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In this installment of ‘When Character Counted,’ the friendship between two first ladies helped heal the lingering wounds and bitter divisions of the Civil War.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ discover a historic statue in Washington’s Lafayette Square that is often overlooked by passersby.

This week, we put the question of “which American symphony was first” to the test.

This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ features a soldier who risked death to bring water to his wounded enemies.

In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, the bluegrass-gospel band’s latest album ‘American Morning’ debuts July 3.

In ‘This Week in History,’ a politically active merchant stood in the center of Philadelphia’s public square to read America’s most important document.

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ an Irish apprentice became a prominent publisher and the Continental Congress’s official printer.

A Fourth of July scene in “Little Town on the Prairie” reveals how Laura Ingalls Wilder understood freedom.

In this installment of “The Art of Liberty,’ we meet the son of Charles Willson Peale who worked in the natural sciences before his untimely death.

The need for unanimity of the colonies on the issue of independence led to tense days leading up to the signing of the country’s birth certificate.