American History

In the decades before the American Civil War, when the Mississippi River was both a frontier and a lifeline, a…

In the turbulent landscape of the American South during the 1930s, few figures embodied moral integrity and human decency more…

Andrew Carnegie’s life reads like the blueprint of the American dream. Rising from a Scottish weaver’s cottage to become one…

Josephine Baker was more than a glittering star of the stage. She was a cultural icon, a freedom fighter, a…

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She became one of the most…

John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States, was born on 29 March 1790 at Greenway Plantation in Charles…

William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, was born on 9 February 1773 at Berkeley Plantation in…

Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States, was born on 5 December 1782 in Kinderhook, New York.…

Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, was born on 15 March 1767 in the Waxhaw region, a…

John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was born on 11 July 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts, now…

James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States and a key figure in the nation’s early history, was born…

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States and often referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” was…

Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and one of the most influential figures in the country’s founding,…

John Adams is known as one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, the second president, and…

George Washington, the first President of the United States and one of the most revered figures in American history, was…

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often called JFK, was born on 29 May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, to a wealthy and politically…