Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...
Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.
While some Republicans want to put Donald Trump onto Mt. Rushmore, historians often change their views of presidents over ...
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
Theodore Roosevelt modeled himself after Ulysses S. Grant. Franklin Roosevelt was a great admirer of his fifth cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden aimed to be latter-day Franklin ...
Benjamin Quarles, a celebrated historian at Morgan State University, faced an uphill battle to chronicle the Black experience ...
History is a bad place, often. To get an idea just how bad, let’s return to Reagan’s biography. Those of more tender ...
Sharpton challenged students to rethink the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion policies in righting historical ...
The Fox News headline quoting Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley was hilarious. Quite unintentionally.
Civil War provides apt metaphor for government spending We need the economic equivalent of Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant ... we may have our President Lincoln and Gen. Grant for the war on spending ...
"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...
America’s first IRS commissioner helped raise the vast sums needed to wage the Civil War and was a strong advocate of racial equality.