Video - America's History in a Nutshell

Did you know that on July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Britain, marking the birth of a new nation? On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, shocking the nation. On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon changed the course of history. And on January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the first African American president of the United States. What a rollercoaster of events in American history!