History often reflects turning points that influence policy, culture, and society in lasting ways. March 28 stands out in US ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with ...

Here’s what’s happening this month at the museum… Amy Kehs EXHIBITIONS NOW ON VIEW Melania Trump’s Inaugural Gown 2025 Melania Trump's Inaugural Gown National Museum of American History First Lady ...

In 1939, more than 120 years after the first photograph ever was taken, Robert Cornelius set up a camera in the back of his family’s store and took what is believed to be the very first photographic ...

The Grayson Springs Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, honored Susan Thorpe with the ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

Pueblo Indigenous people at the Ceremonial Cave of the Frijoles Canyon in New Mexico.George Rinhart—Corbis/Getty Images It is time to build a new foundation for American history. Its old paradigms ...

American gay liberation activist Marsha P Johnson (center left) in a crowd during the Pride March (later the LGBT Pride March) in New York on June 27, 1982. American gay liberation activist Marsha P ...

Eisenhower Elementary School proudly hosted its second annual African American History Month Guest Reader event on Feb. 23.