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Test your knowledge of the U.S. government

Yesterday I shared 5 tools that can inspire civic education at home. Now I'm going to quiz you on some basic U.S. government facts that you and...

Civic education: bridging the gap between school and home

Reading, writing… civics?According to the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress results released last Wednesday, only 24% of...

Rare Thomas Jefferson letter up for auction

Over 200 years ago Thomas Jefferson could probably not have imagined that a letter he wrote reporting on the Lewis and Clark expedition would wind...

Beatles 1965 anti-segregation contract sells for over $20,000

The 1965 Beatles contract which contained a clause saying the group wouldn't play to a segregated audience sold Tuesday for $23,033 ...

Michele Bachmann's Soviet Union mistake

GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is mixing up some of her historical facts while on the campaign trail. In recent months, she has...

This day in American history: July 8

On this day in 1776, the Liberty Bell tolled to call the public to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. The original...

This day in American history: July 7

On this day in 1865, Mary Surratt becomes the first woman executed in the United States by the federal government for her role in the assassination...

This day in history: July 6th

On this day in 2011, America reacts to the Casey Anthony verdict. Since 2008, when the news broke that 2 year old Caylee Marie Anthony was missing,...