One of "our boys" fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War...but he wasn't a boy at all!

Everyone knows that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, but he also invented something that was even more significant.

Grace in the face of Olympic failure leads to an even greater triumph.

The inspiring story of a brave police officer and the light he shined on one of America's darkest days.

As a city burned, two everyday heroes turned to an unlikely peacemaker.

In 1876, Ulysses S. Grant seems to have predicted the ideological conflict that America is fighting against itself today.

America's toughest men can sometimes create the most sensitive things.

A Scottish immigrant just may have been the greatest conman in American history...or was he?

The story of the majesty and beauty of the Stars and Stripes...which couldn't even muster an A in a high school history class!

A brave woman challenged her own status as a slave in court and in so doing set America on its long journey toward emancipation.