Colonel Roosevelt was an adventurer, explorer, scholar, author, historian, boxer, cowboy, big game hunter, and elected official. Teddy, as he hated being called, was also fearless and nearly ...

An account of what it was like for some enslaved people to make the weeks-long journey by ship from the mid-Atlantic states ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

Few presidential powers are as consequential and enduring as the appointment of a judge to the Supreme Court of the United ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin heads for two states that are early gatekeepers for the Republican presidential nomination ...

A traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall is in central Pennsylvania this weekend. It’s a small-scale version of the Vietnam Memorial ...

Posey served in various military roles throughout the Revolution. The Indiana Historical Society has his original enlistment ...

Although these decrees are nothing new in American government, they must be issued within the scope of a president's ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Henry Harrison: Politics and ...

Did you ever notice how the weather sneaks into our everyday conversations—and even our history? U.S. Presidents, standing at the crossroads of power and people, ... Read more The post 10 Famous ...

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...