When the U. S. Constitution was adopted, it was generally thought that George Washington would be the first president. In fact, he was elected unanimously. In his Farewell Address in ...

A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United ...

Twenty Republican senators and a handful of House Republicans could impeach and remove Trump. Congress could act, but won’t. A man can dream.

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The 1793 declaration that the United States would remain neutral in the war between Britain and France divided the country but saved the nation. News of the French Revolution in 1789 stirred the ...

He is the director of The Gotham Center for New York City History, and one of his missions is, well, to explain the ...

Its mission is outdated.  In 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its counterpart to NATO, the Warsaw Pact, ...

What's happening in Washoe County’s DA race is a clear example of what’s wrong with how we currently conduct elections.

I was six when I first saw the Declaration of Independence. There, in its old marble shrine in the Rotunda of the National ...

I know we’re missing something . . . and I’m very distressed by it,’ the justice said of declining civics and history education, in an interview with NR.

The King and Queen were hosted by the Trumps for a White House state dinner this week ...

Stops included Washington, D.C., New York City, and Virginia to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.