In 1932, one in four Americans was unemployed, marking the highest unemployment rate in the country's history. The Democratic presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt promised a New Deal— a comprehensive set of legislation to support...

A civilian defense ad, which enourages Baltimore residents to join the civil defense during WWII.

An anouncement that encourages Baltimore's Black residents to vote against daylight saving, which was on the ballot in 1944.

Thomas Paine's visionary writings, advocating freedom and democracy, were instrumental in shaping the United States' fight for independence. Explore his remarkable journey, from campaigning for higher pay as a tax collector in England,...

Learn about Benjamin Franklin's revolutionary proposal for colonial unity, the Albany Plan of Union, and its lasting influence on the creation of the United States.

Learn about the famous Native American, Sitting Bull from his childhood, his time among the Lakota-Sioux to his battles with the United States Army and General George A. Custer.

Learn about the dinosaur bone wars between famed paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

In episode 79 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes start a conspiracy to make real estate money by tricking the Supreme Court and end up changing federalism and contract law in the United States forever.\

A trip to a wax museum and a conversation with a local historian tell the story of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. On October 16, 1859, an abolotionist named John Brown led a raid on the armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia....

Learn about the Chicago World's Fair held in 1893.

Travel to the San Jacinto Battleground and learn about the deciding battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas won its independence

Travel to Old Fort Velasco and learn about how the disurbances at Anahuac and the battle of Velasco almost led to Texas Revolution

Travel to Sabine City, Texas and learn about the Battle of Sabine Pass the most one sided Confederate victory of the Civil War.

Travel to Galveston Texas and learn about the deadly hurricane of 1900 and the bulding of the Galveston Seawall

Travel to the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum and learn the history of the most productive oil field in American history.

Travel to the Texas State Capitol and learn about the Texas Legistlative Branch.

Travel to Spindletop to learn about the Texas oil boom.

Travel to the Fort Worth Stockyards and learn about the historic cattle drives.

Tracing its evolution from the Grand Union Flag to today's 50-star design, the U.S. flag represents the nation's journey, embodying values of liberty, equality, democracy, and freedom for all.

Travel to Charleston, South Carolina and explore Fort Sumter where the Civil War began

Travel to Vicksburg, Mississippi and explore an important turning point in the Civil War.

Travel to Sante Fe, New Mexico and learn about its history and relationship to Texas

Travel to San Felipe, Texas and explore the first American colony founded by Stephen F. Austin.

Travel to San Antonio, Texas and explore the jewel of the San Antonio Missions, Mission San Jose