The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Multilingual means being able to speak more than two languages. John Quincy Adams leads the pack, having been able to speak 9 ...

I recently had the privilege of being featured in the new film “The American Miracle.” The film is a docudrama, a mix of ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

Evolution of the mega funeral -- William McKinley: September 14, 1901 -- Grover Cleveland: June 24, 1908 -- Theodore Roosevelt: January 6, 1919 -- Warren Gamaliel Harding: August 2, 1923 -- Woodrow ...

Straight from the digital files of The Evening Sentinel, courtesy of The Ansonia Historical Commission, this week we take a ...

John Adams, center, the Republican candidate for Virginia attorney general, spoke as he attended one of campaign office kick-off events with Ed Gillespie, left, the GOP nominee for governor, and ...

Of those letters that do survive there are one hundred and two from Adams and forty-eight from Jefferson. In 1813 Adams wrote twenty-nine, Jefferson, seven.

The Fourth of July is more than a day of fireworks; it’s a tribute to the enduring ideals that built a nation: freedom, ...

HOOVER: Jesse Jones ran the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which was initiated under President Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression.