America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of ...

Ted Widmer, a historian, is the author of the forthcoming book “The Living Declaration: A Biography of America’s Founding ...

Former Supreme Court Justice Joseph McKenna was sworn in on this day in 1898. McKenna’s Oyez biography notes that, although he studied law before beginning a political career, he was […] The post ...

Legendary actor/producer/director Warren Beatty was born in Richmond and went to high school in Arlington at what was then ...

PBS will rebroadcast the hit docuseries over six consecutive Fridays Jan. 9-Feb. 13, plus the Oklahoma History Center will host a Jan. 24 screening.

Any discussion of films and TV series about the American revolution has to start with a caveat. There have been historical movies for as long as there have been movies, but films and TV series about ...

These standout shows placed larger-than-life historical events and figures in the forefront, resulting in some of the most gripping television ever aired.

America has made a larger contribution to the history of music than any other nation, writes Richard Morrison... no really!

Maybe Harrisburg’s connections to the Revolutionary War aren’t obvious. No battles raged here. No signers of the Declaration ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces criticism over plans to install bidets at Gracie Mansion, with Democrats pointing out ...

There’s much to read in the the coming months of this year from authors including George Saunders, Tayari Jones, Helen Garner, Ibram X. Kendi, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney and Michael ...

Any historical list of six-hitters before then is inevitably incomplete. We do now have details for all Test sixes, where Ben Stokes leads the way with 133: most Test scorebooks exist and, where they ...