25 Rare Photos That Changed the Course of Our Nation

Picturing iconic situations and a window into the events that have changed the course of our nation. A picture is worth a thousand words – these pictures have shocked, inspired, and moved us as a country.

From a picture taken in 1863 where dead soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and more than 50,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed, injured, or captured during the Civil War to the Space Shuttle Challenger that explodes shortly after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986, all these photos will amaze you.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!