Wide majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike view both the positive and negative aspects of the nation’s history as important to focus on.

American history is filled with stories we’ve all been taught in school, stories so widely repeated that most of us accept them as fact. But over time, historians have uncovered new evidence, context, ...

Explore 25 Weird Facts About America in this intriguing video that unveils surprising tidbits, from Apple's colossal wealth ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

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 ...

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, ...

Black history is American history. The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) faces possible loss of federal funding after being targeted by a Trump administration executive ...