#american-history

#american-history

For more than a century, people have wondered about the model Bartholdi used for Lady Liberty, with historical records suggesting inspiration from Ancient Egypt and his mother.

The darkly comic musical weaves together the stories of Booth and eight other presidential assassins, questioning what role the American dream has played in this violence.

Tea cultivation in America dates back to the 18th century, with our earliest attempt in Savannah, Georgia. French botanist André Michaux planted the first black tea plant in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1799, igniting tea-growing experiments.

Local politicians in the Pelican State's Iberville Parish lamented the unrecoverable loss of what was a beacon of a difficult chapter of American history.

From the late 1950s into the '80s, thousands of motels proudly advertised their Magic Fingers - a little collection of vibrating electric nodes under your mattress that would give you a 15-minute 'massage' for 25 cents, inspiring creators from Kurt Vonnegut to Frank Zappa. Alas, their moment passed.

Benjamin Franklin, a printer and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, is known for his contributions to early American politics and the printing trade.

As Jeffrey P. Rogg observes, Nathan Hale's idealism rendered him an ineffective spy, highlighting a fundamental tension between American values and the nature of espionage.

The estate was designed as a tribute to the Simpson's passions, featuring a replica of the Oval Office, a baseball-themed room, and memorabilia collections.

"The 1950s was such a moment in American history in which I felt so much change everything I had seen was in black and white. And I wanted to make it colorful."

The Apollo program achieved the remarkable feat of landing a human on the Moon through the largest peacetime allocation of resources ever made by any nation.

The cocktail as it is today is credited to Huber's' James Louie because of the subtle but impactful changes he made to the drink.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which claimed the lives of my Great Aunt Fannie and 145 others, sparked significant changes in workplace safety regulations and union movements.

Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4 focuses on the flaws in the system, revealing that any system based on oppression ultimately leads to its own downfall.