Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future.

History Matters is a biweekly feature courtesy of The Grateful American Book Prize.

History Matters is a biweekly feature courtesy of The Grateful American Book Prize.

History Matters: Americans assume that eligible voters have always participated in national elections, but--in a quirky 1801 act of congress--the...

History Matters. Texas was in the middle of its war for independence from Mexico—and--in alarming need of protection for its...

History Matters. California’s Yosemite Valley, with its Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, was a pristine home for Native Americans until...

History Matters. “The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution in operation in the world,” according to History.com

History Matters. On September 7th, Uncle Sam will be two-hundred and seven. The United States got its nickname when a...

History Matters. The official acknowledgement that gave women the right to vote came to a successful resolution 100 years ago...

History Matters. By August 1782, the American Revolution was over, John Adams was in Paris toiling over a peace agreement,...