Think you know American history, geography, and culture inside and out? Beneath the standard textbook stories lies a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warning: This post discusses genocide, intense violence, and child abuse. There's a certain version of history most of us were ...

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s story is told, in Washington and beyond. By Jennifer Schuessler President ...

Prior to that, it was known as the "United Colonies," among other variations. The final version of the Declaration of Independence begins with the phrase: "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen ...

“A Century in the Making: The Journey to Build a National Museum,” Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (blog), Tumblr. August ...

Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants Sam Vong, PhD In 2005, Antonio Somera, a Filipino American member of the Legionarios del ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...

Fabled cities of gold. Cowboys battling Indians. Face-to-face gun duels. The history of the American West has long been riddled with myths and half-truths. In place of nuanced portrayals of frontier ...

Warning: This post discusses intense violence, racism, sexual assault, and suicide. American history classes spend a lot of time on a relatively short list of events, like the Revolution, the Civil ...