New weekly video! Join us at a North Carolina plantation to see a wagon used to smuggle slaves out of
John Paul Jones It was on this day in 1778 that Americans under John Paul Jones attacked Whitehaven, England, landing
Timothy Dwight It is frequently said today that American was founded as a Christian nation. While that was true to
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The Amendment in the laws of Maine, published in 1825. Since the adoption of the United States Constitution twenty-seven amendments
Death of Issac Brock One of the greatest battles of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Queenston Heights,
Shackleton World War I When Shackleton and his men returned to England, they found that the world had fundamentally changed.
On Elephant Island When Shackleton and his men finally arrived at Elephant Island, they were finally back on dry ground,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFulqGGkwk Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to take to the air in 1910, after he completed his time in
One of the most famous ships in American naval history is the USS Monitor, one of the first ironclads. But
The story of the CSS Alabama – the famous Confederate raider that wreaked havoc on the commerce of the north.