Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary war the new American country needed currency, and Stephen Burroughs was happy to oblige. He...
Leonard Black couldn’t read or write when he escaped slavery in Maryland, but he found a way to pay for his education....
One day at the Brownington school in Orleans County, Vt., a youngster approached the front of the class to answer an arithmetic...
Henry Monroe was just 13 years old when he directed maneuvers for the 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry Regiment during the ill-fated attack...