Aerial view of Gettysburg
This aerial photograph shows the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 1949. In early July 1863, one of the Civil War’s most important battles was...
America’s biggest idea
The history of the United States is built upon a set of ideas and ideals, expressed by a group of British colonists scattered along the Atlantic seaboard during the...
An attempt at compromise
In late 1860 Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden proposed six constitutional amendments that he hoped would protect slave state interests, settle the slavery...
Anna Margaretha Kolb
Anna Margaretha Kolb, wife of Revolutionary War veteran Philip Frey of Pennsylvania, filed this fraktur in support of her claim to a pension based upon her...
Bright Path in the blocks
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe was a member of the Sac and Fox tribe who was born in Oklahoma in 1888. Named by the Associated Press as the greatest athelete of the...
Children awarded pension
Pvt. Jacob Shoemaker of Pennsylvania served in Col. Henry Haller’s Battalion of the Flying Camp. He was in the Battle of Long Island, New York, and was discharged...
Christian Nichols
Christian Nichols served six months as a private in Col. John Keller’s regiment of the Bucks County (PA) Militia during the Revolutionary War. In 1820 P. Atta...