National Day of Service happens around October 11. The James Wood chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution donated ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution readers champion books that filled the gaps in their education on American history.

Three new books from University of Pennsylvania Press will highlight Philly’s global, national and regional impact.

Jack Parker wrote “Parker’s Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina” to mark smaller events across the state. He ...

This Banned Book Week, theGrio is spotlighting page-turners that have been challenged and/or banned in libraries across the U ...

From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked ...

Walden became the foundational text for the aesthetic strand of the American environmental movement. Its emphasis on nature’s ...

The city and its people spearhead ideas of democracy in the six-part, twelve-hour-long "The American Revolution," featuring ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Retired Rice University professor and American military historian Ira Gruber died Wednesday at the age of 91. The Pennsylvania native was known for his contributions to research on the American ...