National Park Service Biden Admin to Remove William Penn Statue in 'Rehabilitation' of Park Dedicated to Pennsylvania Founder The statue in Philadelphia will be replaced by educational offerings about the history of Native American tribes. By Ben Kew January 8, 2024
Jim Watson - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Irony: Joe Biden Picks Iconic American Revolutionary Landmark to Make Speech Trashing Jan. 6 The Biden campaign says his speech will "mark the anniversary of Donald Trump trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power." By Allison Anton January 5, 2024
Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden to Use Jan. 6 Anniversary to Stage Political Spectacle at Historic American Site With the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion just days away, President Joe Biden has announced his plans for that day. By Warner Todd Huston January 3, 2024
@fox11news / X screen shot Father-Daughter Fishing Trip on Lake Michigan Results in Major Historical Discovery “We went back to our database to see if there was anything reported in the area and we didn't have anything,” Tamara Thomsen said. By Levi Mikula December 30, 2023
WMUR-TV / YouTube screen shotCommentary Nikki Haley Receives Backlash After Word Salad on Civil War During Campaign Stop Sidestepping a touchy question about American history comes across as an act of political expediency rather than conviction. By Rachel M. Emmanuel December 28, 2023
Library of Congress / Getty ImagesPremium How the True Meaning of Christmas Taught Former Slave Frederick Douglass to Love Slaveholders Postwar propaganda about Christmas in the antebellum South did not ring true with Douglass, who understood the holiday's meaning. By Michael Schwarz December 27, 2023
MGM / YouTube screen shotCommentary Unexpected: Clooney Puts Out Patriotic, Unifying Film for Holidays - 'Boys in the Boat' a Winner "I like what this says about us. We remind ourselves, when you see this, we're really good when we work together." By Randy DeSoto December 26, 2023
GraphicaArtis / Getty ImagesPremium A Real Christmas Miracle: How Washington Saved the Colonies from Certain Defeat on America's First Christmas When a new nation, still fighting for independence, marked its first Christmas, the fate of the country and the world was in the balance. By Johnathan Jones December 19, 2023
Gene J. Puskar - File / AP US Steel, Founded by Andrew Carnegie and J.P. Morgan, Sold to Foreign Company U.S. Steel, a company founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1901, has been sold in an all-cash deal for $!4.1 billion. By The Associated Press December 18, 2023
Library of Congress / Wikimedia CommonsPremium WWII Leaders Appealed to God and Saving Christian Civilization in Fight Against Axis Powers During World War II, leaders appealed to faith in God, which has been at the core of the American experience since the U.S. founding. By Randy DeSoto December 15, 2023