12/06/2013 - 14:05
What would we put on our wish list? Here are a dozen good books for the history lover's tree.
12/02/2013 - 11:24
President Barack Obama reached back 150 years to find words for his Thanks-giving proclamation this year.
11/26/2013 - 07:26
No matter who you are, you can love Thanksgiving.
11/19/2013 - 09:20
Today we commemorate the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Lincoln’s 270 or so words constitute one of the most important speeches in U.S. history—a powerful evocation of the nation’s ideals and aspirations.
11/18/2013 - 20:00
If you were once taught that President Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope while en route to Pennsylvania, you are in good company.
11/15/2013 - 06:43
He served in office for only three years, but authors continue to examine and re-examine the life, death and legacy of John F. Kennedy. The 50th anniversary of his assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, disgorged a torrent of books about the 35th president.
11/08/2013 - 08:04
Political pundits spent every minute of the past six months interpreting Virginia’s hotly contested gubernatorial race between Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, and Ken Cuccinelli, a tea party Republican. But as the dust settles and the campaign signs are plucked from the ground, McAuliffe will take office facing tough economic issues.
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.
10/11/2013 - 13:52
Two new films offer different perspectives on riveting historical events.
09/30/2013 - 20:00
Thomas Jefferson has one. Abraham Lincoln has one. So do Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and 15 other presidents.
