Stories of American grit
The history behind the art, and the craft behind the frame.
The Night America Almost Died: George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware
Christmas night, 1776. The Continental Army was finished and everyone knew it. Then George Washington did something that had no right to...
The Car Detroit Was Afraid to Build: The Untold Story of Why the Ford Mustang Almost Never Existed
Ford's accountants said it would lose money and its engineers said it was impractical. Lee Iacocca built the Mustang anyway, and made...
Nobody Wrote It Down: The Mystery Behind Patrick Henry's Most Famous Words
Give me liberty, or give me death. Patrick Henry's speech changed the Revolution, yet nobody in St. John's Church wrote a word...
Top 5 Civil War Moments Immortalized in Patriotic Art
Gettysburg, Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Sherman's march and Appomattox: five Civil War moments and the art that captures them.
The Turning Points of the Civil War: Epic Battles and Strategies That Saved the Union
Fort Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg and the Wilderness: the battles and decisions that turned the Civil War and preserved the Union.
Civil Rights Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Allies and the Unsung Battles for Equality
From the Montgomery bus boycott to the Voting Rights Act, the organizers, lawyers and ordinary citizens who fought beside Martin Luther King...