Take a look back at Hands Across America, the charity event in which 5 million people formed a human chain across the United States.
Explore 10 surprising facts about the bloodiest slave revolt in American history.
While the patriots battled for freedom from Great Britain, upwards of 20,000 runaway slaves declared their own personal independence and fought on the side of the British.
Explore the surprising history behind the evolution of the nickel.
A half-century after Congress banned the slave trade, a converted racing yacht defied American law in 1858 and made the last documented voyage of an American slave ship.
Now a part of the popular lexicon, the “CARE Package” is actually a registered trademark dating back 70 years to American humanitarian aid sent to war-torn Europe.
