U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
Eras & Ages
From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
American history author David McCullough discusses the challenges George Washington faced in commanding the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the British military.
How did George Washington turn a rag-tag group of men into a disciplined fighting machine?
When George Washington was young, he copied down 101 rules of social behavior that would later become a book of his titled Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.
From the early settlers and the Revolutionary War against Britain, soldiers have played a key role in the seminal events that have shaped America.