Harwick Mine Disaster_Malina Suity

Imagine an entire community's population and livelihood devastated by a single event. That was what happened to the people in the small mining town of Harwick, Pennsylvania on the morning of January 25th, 1904. The mine was new, it had ...

Clinton High School

In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education declared segregation unconstitutional and mandated integrated schools.

Tennessee Federal District Judge, Robert Taylor, enforced the ruling on Anderson County. In 1956, Clinton High School planned to integrate white and black students at the ...

World Trade Center Site

On May 2, 2011, President Barack Obama announced to the American people the death of Osama bin Laden, the lead mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks. bin Laden's death brought some relief and closure to many Americans. However, his ...

John C. Calhoun Monument

Political theories suggest that John C. Calhoun was a defender of American republicanism and Southern rights, while others distinguish the 19th century Vice-president, Senator, and Congressman from South Carolina as a defender of slavery. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, wrote ...

Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg

The Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg was the home of seven royal governors as well as Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson during the eighty years that Williamsburg served as the capital of the Virginia Colony.

Construction of the Governor's Palace ...

National Archives

In 1926, Congress approved the creation of a National Archives and the construction of a building to house the archives. The National Archives building project was part of Congress' efforts to improve and beautify the capital city. Architect John Russell ...

Montgomery Bus Boycott

With the arrest of seamstress Rosa Parks, the thirteen-month Montgomery Bus Boycott brought national awareness of racial segregation on southern city bus lines.

Mrs. Parks refused the bus driver's demands to move from her seat for a white passenger. Her ...

Anacostia Flats

The Great Depression caused Americans to drastically change the way they lived in order to survive and to provide food and shelter for their families. American veterans from the First World War joined the economic struggle. The men needed immediate ...

National Historic Landmark- Cape Krusenstern Archeological Site

A series of 114 marine beach ridges, formed at an average of perhaps 60 years each since the time of the highest post-glacial sea level, the district contains the remains of peoples who have inhabited these beaches for 5,000 or ...

National Historic Landmark- Birnirk Site

Composed of a group of 16 mounds arranged in rows roughly parallel to the beach, this site is associated with the Birnirk and Thule cultures, both belonging to the North Alaskan branch of the Northern Maritime tradition, the earliest manifestation ...