American History Blog

On July 4, 1777, the night sky of Philadelphia shone with the blaze of bonfires below. Candles illuminated the windows of houses and publi...

The name "Kentucky" comes from an Iroquois Indian word, kenta , which probably meant meadowland. If so, it is a good name for a ...

Freedom of religion is a constitutional right that many Americans take for granted. But in the early days of settlement, it was dangerous ...

In parts of New York City and other cities in the Northeast and Midwest, Spanish is heard as often as English. These cities are home to ma...

Five years after Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful airplane flight in 1903, they signed a contract with the U.S. Departm...

On the night of August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led a small band of fellow slaves into the Southhampton, Virginia, home of Joseph Travis, his ...

After two long months at sea, the mood on the Mayflower was as foul as the weather. The ship had left Plymouth England, carrying two group...