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New evidence finally settles the 150-year-old debate as to whether Alexander Graham Bell or Elisha Gray first invented the telephone.

Some writers ignore a mountain of evidence contrary to their theories about the telephone's development.

In 1814, my ancestor Admiral Cockburn destroyed the Nation’s Capital. He also freed some 6,000 slaves.

Museums and historic sites across the Southeast help us better understand Andrew Jackson, who helped define American democracy but also championed the brutal treatment of indigenous peoples.

Some observers see ambiguity in the 22nd Amendment.

Maggie Walker, the first Black woman to open a bank, helped thousands of individuals who could not borrow from traditional lenders.

After she wrote eloquently about her two years wandering along a local creek, the late Annie Dillard was called by many the “true heir” to Henry Thoreau.

Fort Ticonderoga's expansive collection of 18th-century artillery — the largest in the Western Hemisphere — tells a complicated American story.

Derided when it is remembered at all, the Articles of Confederation was nevertheless an important, if halting, step toward an enduring republic.