Neely Tucker

Jewish merchants on the island of Sint Eustatius helped sustain the American Revolution after the island gave the U.S. its first foreign salute in 1776.

On Wolcott's trailblazing four years of photography with the Farm Security Administration.

In 1872, former slave Mary Virginia Montgomery, now a cotton plantation owner, records her life’s changes after moving from slavery to self-sufficiency.

How the federal government enlisted ordinary citizens to spy on each other for the war effort.

Since we have new presidential pets, Champ and Major, we take a quick look back at one of the nation’s most famous four-legged White House inhabitants.

Wire service reporting from the capital provided much of the nation with coverage of federal government and politics.