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.

George Washington at the Battle of Princeton ... He then made a career of portraying early American heroes like Washington and Thomas Jefferson. “What am I looking at?” Soltis remembered thinking, per ...

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.

Stacker used Census data and other sources to explore the history of Black Wall Streets and their legacy in present-day Black business districts.

As California prepares for heavy rain in areas recently burned by wildfires, the first of three storms expected in the US this week impacted communities from the Ohio Valley east to New Jersey.

Foreign aid programs at risk of being cut by Trump and Musk represent a tiny fraction of overall federal spending.