In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

The Army will soon begin limited use of horse-drawn caissons for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery, phasing in the long ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...

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The Statehouse Museum Shop, on the ground floor of the Ohio Statehouse, offers copies of Lincoln’s Gettysburg and Second Inaugural Addresses, small statues of President Lincoln and Lincoln’s hat and a ...

More White House renovations are in the works. Trump told Fox News he plans to install stone tiles over the grass in the ...

Surrey, all told, is 37,621 hectares (92,963.5 acres). Newton has the city's highest concentration of manufacturing companies with a good range on heavy and light industry. It's also home to the ...

Ace any trivia night with these fun facts about America Fun facts about America that will surprise you Although the United ...

There's always what we say, and what we mean, and a gap between the two; what we mean to do, and what we really do, and a gap ...

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...

Christopher Meloni, the legendary "Law & Order: SVU" star, is saddened by the passing of a show icon. Ted Kotcheff, a Canadian-Bulgarian filmmaker who worked on the hit NBC show for more than 10 years ...