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On December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent officially ended the War of 1812, but the delayed news couldn't stop nearly 1,000…
Life in the newly formed United States changed forever on December 20, 1803 when the American flag flew over New Orleans,…
On December 4, 1839, the Whig Party held its first national convention, an important milestone in its rise to political power.
On this day in 1869, former President Franklin Pierce passed away in New Hampshire. Pierce was regarded as an ethical hard worker,…
Understanding why the justices reigned in the president in 1952, and how they interpreted the Constitution in doing so, helps us…
If you are a presidential historian or a fan of facial hair, you probably know a little about Chester Alan Arthur. For the rest of…
On the occasion of President Lyndon Johnson’s birthday, the National Constitution Center looks at 10 interesting facts about one…
On June 17, 1972, police caught five men breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in…
On the evening of August 2, 1923, President Warren Harding died in a San Francisco hotel room. Beyond that, the details of the…
It is a fact of American history that three of the five Founding Father Presidents died on Independence Day. But was it just a…
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