Fifteen-year-old Paul Jennings looked out the window of the President's House. America was at war...

When nine-year-old Sarah and her little sister, Annie, set out on their way to school on January ...

In March 1865, the Civil War between the North and South and had been going on for four years. Th...

Captured at sea . . . a young man must choose between his country and his freedom. The Atlantic...

Eleven-year-old Johnny Mickley longed to be a hero and have some part in helping America gain its...

In mid-May 1775, the American Revolution was barely a month old. Many British soldiers were in Bo...

William Penn was only twenty-two years old the first time he went to prison. He had attended a me...

Nebraska, 1888. Sisters Sarah and Annie arrive at school on an unusually warm January day. When t...

Eleven-year-old Clara Morgan traveled the Oregon Trail with her family. While her mother cared fo...

Captured at sea . . . a young man must choose between his country and his freedom. The Atlantic...

Something isn't right in New Madrid, Missouri. Nine-year-old Marie sees hundreds of birds flying ...

James Forten knew how important freedom was. He was a free African American born in Philadelphia,...