Grant's Farm was built by Civil War Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, who settled on the land in 1855 to farm and raise cattle. In 1903, August A. Busch Sr. bought the land, and ever since it has belonged to ...

First issued in 1981, the annual ornament typically features the presidents but can highlight other historic anniversaries or ...

The author of "Antisemitism, An American Tradition" laments cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Public ...

Some downtowns haven’t changed much in decades—and that’s exactly the point. Across the U.S., there are towns where the ...

The art of culinary diplomacy, practiced by presidents at White House state dinners for more than 150 years, is the theme of this year's official ... President Ulysses Grant hosted the first ...

“He was crucified for us!” an elderly African American from York, Pennsylvania, told a newspaper that Easter weekend.

A century before, in 1875, the local scene was even more boisterous, with a speaking platform collapsing twice under President Ulysses S. Grant and ... a small amount of money, through the ...

Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100. A century later, it is ...