In the first Thanksgiving proclamation, first president asks God to enable a “Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed.” ...

Thanksgiving tradition of national gratitude runs deep in American spirit, yet schools increasingly skip teaching ...

Gustav Klimt painted the Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer between 1914 and 1916 for some of his biggest patrons, August and ...

Jay has international fame, wealth, servants, and a gorgeous house on a hilltop, but he’s a lonely man at the end of his rope ...

Brian Kilmeade retraces George Washington's famous Delaware River crossing in Fox Nation's "What Makes America Great" and ...

This school year, the Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology launches a series to explore strategies for using digital ...

Edwin Allen was among the first to show up. He adopted a 2-year-old dog he fell in love with last week, but couldn't take ...

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw ...

Contributing writer for The Prospect Caroline Naughton covers the American Art pavilion in the Princeton University Art ...

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS George Washington quietly steamed out of Tokyo Bay on Tuesday to resume its annual patrol after an extended mid-deployment stop. The carrier was initially ...

“I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvass taken out.” — Dolley Madison, letter to her sister, Aug. 23, 1814 “The means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments ...