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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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!

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

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