Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way ...

The first true commander-in-chief of the armed forces to lead the Revolutionary War was not, as many believe, George ...

George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. George Washington strikes a confident pose after the victorious Battle of Princeton in this ...

William McKinley led a country defined by tariffs and colonial wars. There’s a reason Trump is so drawn to his legacy—and so ...

The statue of George Washington in the Boston Public Garden was vandalized over the weekend, according to police. Boston police responded to the statues around 7:45 a.m. Saturday, ...

In May 1865, the national government threw itself a parade. It had been more than a month since the rebellion in defense of ...

George Henry Story, 22 Jan 1835 - 24 Nov 1923 Sitter Abraham Lincoln, 12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865 Credit Line Owner: Lafayette College Date 1921 Object number K27 Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions ...

Abraham Lincoln was an American hero — but a flawed one. As we approach Juneteenth, let’s also acknowledge some ugly truths that reflect the times in which our our 16th president lived. Juneteenth ...

It happened 250 years ago this very week… “I do not think myself equal to the Command I am honored with.” It was with these words that the ever-humble George Washington accepted the ...

Is Trump more interested in modeling his presidency after Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un than that of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, or Ronald Reagan?

The Spanish-American War was the first major international conflict for a reunited nation since the Civil War. It ended in a U.S. victory that established an American empire: Spain ceded Cuba, Puerto ...