George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating the first U.S. president on Monday.
Why would the founders, so meticulous in their planning, leave the powers of the presidency so remarkably brief and vague in ...
The Snedens Landing house was built in 1988 and renovated by the current owners after they bought it in 2021. Panettiere ...
Before he became the president that carried America through the Civil War and emancipated the nation's slaves, Abraham ...
Monday was President’s Day, officially celebrated on the third Monday in February, honoring all of those who have served as president of the United States. This holiday was first celebrated ...
Mary Washington helped her son develop into the leader he became. While her son was the subject of several portrait artists, ...
Journalist, author, and historian Marc Leepson will speak on March 5 at 10 a.m. to the Friends of the Library about his latest book, The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and ...
in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump seemed to question a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood battle with polio — after the Kentucky ...
In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...