American history classes typically start with Columbus and the Eur...  ...ere were plenty of people already here, and their history goes back much further. The Europeans were better...  ...orrible first winter for the Pilgrims, and Native American nations that were dealing with...

[http://youtu.be/_Yzi79zpqQA] (YouTube link)Abraha...  ...the short but powerful speech recited aloud. Most American students had to memorize it as children, but it i...

Americans are known for having a particular affinity with f...  ...n't imagine doing it without them. But our actual history was romanticized by Hollywood, which gave us the...  ...e Autry National Center in Los Angeles, about the history of guns in America. He tells how the evo...

The following is an article from Uncle John's 24-K...  ...ally did happen on July 4th?MYTHING IN ACTIONMost Americans believe that July 4, 1776, was the day that their...  ...exactly. Think of the significant events from the American Revolution that you remember from history cl...

Imagine taking a road trip with some friends, but...  ...land really belonged to the many bands of Native Americans living in the west who had called the area home f...  ...es. Strangely, this didn’t anger the Native Americans , but only because, after multiple translations, t...  ..., advice and guidance...

Photographer John C.H. Grabill took pictures o...  ...otographer John C.H. Grabill took pictures of the American West between 1887 and 1892, and sent 188 of those...  ...es, including this portrait of two Oglala chiefs, American Horse and Red Cloud, taken in 1891. The border is...

The following is an article from Uncle John's Lege...  ...egendary Lost Bathroom Reader. Here's a bit of American history we're all familiar with... but know almost nothin...  ...to one of the strangest cases of mass hysteria in American history . In the six-month period between March and Septem...

This mental_floss quiz is not questioning your...  ...ng your patriotism, and you don't even have to be American to take it. But it will test your knowledge of so...  ...l test your knowledge of some obscure facts about American history . And it's all on one page! I scored 95%, but that...

You might think that modern America is losing grou...  ...us intolerance reared its head over the course of American history

The Macbeth curse refers not to the fate of the characters, but to the unfortunate incidents surrounding those who stage the play. Some in the theater won't even say its name, preferring to say "That Scottish play&q...