George Washington rose from land surveyor to Commander-in-Chief and the first U.S. President. His leadership helped shape a ...

On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a ...

Lie? George is famous for his confession to his father, “I cannot tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet,” referring to the ...

Alex Soros, son of George Soros, married Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, in a high-profile Hamptons wedding.

Two superfly peregrine falcons were rightly perched on a pedestal this past Father’s Day for fiercely protecting their ...

He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, George Washington had just become president. By Robert D. McFadden ...

who served in the 1840s and was born in 1790 during George Washington’s first term, died May 25 at his home in Richmond. He was 96. The death, at a retirement community, was confirmed by Annique ...

The American Revolution was fought to free American colonists from an overbearing British government. Yet, only a few years ...

Larry Provost is a Columnist and Commentator in Washington, D.C. A 26-year Army veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, ...

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, according to the Library of Congress. Both Wilson, in 1916, and President Coolidge, in ...