For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

EXHIBITION UPDATE Last Chance to See Some Popular Objects! "Entertainment Nation”/ "Nación del espectáculo” Ray and Dagmar ...

Struggling as an independent country, the Republic of Texas sought to become part of the United States. Although many in ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

By the spring of 1944, a year of Allied bombing had weakened Germany’s war machine. The Allies finally were ready to strike ...

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

Buffalo Coat According to legend, this coat was made from the skin of a buffalo killed by Buffalo Bill, and presented by him ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.