Presidential libraries in the United States today follow the same principle: They become monuments to the former presidents, ...

Last week I took a look a the military service from the American Revolution to the Civil War of the people elected to the ...

One day over 30 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt strode into a Fifth Avenue (N.Y.) tailor shop to compliment a young coatmaker, now a Pittsfield ...

This Time We Leave the Country Stripped on Blocks,” Adam Chandler’s 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American ...

Historian Lindsay Chervinsky’s new book, “Making the Presidency,” is a profile of John Adams. But it’s also an instructive examination of how the presidency has evolved to become what it is today.

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...

Black History Month theme is “African Americans and Labor.” The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) notes that the theme sets out to highlight and celebrate the ...

A new biography suggests that the eighth U.S. president, who was born in Kinderhook, deserves to be remembered — though not ...

The Georges Inn is like stepping into a Hallmark movie, but with better Wi-Fi. This boutique hotel is spread across several ...

The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in ...