Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all ...

One of America’s greatest love stories can be understood through more than 1,000 eloquent letters that were sent between John ...

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Thomas Jefferson Rusk stepped out of Sam Houston’s giant shadow long enough to give his maiden speech in the United States Senate.

President Trump, in one of his freewheeling chats with the press, offered last week to declare an emergency at the ...

"The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the ...

Next year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas ...

Today is the 216th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. It’s a date in 1809 that he shares with another famous figure of the 19th century, Charles Darwin. But it was also ...