A small fire was set at the entrance to the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf on Feb. 17, causing slight soot damage to the doorway and concerning a caretaker of the historic site. Nothing ...

John Wilkes Booth broke his leg after after shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Despite this, it took authorities 12 days to capture him. He was helped, in part, by a doctor ...

Dr. Samuel Mudd House and Museum will present Victorian Christmas Dec. 7 and 8 at the house at 3725 Dr. Samuel Mudd Road in Waldorf. The house will be open for tours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. with Civil ...

A page from U.S. history that's come to life again may shed light on the jurisdiction of post-Sept. 11 military tribunals. Dr. Samuel Mudd was convicted by a military commission as an accessory for ...