04/17/2014 - 20:00
The first shot of the American Revolution wasn’t fired across Lexington Green when Colonial
minutemen and British soldiers faced off on the Massachusetts battlefield April 19, 1775.
04/11/2014 - 20:00
Tax day has arrived. The deadline overshadows all else in the middle of April. But April 15 actually commemorates a number of historically significant – and in some cases, ghastly – incidents. Here are a few:
04/07/2014 - 20:00
During a press conference April 7, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that if one country became communist, others could follow. He described this as the falling domino principle.
03/13/2014 - 14:00
Updated 7 years ago
On St. Patrick’s Day, we’re all Irish, but some of us are Irish every other day of the year too. That includes more than half of the 44 men who have been president of the United States.
02/02/2014 - 09:04
Another year, another session of Congress. Will they
ever compromise?
01/13/2014 - 17:00
Donald Trump is the first president to have no previous government service, civilian or military, at any level.
11/13/2013 - 06:33
With Joe Biden’s election, Delaware joins the ranks of states that have sent a resident to the White House.
11/05/2013 - 08:40
Updated 7 years ago
George Washington was elected without being part of a political party.
10/28/2013 - 20:00
In 1776, Great Britain's population was roughly three times the size of the Colonies.
10/23/2013 - 11:14
It is one of American history’s most famous events: The Continental Army’s winter at Valley Forge. And it is commemorated in one of the nation’s most famous paintings:
The Prayer at Valley Forge.