PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

In a legal career that spanned nearly a quarter century, Abraham Lincoln accepted all ... In the other known McLean County case, decided in 1850, Lincoln and Asahel Gridley represented Lee Allin ...

Teen artists showcase their talent and creativity by displaying flower silhouettes, neon acrylic artwork inspired by the ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...

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

A new biography suggests that the eighth U.S. president, who was born in Kinderhook, deserves to be remembered — though not ...

Although John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected President in 1960 at the age of 43, Theodore Roosevelt became the ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

A formal celebration of Black history in this country began more than 50 years before Kent State University, in 1970, first celebrated Black History Month. The first U.S. president to recognize the ...