Garfield had a short tenure as U.S. President, but it started with a ball at the Smithsonian's newest building.

# Monroe, the fifth president of the United States (1817-25), was the last of the so-called ‘founding fathers’ of the American republic to serve as president. His tenure was not especially ...

In 1823, President James Monroe wanted to stop European powers from meddling in the Americas. The idea had a corollary — that ...

On November 15, 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The cornerstone ...

President Trump has tightened the U.S. grip on the Americas by rewarding allies and punishing rivals. That has upended the ...

There's only one home in America that was once owned by a presidential Founding Father and has remained in private hands—until now. The Washington Post reports the sprawling Virginia estate that ...