LNGenZ News for Kids: History

George Washington’s Constitutionalism, by Professor William B. Allen. In this video, renowned scholar W. B. Allen, Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at Michigan State University, discusses the many facets of George Washington’s Constitutionalism. Professor Allen highlights how the American Revolution… Read More

The US recently celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, recognizing two and a half centuries since the Founding Fathers formally broke ties with Great Britain and King George III. But long before the United States was even… Read More

Founders, Famous and Forgotten, by Professor Daniel Dreisbach of the American University helps us to remember why we celebrate some members of the Founding generation and forget others. Americans have a “founding moment” we can point to, and have celebrated… Read More

From writing the Declaration of Independence to guiding the Continental Army to victory, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams – three of America’s Founding Fathers – played critical roles in the fight for American independence. On April 19, 1775,… Read More

On July 2, 1776, delegates of the Second Continental Congress gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they voted in favor of a resolution declaring independence from Great Britain and its monarch, King George III. The vote was unanimous, although New York… Read More

Learn more about the American Revolution, the Tea Act, and the Constitution as told by Professor Jack Rakove.

A funny name with a serious history: It comes from combining “June” and “nineteenth,” and it marks an important event in American history as the last enslaved people in the United States finally learned that they were free. In 2021,… Read More

There was a time when kids as young as eight or nine served this country in the battle. Some officially and with actual rank while others were tag-alongs. They participated in wars and skirmishes and lived lives that in today’s… Read More

Every year on the final Monday in May, Americans observe Memorial Day, a federal holiday that honors US troops who gave their lives while serving in the military. Originally called “Decoration Day,” the special occasion was first recognized in 1868… Read More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) grew up in a very eventful time in America. The country was fairly new with hardly any culture of its own yet, and the Civil War was looming. Unlike many poets of his era,… Read More

Rachel Donelson, later Rachel Jackson, was a quiet woman who preferred the calm and quaint country life. But little did she know that she’d be thrust into the public eye that spanned the nation. The Early Life of Rachel Jackson… Read More