An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant carrying a castle on its back has been added to a ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not ...

Snowflakes provide many of us with our earliest impressions of what it means to be unique. Even within a group—the flakes so ...

In Alabama, Washington shares the spotlight with friend-turned-rival Thomas Jefferson, the nation's third president and primary author of the Declaration of Independence. In Arkansas, it's Daisy ...

Fort Bragg, which was named for a Confederate general until the military changed it to Fort Liberty, will again bear its ...