Any worthwhile list of Pantheon-level American icons must include men like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. In their day, those great men sometimes quarreled and ...

President's Day, the next federal holiday on the calendar, is rapidly approaching. The holiday, which is celebrated annually on the third Monday of February, commemorates the births of two great ...

Americans enjoy a handful of federal holidays every year, and most of them have relatively straightforward definitions. Veterans Day honors military service. The Fourth of July acknowledges the ...

White House Historical Association Chief Education Officer Matthew Costello talked about the Constitutional foundations of the American presidency.

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States of America,” Sarno said in his proclamation naming Saturday as “George Washington Day” in Springfield.

On March 17, 1776, the Continental Army under Gen. George Washington forced British troops to evacuate Boston.

On the first Monday in March, Pulaski Day festivities at Chicago's Polish ... politicians Sarah Holzmann In the optimistic missive, Washington extols the revolutionary spirit of the American ...