If Horace Greeley is remembered at all today, it’s most often for the line, “Go West, young man!”—advice the crusading New ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

Freshmen at Shurtleff College faced hazing with paddles by sophomores, a common rite of passage in the 1930s and 40s.

U.S. presidential assassins are examined here through modern forensic definitions. The public at large should familiarize ...

Two would-be assassins couldn't end Donald Trump's campaign. But could they have finished Kamala Harris' chances?

The most recent sitting president to not receive the party nod was President Chester Arthur, who served from 1881 to 1885 and ended up in the White House entirely by accident. Arthur was not even ...

The podcast from Chenjerai Kumanyika reframes modern debates about the police by rewinding the clock to the moment in which ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...

British soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War, but the Americans would go on to win the second ...

His nonet—piano, bass, drums, guitar, congas, trumpet, three trombones and tuba—brings to extraordinary musical life ...

The National Portrait Gallery traces early images of American leaders, from John Quincy Adams to Abraham Lincoln Alice George Page 1 of 1 Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...