When Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States throughout 2026, names like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams are bound to come up. While those ...

You know him for his roles in "Vampire's Kiss," "National Treasure," and "Con Air." Now he has a new name.

A new exhibit called “Hidden Treasures” shines a light on the 250 year cultural dialogue between France and the U.S. through ...

We regretfully announce the passing of Phyllis (Przybylski) Harris of Champlin, MN, on April 26, 2026. She was 85 years old. She was born Phyllis Emelia Przybylski on March 3, 1941, to Martha and ...

A prodigy and exception, William Pitt the Younger was Britain's youngest ever Prime Minister. On this day in 1759, he was ...

Immigrants have fought for America's founding promise because they understood it, not because they inherited it.

When Arian Reed, a founder of an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm built by and for women of color, became a queen in Africa ...

Benjamin Smith was a Revolutionary War figure and North Carolina governor with deep ties to Brunswick County. Smith hosted ...

Legacy is a word that gets used so loosely these days it’s nearly meaningless. People talk about their “personal legacy” in ...

The musician and executive also worked with Janet Jackson, Dr. Dre and Lionel Richie.

No memorial honors Theodore Sedgwick, a founding father from the Berkshires. Only his gravestone — the patriarchal center of his family’s peculiar circular cemetery plot, the “Pie,” in Stockbridge ...

Which U.S. presidents never went to college? From Lincoln to Truman, meet the least educated presidents and the remarkable ...