Recent Stories in American History

map of New Madrid earthquake zone
American History

Bicentennial Marks Shaky Days in American History

Alexander Graham Bell
American History

Sounds from the Dawn of the Information Age

hunter-gatherer spearing mammoth
American History

New Findings on the Peopling of the Americas

youth in Native American headdress
American History

National American Indian Heritage Month

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue
American History

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Opens to Public

National September 11 Memorial
American History

Ten-Year Remembrance of 9/11

space shuttle launch
American History

Space Shuttle Program Ends

tornado destruction
American History

Tornadoes Rip through Southeastern U.S.

Children in Africa
American History

Peace Corps Turns Fifty

Confidential files
American History

Wikileaks Causes Crisis for U.S. Diplomacy

Confidential
American History

Diplomatic Cables, from Adams to Zimmermann

Money
American History

The United States Makes $60 Billion Arms Deal

Microphone
American History

Fifty Years Ago: Kennedy vs. Nixon on TV

U.S. soldiers in Iraq
American History

Last U.S. Combat Troops Pull Out of Iraq

Confidential files
American History

Leaked Documents Tell Secret History of the Afghanistan War

BP Oil Spill
American History

BP Oil Spill Fouls Gulf of Mexico

Cowboy
American History

Surprise Find Gives Historians New Look at OK Corral Shootout

World War II women pilots
American History

WWII Women Pilots Awarded Congress’s Top Civilian Honor