The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

Wooden bowling pin used in the White House during Harry S. Truman's administration, about 1951 Truman installed the first ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt held the office of president longer than anyone, more than twelve years. Under his direction, the ...

John Tyler (1841-1845) was the first president to use "Hail to the Chief" at official and diplomatic occasions to mark the ...

Americans have given for a wide variety of reasons that have changed over time. Their motivations have ranged from feeling religious or moral obligation to concerns about societal change, from giving ...

In the charity tradition, people with disabilities were seen as dependent and in need of help or saving. The proliferation of American charitable efforts directed at people with disabilities began in ...

Howard Bowker’s collection included some of the earliest media of exchange in China—small bronze spades, knives, and bridge money. These objects were cast in metal molds and designed to look like ...

Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich painstakingly collected the coinage of the House of Romanov, Russia’s second imperial dynasty, which ruled from 1613 to 1917. The history of this powerful family can be ...

Valuing disability as a part of one’s core identity is a principle of social empowerment. Yet, to be sure, understanding the roles of environment and public attitude in the creation of disability does ...

Washington reviewing the troops As commander in chief, George Washington reviewed the western army at Fort Cumberland, ...

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Ancient Roman people made these bronze coins. They show portraits of Roman leaders called emperors. These emperors were among the first people in the world to put their own faces on coins. When the ...