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  The Island Murder | Timeline

  The Massie Case and Hawai'i: A Timeline

  How the infamous murder case fits into the larger arc of Hawaiian history.

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  The Battle of Chosin

  The Korean War battle at Chosin Reservoir is one of the most celebrated in Marine Corps annals. More than 20 veterans of the campaign recount this epic conflict.

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  John and Abigail Adams | Timeline

  The Adams Family: A Timeline

  A timeline of events in the Adams family from John's birth in 1735, to his death in 1826.

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  Eisenhower | Article

  Nixon's Checkers Speech

  Nixon counters claims that he used an $18,000 contribution for personal expenses, but he admits that his dog, Checkers, was a political gift.

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  The Transcontinental Railroad

  The remarkable story of greed, innovation and gritty determination to build a railroad connecting California to the East.

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  Ansel Adams | Timeline

  Ansel Adams and the Age of Photography

  Learn about the history of photography technology and the career of Ansel Adams

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  Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

  In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.

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  The Abolitionists

  Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called by many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union.

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  American Experience | America and the Holocaust | Article

  Rabbi Stephen Wise (1874-1949)

  Wise was a leading figure in more than a dozen Jewish organizations, and was probably the most influential and well-respected American Jew of his generation.

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  The Kennedys | Primary Source

  John F. Kennedy's Address on Civil Rights

  Read excerpts of JFK's speach given on June 11, 1963, addressing the nation on the most pressing domestic issue of the day: the struggle to affirm civil rights for all Americans.

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  Ulysses S. Grant | Article

  Abraham Lincoln

  He led his nation through the most difficult times it had known, restoring a shattered Union and ending slavery in America.

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  Freedom Riders | Article

  Meet the Players: US Federal Government

  Meet the key members of the US government featured in Freedom Riders.

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  American Experience | America and the Holocaust | Timeline

  Timeline

  A timeline of America's reaction to the Holocaust.

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  Secrets of a Master Builder

  A self-made man and one of America’s greatest engineers, James Buchanan Eads led a life inextricably intertwined with the nation’s most important waterway, the Mississippi River. He explored the river bottom in a diving bell of his own design; made a fortune salvaging wrecks; in the 1870s built the world's first steel bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis; then deepened the river at its mouth, turning New Orleans into the second largest port in the nation. By the time of his death in 1887, Eads was widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential men of his day.

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  Stonewall Uprising | Timeline

  Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement

  In 1924, the first gay rights organization is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago.

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  New York: A Documentary Film | Article

  Historic New York

  New York has been host to historic events that have had an unforgettable impact on the rest of America. The following are a few of the most notable.

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Article

  The Crédit Mobilier Scandal

  Thomas Durant hired himself to construct the railroad, paying Crédit Mobilier with money given to the Union Pacific by government bonds and risk-taking investors.

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  The Vote | Image Gallery

  Suffragist Gender Benders

  A Browse through our selection of historical images of notable gender non-conforming suffragists.

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  The Telephone

  The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.

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  Race to the Moon | Article

  The Crew of Apollo 8

  They were not reckless, but understood the risks involved in their profession and worked to minimize those risks to an acceptable standard.