Gillian Brockell

In 1790, George Washington fell severely ill, threatening his life and the young nation he led.

The landmark Ken Burns documentary hasn’t aged well. But it continues to shape American perceptions about the Confederacy and slavery.

At a ceremony Wednesday, leaders remembered the Ponca chief whose court case established that Native Americans were people.

Nearly one hundred years before enslaved African arrived in Jamestown, the Spanish brought 100 slaves to the coast of what is now Georgia or South Carolina.

A front-page article helped incite the violence in the nation’s capital that left as many as 39 dead.

Rose Cleveland declared her passion for the woman she had a relationship with spanning three decades in letter after letter.

Lady Liberty was inspired by the end of the Civil War and emancipation. The connection to immigration came later.

The extraordinary woman known as the ‘Angel of the Battlefield’ eventually founded the Red Cross.