When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Donald Trump hangs his mugshot in the Oval Office, a bold move marking his unique place in presidential history. Explore the ...

Veterans Day honors military service. The Fourth of July acknowledges the country’s independence. But Presidents Day is ...

“[George] Washington had no place within his administration for nepotism and wanted all appointments to be based on merit,” wrote Cyrus A. Ansary in “Dealmaker-In-Chief.” Abraham Lincoln ...

Nearly 300 years since George Washington ... a nod to the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and other past presidents, the federal holiday officially celebrates only Washington’s birthday.

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else ... have been applied to countless situations since Abraham Lincoln first uttered them in 1861.

Our 46 Heads of State all had interactions with the Jewish community – positive and negative, historic and bizarre ...

January would pass by without much fanfare, and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and George Washington’s birthday—along with Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day—were the days Americans ...

More realistically, we face a time fraught with disaster if we are to forget George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR – our greatest presidents. Their witness and impact have lasted so long ...

(Library of Congress via AP) When most presidents cite illustrious predecessors, they usually turn to all-time greats such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Franklin D. Roosevelt or to more ...