It’s quite possible that many Americans have seen the art work of Gilbert Stuart more than any other painter. But what do you…
On November 24, 1784, future President Zachary Taylor was born in Virginia. Taylor became an unexpected obstacle to slavery’s…
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On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in…
Today marks the birthday of the one of the most controversial U.S. presidents, Rutherford B. Hayes, who took office amid a…
President Abraham Lincoln altered the course of the Civil War and American society when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued…
On September 19, 1796, a Philadelphia newspaper published one of the greatest documents in American history: George Washington’s…
William Howard Taft is a truly unique American figure who led two branches of government, was a wrestling champion and the…
President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon on this day in 1974 generated a national controversy, but in recent years, some…
On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his Vice…
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