Dolley Madison’s White House Adventures Just over two hundred years ago, British soldiers burned down the White House. Everything went up in flames — everything,... Read More
After Finding No Evidence Hat Was Abe Lincoln’s, Illinois Historian Is Out Of A Job This beaver-skin stovepipe hat purportedly belonged to Abraham Lincoln, but its provenance is now the topic of fierce debate. Read More
The enslaved people who built and staffed the White House: An afterthought no more Three hundred and seven. So far. Read More
The 1619 Project The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of... Read More
Dolley Madison’s White House Adventures Anyone who gets a chance to view Gilbert Stuart’s life-size painting of George Washington at the White House should thank... Read More
Abigail Adams’s Famous Letter to her Husband: ‘Remember the Ladies’ On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her husband, John, the future second president of the United States: I long... Read More
Abigail Adams’s Famous Letter to her Husband: ‘Remember the Ladies’ On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her husband, John, the future second president of the United States: Read More
Martha Was Not the Only Woman Behind George A woman helped President George Washington make one of the hardest decisions of his life. And, her name wasn’t Martha.... Read More
A timely letter by Thomas Jefferson heads to auction The letter is 218 years old, and yet it might be arriving right on time to deadlocked Washington: a missive... Read More
Remembering Pearl Harbor Today is the seventy-seventh anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Grateful American Foundation remembers the men and... Read More
AP World History course is dropping thousands of years of human events — and critics are furious Since 2002, the AP World History course has covered thousands of years of human activity around the planet, starting 10,000... Read More
