The Great American History Blog

  John Billington was not a Pilgrim. He was part of the “Strangers”—non‑Separatists recruited by the London merchants who financed the voyag...

  Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter renowned for symbolic works depicting religious and moral themes. He is known for grotesq...

  Mount Vernon has always been a place of pilgrimage because of the tomb of George Washington, America’s secular saint.   Prior to the outbr...

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  This dramatic painting is based on a true story, the rescue of fourteen year old Brook Watson from the jaws of a hungry shark in the harbo...

    How Martha Washington Lived: 18th Century Customs Who Were the Slaves of the Founding Fathers? H His dentures were not wooden.   Washin...

  Bat Masterson stands out as one of the Old West’s most unusual figures—a man who balanced frontier grit with refined elegance. In Dodge Ci...

  Video: Custer's Coat George Armstrong Custer’s buckskin coat at the Smithsonian is one of the most evocative artifacts tied to the fro...