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A look into the life, times and controversies surrounding one of early America's most colorful women and earliest patriots.

Charles Lee is one of the more fascinating, eccentric, and forgotten characters to have taken part in the American Revolutionary War.

Margaret Chase Smith was a major contributor to US political history. Her library is a researcher's dream, but also displays artifacts interesting to the average tourist.

An ongoing index of crafts, printables and projects relating to history.

Check out all of these fun January ideas. Then use them to get busy crafting!

Go back to the days of Laura Ingalls Wilder with this easy to make braided rug. Perfect for a study of the book Little House on the Prairie.

A peek into the life and times of one of New York's bravest mayors.

Several American cities will be the site of Tax Day Tea Parties to protest the budget plans of the Obama Administration. But critics doubt the spontaneity of the events.

For the 22.5 million French in 1789, taxation and prices had risen sixty-five percent while wage increases rose by less than half that amount, prompting popular outcry.

Your local library has more to offer than free books, and may just be the best deal in town for family fun.

Using primary source documents enhances a research paper or essay but writers should be aware of the limitations inherent in original sources.

Birthday, anniversary, special occasion? Discover what other noteworthy occasions also took place on this day in history, May 10th.

The DAR is a historical and genealogical organization that is open to any women descended from an American patriot. Their resource library is valuable to genealogists.

Even a God-realized guru/saint can become bored by too much confinement in a city setting, and the non-realized can learn how to enjoy nature from the guru's experience.

The Publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense may have been the pivotal event that galvanized colonial Englishmen into opposing the Crown and demanding independence.

The desire to link the French and American Revolutions stems from French help after the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 but the facts indicate other considerations.

The late 19th century into the early 20th century is the Golden Age of American illustration. Howard inspired young artists, including N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish.

Just what would the late, great, Bill Hicks have made of yesterday's Presidential election and the rise to office of Democrat Barack Obama?

The old Munroe Tavern still stands in Lexington, MA, a testimony to the passionate conflict between the Minutemen and the British that set off the American Revolution.

David Hackett Fischer corrects the misinformation surrounding Paul Revere and his famous ride. There is a lot more to this piece of history than you learned in school.

Author, Lawyer, Attorney General and Presidential Candidate William Wirt was an important figure in American Politics, and an ironic choice for presidential candidate.

Theodore Roosevelt, prior to becoming America's 26th President, lived an exciting life of politics, civil service, academics, and frontiersman.

Soft-spoken Calvin Coolidge was an unlikely choice for Vice President of the United States, but in 1920, he made it to this position nonetheless.

Toleration may be the one element of Enlightenment thinking that has yet to be realized in societies that perpetuate prejudices and religious fanaticism.

The list of the most popular baby names often varies a little from source to source, although all the favorite names always appear at least in the top 20 at some rank.