For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy ...

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

Buffalo Coat According to legend, this coat was made from the skin of a buffalo killed by Buffalo Bill, and presented by him ...

By the spring of 1944, a year of Allied bombing had weakened Germany’s war machine. The Allies finally were ready to strike ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

But it also wanted, in the words of President Woodrow Wilson, to “make the world safe for democracy.” The United States ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...