The Library of Michigan chooses books published the previous year that are about Michigan or the Great Lakes or are written ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

Socialite Perle Mesta used her fortune to host inclusive dinner parties in Washington, D.C., becoming one of the most famous ...

HEBREW MEDIA reports indicate that after a long absence in Miami, Sara Netanyahu will return to Israel with Prime Minister ...

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington garnered national headlines for rebuking President Donald ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S. presidency and as the reigning scholar on Franklin Roosevelt and the ...

Yet Washington was aware that politics is perception — including the perception of his personal finances. As the national ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20 will mark the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony in United ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...