The White House was first built at the turn of the 19th Century, but was burned to the ground by the British during the War of 1812. Rebuilt and remodeled by multiple presidents, the modern White House has 132 rooms totaling 55,000 square feet.

Hurricane Katrina was a category 3 storm that made landfall on August 29th, 2005. New Orleans would be the epicenter of FEMA’s failed response with 112,000 people trapped in the Superdome or rapidly flooding homes.

From colonial times through the industrial revolution, child labor in America grew to a staggering 18% of the American workforce. It wasn’t until the 20th Century when reforms would be made.

The Statue of Liberty was conceived, designed and constructed by the French to honor the centennial of America’s Declaration of Independence. The statue arrived in New York Harbor in 1886 and has become an iconic national monument.

The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 occurred at a time when it was unpatriotic to wear certain materials that defied the war effort narrative, causing friction between minorities who wore zoot suits and servicemen who were offended.

Yosemite national park consists of 1,187 square miles in California, 95% of which is designated remote wilderness. Every year as many as five million visitors come to see a small sliver of Yosemite Valley.

After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, FDR signed executive order 9066 leading to the Internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans until nearly six months after WWII ended.