James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...
In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump reached back into history to signal how he will implement his promise ...
Americans once again stood against the might of the British military, as their forefathers had done during the Revolution. A ...
It was famously saved from almost certain destruction by first lady Dolley Madison during the War of 1812 when the British ... Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe.
In the summer of 1789, James Madison, who was the man of all others ... when Astoria was founded. “But for the war of 1812,” Astor used to say, “I should have been the richest man that ...
As president-elect Donald Trump threatens Canada’s sovereignty, historian Jamie Bradburn reminisces on America’s invasion of ...
Our 47th president takes the oath of office on Monday, and in his declarations about wanting to acquire Greenland and ...
Sabin Howard has been at the center of a battle over sculpture for over three decades. I first wrote about him in this space nearly twenty years ago, when I paid a visit to his studio in the South ...
The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...
At this time, 211 years ago, our area was on the frontlines of the United States’ second conflict with Great Britain, which would come to be known as the War of 1812. The majority of the ...