JFK, the son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He was the second of nine children the couple shared.

We are learning more about some of the 67 victims aboard the American Eagle plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided ...

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday ...

Presidents Day falls on the Monday after Valentine's Day, which will be on a Friday this year. Here's who will get a ...

When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...

Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa , a well-deserved honor for the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, ...

Next month will mark the 50th anniversary of the permanent preservation of Arlington's oldest existing residential structure.

The orders include some actions that experts say may beyond the reach of the president’s pen and could be tied up in courts ...

President Donald Trump's inauguration was filled with sweeping executive orders, a roaring crowd of supporters at Capital One ...

Decades before it was Dr. King’s dream, a Four State native preached a message of love and understanding between people of different races. The George Washington Carver ...

With the latest presidential inauguration set to take place in Washington on Monday, Eyewitness News takes a look at where the first one took place: the heart of New York City, more than two centuries ...