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Whitman Mission National Historic Site

One moment can change the fate of many nations. After thousands of years of habitation by the Cayuse Nation, life […]

High atop one of Cincinnati’s most prominent hilltops stands the two-story Greek Revival house where William Howard Taft was born

On November 27, 1868, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer led the 7th US Cavalry on a surprise dawn attack on

Built by of one of the first families of wealth in America. Designed by one of the nation’s preeminent architects.

Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of

Before the first African American military pilots became known as the “Red Tails” they wore striped tails as they began

In 1881, Booker T. Washington arrived in Alabama and started building Tuskegee Institute both in reputation and literally brick by

Touro Synagogue, a building of exquisite beauty and design, steeped in history and ideals, and one of the most historically

In 1776, Thomas Stone and 55 others signed the Declaration of Independence. In doing so, Stone risked his home, his

In 1825, America was still a new nation, just forming its own unique identity and traditions. Thomas Cole invented a

This is the boyhood home of the first U.S. president to be born in New York City. Raised in a

As president, Theodore Roosevelt created protections for ordinary citizens, began regulation of big business, and made the US a major