From London rooftops during the Blitz to his reports on Senator McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow set a standard of honest reporting. John tells his story.

In April 1862, Union raiders stole the locomotive General and ran it north toward Chattanooga. Six of them became the first Medal of Honor recipients.

The bird, not the action figure. A U.S. Army pigeon flew 20 miles in 20 minutes in 1943 to stop a bombing raid on British troops.

MacArthur's famous promise wasn't made on a Philippine beach. It came at a small train station in South Australia after a harrowing PT boat escape.

A patriot lawyer agreed to defend the British soldiers who fired on a Boston crowd. John Adams risked his reputation for a fair trial.

Key wrote it in 1814, but The Star-Spangled Banner didn't become the national anthem until 1931. A cartoon helped push Congress to act.

Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat on December 1, 1955. Nine months earlier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did the same thing.

A dented British cannon at the Naval Academy tells the story of the shot that killed Captain George Downie at Plattsburgh in 1814.