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At first glance, it was the unlikeliest of friendships. I served as editor of the left-wing Vassar College student newspaper, ...

Fans waiting for season 2 of Paradise can get their Sterling K. Brown fix with his upcoming Hulu series, Washington Black.

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

Alan Dershowitz calls his new book his “magnum opus.” It’s the culmination of the legendary legal mind’s 60-year career — and he’s written nearly that many books. But though he’s had ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, acquired by the Raab Collection, was written during the Revolutionary War ...

1777 George Washington letter written in Morristown is for sale. Asking price: $150,000. David M. Zimmer, NorthJersey.com. Mon, February 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM UTC. 3 min read.

But how these books — and more than a hundred others kept elsewhere in the library — ended up in Boston is a story in its own right. Boston Athenaeum head of special collections John Buchtel said ...

A May 1777 letter from George Washington, written in Morristown and reflecting his confidence in a fragile revolution, goes up for sale on Presidents' Day.

For years, internet users have shared a quote attributed to George Washington, the first president of the United States, reading: "If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may ...

We don't need to find heroes in our past presidents. We need to try to understand that tyranny has always been part of American freedom.

GARNET VALLEY, Pa. (CBS) -- A letter written by George Washington in the winter of 1780 sold for thousands of dollars in a down-to-the-wire online auction. Briggs Auction in Pennsylvania said the ...