When the sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor’s monument of Roosevelt was unveiled in Portland in 1922, the then-recently ...

His moral clarity, his extraordinary gifts with language, his decisive role in preserving the Union and what some consider his ultimate martyrdom combine to make of Lincoln a myth ...

Frederick Douglass was the first black man to discuss politics alone with the president. In Lincoln, the reformer found an ...

From historic homes to a building at Transylvania University, here are the places reported to be haunted in Lexington.

The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial ...

When it came time for John Seybold to place the ring on his bride’s finger, he was given a warning: he must not touch any ...

Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater (ABT), retired from the company with a ...

Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre’s 85-year history, performed her farewell show Oct. 22 at Lincoln Center, marking her retirement after 25 years with ...

Colonial Hotel before demolition by Stratford motel owner ...

On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations formally came into existence as the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 51 ...

After 25 historic years, Misty Copeland took her final bow during the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala on Wednesday night.

Some have suggested that the MAGA movement is creating a civil war between the red and blue states. But not Trump. The president is at war with the United States—the entire country—all of us. He seeks ...