D.C.’s unique status may come down to a secret meeting between Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison.

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

As one of the 13 original colonies and the birthplace of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts has cemented its role as a significant contributor to United States history. Massachusetts was the ...

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress, the governing body of the 13 American colonies and later the United States, set up the US Army. The newly formed force was given the job of protecting ...

It was Flag Day and the celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday (and President Donald Trump’s birthday). A proud Army ...

June 19 is a U.S. national holiday known as Juneteenth. It combines the words June and Nineteenth, the day in 1865 on which ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be observed as Flag Day, according to the VA. On Aug. 3, 1949, Congress approved the ...

Legal minds will have their opportunity to shape the future policies of our land, and I pray they have the grace and wisdom ...

The decision of the Mississippi State Board of Education to drop the U.S. history exam from its list of high-stakes tests is ...

Though it’s difficult to imagine, Washington, D.C., wasn’t always the capital of the United States. During the Revolutionary War, the 13 Colonies didn’t really have a capital: the ...