When British forces under Benedict Arnold sailed up the James River to invade Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, then Governor, hesitated and then fled. Years later he returned to power and became president.

As I watch the events of government unfolding, it has become clear that the Democrat party many seemed to favor decades ago has been left behind with socialist thinking. Do standard bearer democrats ...

President Trump’s “demolish first, ask questions later” approach highlights a tension involved in a bipartisan desire to ...

Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the ...

Museums keep historic artifacts, families keep family treasures, in the case of Christopher de Vinck, he still holds on to a ...

The King of Rock n' Roll rose above his humble start in life. He's still revered for his music and what he represents.

Art that encourages hope. Raed Issa is an artist in Gaza, a Palestinian father of four desperately clinging to hope. Cobbling ...

While many enslaved people tried to escape when what's formally known as "chattel slavery" was legal in the United States, ...

Maxine Darst Flatt, age 95, passed away in a Dallas hospital on November 7, 2025, following a short illness. Visitation will ...

More than any other historical event, the opening of the Erie Canal, on Oct. 26, 1825, set Chicago on the path to becoming ...

The White House Historical Association noted that when Roosevelt renovated the White House, the Washington Post said the president's "attempt to ‘modernize' [the White House] has destroyed its ...