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In between two rivers, the sprawling city might seem like one of many other American cities, but at the heart of Philadelphia lies a rich city teeming with American history.

Thursday, April 14 is the 104th day of 2022. There are 261 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1775: The first American society for the abolition of slavery is organised by Benjam...

Dozens and dozens of mercury-laden purgative pills invented by Founding Father Benjamin Rush were an indispensible part of the Corps of Discoverys kit; the toxic-but-effective tablets helped explorers cope with a very-low-fiber diet.

John Saxton, founder of the Ohio Repository, published front-page poetry in his newspaper.

In Early America, some prestigious residents advocated for the replacement of cane sugar, supplied by enslaved workers, with maple sugar from family farms.

See what was happening on April 2 throughout the decades in Manistee County. 

John Marrant, George Liele, Andrew Bryan, David George, Richard Allen, and Harry Hosier.

Niall O'Dowd on the untold stories of women and Protestants the major theme of his new book "George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America". The Irish people who were heroes of early America.

Ohio Republicans propose to enforce their flat interpretation of our past. Authoritarianism relies on rulers’ ability to enforce a worldview at odds with reality.If our purpose in opposing Putin in Ukraine is to stand up to authoritarianism, then we should resist authoritarianism at home, too.

Twenty years ago, York County celebrated the 225th anniversary of the Articles of Confederation.