September 1781 — Loyalists broke into the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia and slashed the Charles Willson Peale portrait of...

What better evidence for the importance of studying women’s history than “RAD American Women A–Z”? This new and eye-opening book,...

Marc Leepson has been a freelance writer since 1986. He has contributed to magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, and taught American history...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow has written a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and...

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BORN AN INHABITANT OF MASSACHUSETTS JULY 11, 1767, DIED A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE...

Exposing your private life to scrutiny is the price you pay for political power in America. And, what we demand...

For the great majority of his long life, Benjamin Franklin was a loyal British royalist. In 1757, having made his...

As a keen observer who has ridden history’s coat tails, this assignment to write about Candice Millard’s “The River of...

Sometimes Clara Barton defied men of military might to pass through Civil War battle lines and nurse “her” boys. She had...

In Tom Lewis’ immaculately researched history, “Washington: A History of Our National City,” we get a chronology of the people,...

The holy grail for any writer of history must surely be to create a work that advances scholarship and captivates...

Twelve decades ago, Wilbur and Orville Wright operated a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio. It was the perfect occupation...