By the early 18th century, she was known by the less diminutive “Columbia,” and she became ubiquitous in political cartoons, posters and ... sent General George Washington an ode to Columbia: ...

But even though I have a hard time envisioning these historic events occurring in my hometown as it is today, sometimes when ...

One of their number, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a 33-year ... Launched on June 21, 1893, it was a glorious success. Over the next 19 weeks, more than 1.4 million people paid 50 cents ...

Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the first day of the 3,059-day war that birthed the modern world. Commemorating the April 19, 1775, skirmishes at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge begins a ...

Robert Colescott’s most famous painting might just be George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook (1975), which was acquired by the forthcoming Lucas Museum ...

The federal agency supported community service work and sent young adults to work on disaster response and conservation projects nationwide. Musk focused his campaign contributions in the first ...

The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery combine to comprise the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Opened in 1923, the Freer Gallery showcases American paintings from the ...

The Trump administration on Monday launched an investigation into the Washington office tasked with overseeing public schools, citing allegations that the state directed a school district to ...

The Speed Art Museum is presenting Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900 - 1939, an exhibition highlighting the myriad ways that American women contributed to the city’s vibrant modernist ...