the time of the American Revolution, the Comanche incursion into Texas was approaching full tide, and Spanish influence ...

Opinion: The fireworks on the Fourth of July aren't just overhead, but in the ongoing debate over who shapes America's ...

Patriotism means we have a responsibility to understand the country’s past, and these books explore our messy history.

“Let me unequivocally get this out of the way,” Marshall stipulates early on. “It was all a hoax, a trick.” The books were ...

Some Native nations are skipping America 250 festivities. Others are showing up to explain their side of history.

The first time I discovered the word journalist was in an American Girl book. I was in elementary school when I fell in love ...

As our nation marks 250 years, the "First America" podcast uncovers an overlooked chapter of our nation’s founding, told ...

Historian Thomas Wermuth says New York — not New England — was the strategic heart of the American Revolution.

The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City preserves the history of the American West, showcasing the cowboy's role and diverse contributions to America's story.

The 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States brings a bounty of books assessing the period’s ideals and figures ...

Lt. Hobart “Hobie” Kistler interviewed more than 150 World War II veterans for the book, but died in a car crash not long after completing the manuscript. His family stepped in to get it published.

The recovery of the bald eagle, the national symbol since 1782, is considered one of the most successful in U.S. and Wisconsin history.