On Jan. 17, 1989, a gunman fired 106 assault rounds at young children on recess. Five children were killed. It altered how ...

What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...

The Forgotten Occupation explores the legacy of U.S. intervention in Haiti, premiering Jan. 10 in Los Angeles.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution." The writer Jill Lepore wrote a history of the United States called ...

That attitude rhymes with Trump administration, which has intervened to dictate what the Smithsonian Institution, for instance, can and cannot say about uncomfortable realities of U.S. history. “’Why ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa., Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gettysburg Museum of History has issued an official statement clarifying the key historical findings presented in the new BBC documentary "Hitler's ...

New York Assemblyman Chuck Lavine, a Democrat first elected to state office in 2005, has become one of a handful of unlikely leaders of state efforts to preserve the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S.

Christmas trees—and conifers in general—have made some surprising cameos throughout U.S. history, author Trent Preszler reveals in his book Evergreen ’Tis the season for conifers—whether they are ...