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Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class

Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

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Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

Meet the American who conjured up 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, first US celebrity author

Meet the American who made us flip for hamburgers, Louis Lassen, Danish immigrant street-wagon cook

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Meet the American who made us flip for hamburgers, Louis Lassen, Danish immigrant street-wagon cook

Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

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Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

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Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class

LIFESTYLE October 18

Meet the American who invented the hard hat, a proud symbol of our nation's working class

Edward W. Bullard invented the hard hat in 1919, then patented it in 1929. It's credited with saving lives on job sites while also becoming a symbol of working-class America.

Meet the American who conjured up 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, first US celebrity author

LIFESTYLE October 11

Meet the American who conjured up 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow': Washington Irving, first US celebrity author

Washington Irving was born in New York City in 1783, just 18 months after his namesake George Washington led America to independence with victory over the British at Yorktown.

Meet the American who defined a new national identity, Noah Webster, New England patriot armed with the pen

LIFESTYLE October 4

Meet the American who defined a new national identity, Noah Webster, New England patriot armed with the pen

Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using language to establish a new national identity.

Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

LIFESTYLE September 27

Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

Meet the American who shared sensational accounts of UFO encounters. John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — his journal of colonial life is essential to American history.

Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger

LIFESTYLE September 20

Meet the American who was the first paid professional football player: Pudge Heffelfinger

Gridiron goliath and Yale star Pudge Heffelfinger was later paid $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association in 1892, becoming the first professional football player.

Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

LIFESTYLE September 13

Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger Williams — and planted the first apple orchards in America.

Meet the American who invented the shopping cart, Sylvan Goldman, Oklahoma supermarket mogul

LIFESTYLE September 6

Meet the American who invented the shopping cart, Sylvan Goldman, Oklahoma supermarket mogul

Meet Sylvan Goldman, an American born to immigrant parents in Oklahoma. As a businessman, his brilliantly simple invention, the shopping cart, changed consumer culture.

Meet the American who inspired American Legion Baseball, John Griffith, WWI vet and sports pioneer

LIFESTYLE August 30

Meet the American who inspired American Legion Baseball, John Griffith, WWI vet and sports pioneer

John L. Griffith was an early 20th-century college sports administrator whose call to action inspired the creation of American Legion Baseball in 1925.

Meet the American who invented the folding beach chair, Fredric Arnold, WWII hero, innovator, artist, actor

LIFESTYLE August 23

Meet the American who invented the folding beach chair, Fredric Arnold, WWII hero, innovator, artist, actor

Artist and World War II combat pilot Fredric Arnold famously invented the collapsible beach chair, but his most important work was a monumental tribute to American war heroes.

Meet the American who launched modern submarines, John Philip Holland, 'brilliant' self-taught engineer

LIFESTYLE August 16

Meet the American who launched modern submarines, John Philip Holland, 'brilliant' self-taught engineer

Meet the American who is "the father of the modern submarine." The first U.S. and British submarines, the USS Holland and HMS Holland, were the designs of John Philip Holland.