Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the ...

Museum leaders are working to connect people today to the events of 1776. They’re confident they can, and will.

The NIH says funding cuts would save it billions of dollars a year. D.C.-area industry and academic leaders say it would cripple R&D.

The unencumbered view of St Paul's without the Millennium Bridge in the way was snapped in the latter part of Queen ...

If the monarchical trappings and powers of the modern presidency are unavoidable, we at least should not encourage them. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has its own holiday. The presidency ...

James Madison University professor Rebecca Brannon studies age and the American Revolution. She says her students are often ...

El Paso’s Edward Greer, retired Army major general, died at 100. His burial will be Friday at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.

The founder of Johnson Products Co., as he insists in his new memoir, “Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the ...

Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer For self-styled students of American history, like me, Presidents Day provides an annual ...

Now that we’ve reached the All-Star break, we have the benefit of a half-season of hindsight to revaluate the Sixers’ ...