By making paper money legal tender, the government shut the door on sound money. Repealing legal tender laws is the first ...

The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ anding and feast erased a great deal of religious history and narrowed conceptions of who ...

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President Abraham Lincoln issued his famous “Proclamation of Thanksgiving” on Oct. 3, 1863, with the Civil War still raging.

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On January 7, 1861, Virginia Gov. John Letcher proposed that delegates from every state gather in Washington, D.C. for a ...

Opinion: The U.S. first had a federal Education Department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the ...

The American Revolution filmmaker talks about the hypocrisies of US history and what’s missing from our political lives today ...

Well over 100 years ago, Colorado's early mining communities celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday in a fashion that most ...

The emphasis on the Pilgrims’ feast narrowed conceptions of who belongs in America, excluding groups like Native Americans, ...

It was held by the English Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and members of the Wampanoag Nation. The gathering was to celebrate ...