Although few know her name today, Sarah Josepha Hale was one of the most influential women in nineteenth century America. She used her position as editor of Godey's Lady's Book to effect a wide range of social changes, including the...

From the National Archives, an essay on the establishment of the American holiday of Thanksgiving as a legal holiday starting with the original proclamation in 1789 celebrating it on different days or months up to the 1941 resolution...

Thanksgiving football dates to at least 1876, when Yale defeated Princeton, 2-0, on a cold, bleak afternoon in Hoboken, New Jersey. By the 1890s, many college and high school teams played on the holiday. But the tradition didn't become a...

As millions of people around the world prepare to celebrate Kwanzaa, explore five things you may not know about this pan-African holiday.

Read about the first of FDR's "Fireside Chats" that he delivered over the radio with an image of the microphone used.

This site covers many aspects of the Great Depression and the New Deal programs meant to address the terrible economic issues.