Paul Lawrence Dunbar Apartment Complex

One of America's wealthiest men, John D. Rockefeller Jr., also expressed his generous spirit by contributing greatly to the African American community in New York City.

Rockefeller financed the Paul Lawrence Dunbar Complex, named after the nineteenth century African American ...

African Burial Ground National Monument

In early America a multitude of wealthy business men decided to acquire an inexpensive workforce in order to maximize their profits on exports.

Slavery began as an economic practicality for those who were willing to exploit others. Owning more slaves meant ...

Boston Massacre Site

The Boston Massacre is a momentous and dramatic event that took place on the evening of March 5, 1770, just prior to the official start of the American Revolution. The standoff between a frustrated mob of Bostonians and a group ...

Supreme Court Building

Imagine Supreme Court Justices riding through the forest on horseback, black robes flowing behind them. With no permanent home, the first justices rode circuit around the countryside of our newly formed nation. Beginning in 1800 the court resided in the ...

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

Born a slave, the Reverend Charles Octavius Boothe was one of the Freedmen who established the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church after the Civil War. The church served the African American community of Montgomery for over one hundred years and gained ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Nestled between the Clinton River and the Appalachian Mountains, twenty-five miles from Knoxville,Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed key atomic materials during World War II and the Cold War.

In 1943, the United States government usurped fifty-nine thousand acres to ...

Baltimore and Ohio Railway Station

In the mid-1800s a dramatic change occurred in the shipment of American goods from the Eastern United States to West of the Appalachian Mountains. Two methods of transportation competed for the number one transportation spot, railroads and canals.

Which form of ...

National Historic Landmark - Bunker Hill Monument

One of the most famous sites of the American Revolution is Breeds Hill, better known as Bunker Hill, the site of the first major battle of the Revolution. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775. Although ...

National Historic Landmark - Cedar Creek Battlefield & Belle Grove Plantation

General Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, climaxing the struggle for the Shenandoah Valley. Belle Grove, built by James Madison's brother-in-law Isaac Hite, Jr. between 1794-1797 as the center of his 7.500 ...

National Historic Landmark - Bruton Parish Church

Completed in 1715 (tower added in 1769), this is the earliest church in the British American colonies to reflect the infusion of English Renaissance style. It is cruciform in style, with a steep gable roof and circular windows in the ...