On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this...
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of African and African American music to the United States’ musical traditions. Steven Lewis, a...
Our study of music in Early America continues with this third episode in our five-episode series. Our last two episodes (Episode 343 and...
Our 5-episode series about music in Early America continues with this second episode that seeks to answer your questions about music in...
What was music like in Early America? How did different early Americans—Native Americans, African Americans, and White Americans—integrate...
Did you know that small Native American nations had the power to dictate the terms of French colonization in the Gulf South region...
Prepare for tricks, treats, and time travel! In honor of Halloween, we’re traveling back to the mid-seventeenth century to investigate a...
The War of 1812 is an under-known conflict in United States history. It’s not a war that many Americans think about or dwell upon. And it...
Between May 25 and September 17, 1787, delegates from each of the United States’ thirteen states assembled in Philadelphia for an event we...
What made trade with China so important to the new United States that one of Americans’ first acts after securing the United States’...