Some concentration camp survivors of WWII were freed by African American soliders who fought on "two fronts." This true story helps set the record straight.

Mar 5, 2012 – George Selby

President Polk used every option to annex Mexican territories to fulfill his 1844 campaign promises. Plotting with Santa Anna began in February 1845.

Mar 4, 2012 – Michael Streich

After World War I, thousands of wounded soldiers were crowding into Washington hospitals. Florence Harding would be a regular visitor.

Mar 3, 2012 – Feather Schwartz Foster

The current building dates to 1767, but the parish traces its history to an earlier time. Among the parishioners were the Washington and Lee families.

Mar 2, 2012 – Mike Virgintino

Refugees from Ireland's Great Potato Famine faced new challenges in the United States, on the eve of the Civil War.

Feb 27, 2012 – Melanie Forde

The Virginia Peninsula - that jam-packed nifty region between Richmond and Virginia Beach - has one frequently overlooked attraction of huge significance.

Feb 23, 2012 – Feather Schwartz Foster

An American ten year-old girl helped thaw the Cold War in the 1980s with a request for peace and an unforgettable invitation from the USSR.

Feb 23, 2012 – Bonnye Good

In a plan that long pre-dated the attacks of 9/11 a mentally ill American hatched a scheme to fly a passenger jet into the White House.

Feb 20, 2012 – Rupert Taylor

The peaceful transfer of power from John Adams to Republican Thomas Jefferson was a significant event, which some historians call the "Revolution of 1800."

Feb 19, 2012 – John Kirshon

The widowed Wilson married the widowed Mrs. Galt eight months after they had met.

Feb 19, 2012 – Feather Schwartz Foster

A fight at a house near the Croton River in New York's Westchester County killed American officers and men during the Revolution.

Feb 19, 2012 – Mike Virgintino

Defenses were set up quickly and soldiers were quartered at the homes scattered throughout New York's northern Westchester County.

Feb 18, 2012 – Mike Virgintino

About 40 miles north of the island of Manhattan, a no-man's land witnessed many skirmishes among militia, Tories and the British and American armies.

Feb 17, 2012 – Mike Virgintino

Protestant evangelicals coming out of the American Progressive Movement reasserted an orthodoxy that defined itself as Fundamentalism in the 1920's.

Feb 16, 2012 – Michael Streich

Two months after their first meeting, President Woodrow Wilson proposed to the Widow Galt

Feb 14, 2012 – Feather Schwartz Foster

Andrew Jackson's lifelong love of horse racing enabled him to serve his country, to benefit financially, and to shape the sport in 19th century America.

Feb 11, 2012 – William L. Wunder

Not all of the colonists supported the Revolution. A large number stayed loyal to England, and some took up arms, making the revolution a civil war also.

Feb 11, 2012 – Zac Johnson

Victory in the American Revolution did not come easily. George Washington and the Continental Army lost time and time again, until they finally won.

Feb 11, 2012 – Zac Johnson

In the years leading to the American Revolution, did the British contest with the Sons of Liberty for power and influence over the colonies cause the war?

Feb 11, 2012 – Zac Johnson

Two members of The Surratt Society have made a startling announcement: Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, may have indeed died by his own hand.

Feb 10, 2012 – Rick Stelnick