George Washington

Just-discovered letters herald the significance of an unsung Revolutionary woman, Julia Rush.

Might a new approach to war memorials keep us out of future unnecessary wars?

Although its owner died in 1865, many visitors to the Morris-Jumel Mansion still come just to see her.

July 4th celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but we don’t even have the original!

“Baron Von Steuben” was responsible for whipping the U.S. military into shape when things were looking bleakest.

When a college is named for two slave owners, one of whom was a Confederate hero, history is complicated.

A review of "American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era."

A review of a "The Low Road," a “mordantly anti-Hamiltonian” play that made its debut at New York's Public Theater this spring.

History is coming to life, and scholars are debating the merits of this wave of re-creation and manipulation.

The problems of presidential gigantism can’t be solved by finding the right giant—the office is dying from its own growth.

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

The Founders feared democracy and didn't think too highly of "the people".

American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable.

That's the conclusion of a psychology study published in the journal Sciece.

On 400 years of tribalism, genocide, expulsion, and imprisonment.

Arlington House’s transformations mirror our own.

In 1752, the Brits and Americans lopped 11 days off the calendar in one fell swoop.

There's a long history of states challenging the federal government, and ignoring Native American claims to the land at issue.

Our mortuary conventions reveal a lot about our relation to the past.

Newly discovered footage of the time 20,000 American Nazis descended upon midtown Manhattan.