Over 400 years ago on Sept. 16, 1620, the Mayflower set sail from England, carrying some of the earliest American colonists.

The Trump/MAGA/White Supremacist administration is ordering the removal of information and depictions of the era of slavery in the United States. One of the most emblematic images of enslavement is ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin both joined a roundtable discussion on American history. Youngkin and Moore both said they hope the 250th birthday will get Americans to focus ...

Some items the White House took issue with were on display when USA TODAY visited the museum in late August, though others ...

I’m grateful that Visit Philly — the city’s main tourism agency — has promised to find a new home for historical displays ...

Claims that federal officials ordered the removal of a the infamous 1863 image sparked concern over the Trump administration’s efforts to eradicate what it calls “corrosive ideology,” despite the US ...

Trump once praised the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Now it's at the center of his targeting of the Smithsonian.

Eric Foner’s essay collection “Our Fragile Freedoms” demonstrates how our understanding of the past can deepen and grow more ...