Making of America
On this day in 1782, Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States after six years of discussion. The front of the seal depicts a...
Making of America
On this day in 1778, after almost nine months of occupation, 15,000 British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton evacuate Philadelphia,...
Making of America
The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison...
Making of America
British General William Howe lands his troops on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking Boston, Massachusetts, and leads them against...
Making of America
On this day in 1738, Mary Katharine Goddard is born in New London, Connecticut. She went on to publish the first version of the...
The Making of America
On this day in 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian...
Shooting In DC
By Sarah N. Lynch and Ross Colvin | ALEXANDRIA, VA. Congressman Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives,...
This Day In History
On this day in 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, , arrives in South Carolina with the...
