In 1861, Major General John C. Fremont issued an emancipation proclamation in St. Louis, freeing slaves in Missouri, a bold ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

The film discusses the historical context leading to the American Civil War, focusing on the sectional tensions between free ...

Kennedy was even a notable politician, a thriller called The Tall Target dared to ask, "what if Abraham Lincoln was saved from assassination by a guy named... John Kennedy?" There isn't a punchline ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that a new statue of Abraham Lincoln in Salem reminds us of the promise and power of the American presidency.

On Presidents Day, Boston offers a wish that our 47th president might learn from the examples of our 1st and 16th presidents.

Pennsylvania's presidential landscape took root in 1857, when Lancaster County's James Buchanon became the 15th president.

The week before Abraham Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’s birthdays, Opera Lafayette — best known under founder Ryan Brown ...

From luxury stays in Colorado to Washington, D.C., learn the lore and history of five hotels with presidential suites ...

Presidents Day — the third Monday in February — originally was linked to the the birthday of George Washington, our nation's ...