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Nearly 2,500 historians and authors have told the story of America in the pages of our magazine

President Kennedy wrote for American Heritage that it’s important to remember the contributions of Native Americans, as well as their mistreatment.

The archaeologist who discovered the real Jamestown debunks myths, and answers age-old mysteries about North America's first successful English colony.

The story of the Pilgrims’ journey in 1620, and the voyage of Mayflower II in 1957, are still sources of inspiration today.

Badly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion.

The framers of the Constitution were proud of what they had done but might be astonished that their words still carry so much weight. A distinguished scholar tells us how the great charter has survived and flourished.

To call it a loaded question does not begin to do justice to the matter, given America’s tortured racial history and its haunting legacy.

Among his many other achievements, Jefferson was one of the leading architects of his day, responsible for the introduction of the Greek Revival style into America.

In his second term, George Washington faced a crisis that threatened to tear apart the young republic. His wife Martha later thought that the bitterness of the debate may have hastened the president’s death, but Washington gave America the gift of peace, and an important precedent in leadership.

When John Adams was elected president, and Thomas Jefferson as vice president, each came to see the other as a traitor. Out of their enmity grew our modern political system.