Why Washington Relinquished His Power, And Why He Returned
“For Washington,” writes Edward Larson in The Return of George Washington, “retirement made sense.”
“For Washington,” writes Edward Larson in The Return of George Washington, “retirement made sense.”
A few things you might not know about these stately handwriting masters.
Presidents throw themed parties just like the rest of us—only with better costumes.
Get up close and personal with the 25th president's final resting place: a 96-foot tall memorial in Canton, Ohio.
William Howard Taft left a much cooler trivia factoid than that bathtub story.
Heads of state: They really are just like us.
I know I’m not the only one mesmerized by this phenomenally random photo of the retired 37th President of the United States palling around with The Future Of Law Enforcement.
If not for a doctor uncle, Herbert Hoover might not have lived past age 2.
Years after he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson made a project of the Bible—cutting and pasting four different translations to create 'The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.'
For one of the least-liked presidents in history, Warren G. Harding has a heck of a gravesite in his hometown of Marion, Ohio.
The Adamses set the tone for generations of American political celebrity pairs to come.
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, people in the U.S. eat more than 7 billion hot dogs. In 1939, that included the Roosevelts and their guests, the King and Queen of England.
Nevada's Basin and Range, California's Berryessa Snow Mountain and Waco Mammoth in Texas are the country's three newest monuments, containing a million new acres of federally-preserved land.
Who wouldn't want to be called "Whaleboat" or "Grandma"?
Though some of the founding father’s rules are in need of a fresh coat of paint for modern life, these 12 are as appropriate as ever.
Vaughn Meader skyrocketed to stardom with his impersonation of John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s, even winning a Grammy. But it all came crashing down the day the President was assassinated.
Ten revealing true stories of how our nation’s greatest romantics in chief put a ring on it.
The failed lawyer, newspaperman, and evangelist—enraged that the president’s advisors had refused him an ambassadorship he believed he deserved—had been stalking Garfield for months, intent on killing him.
Though he was in office less than a year, Garfield's grave is one of the most elaborate presidential monuments ever built.
'The Residence' is a mesmerizing history of America from the service staff’s heretofore untold point of view.
As an Illinois state representative, Abraham Lincoln went on a bad blind date that ended up in a very strange and very unexpected place.
Sometimes, under the microscope of media attention, the childlike antics and teenage rebellions of the First Children made national news.
In the market for a collection of 18- to 20-foot-tall presidential busts? You've come to the right place.