Walter Washington is a sixth-generation nephew of the first U.S. president. The tour of Washington family homes, he says, “is ...

Humboldt School students held a George Washington birthday party in 1931 ...

DES MOINES — More universities have denied claims from Des Moines Public Schools' former superintendent about his education and accomplishments, raising questions about how thoroughly Iowa's largest ...

Before we know it, we will be celebrating 250 years since our Nation's founding.

“The MIT Registrar’s Office has no record of enrollment for a person with the name Ian Andre Roberts,” an MIT Sloan School of Management spokesperson said. "The university has no record of awarding ...

Several people in different river region organizations have felt disheartened by the violence they have seen in Montgomery. Now, they’re doing something about it. The family members and loved ones of ...

In 1796, an exhausted George Washington did a truly remarkable thing — he announced that he would not seek a third term as president, a term he could have easily won. Washington enlisted Alexander ...

Outside of Philadelphia, the Emlen House is where the nation’s first president stayed while leading the Continental Army in 1777.

I was born before the polio vaccine was invented. I have a memory, a question and a sermon. The memory: Me and all my little friends in our east-side Detroit apartment complex suddenly barred from ...

Mount Rushmore is an American icon: Its majestic, 60-foot-tall carved presidential heads, overlooking South Dakota’s Black Hills, have been immortalized in cinema and remain a bucket-list destination ...

For road trip planners, the Giant Quarter makes an excellent anchor point for a larger exploration of Pennsylvania’s roadside attractions. You could create an entire weekend itinerary around the state ...