The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the bonanza of consumerism it has become today. For some ...

Officials plan to purposefully sink the passenger ship off the coast of Florida, where it will become the world's largest ...

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it ...

This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

George Washington's second inauguration took place in Philadelphia in March 1793. Six months later, yellow fever had ripped through America's capital city, taking 5,000 lives. How did the Founding ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Federal judges in Maryland, Washington State and New Hampshire have already issued similar injunctions to stop the executive ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

Join history teacher and award-winning author AJ Schenkman for a virtual talk that explores the mysterious disappearance of ...

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state ...