James Madison suggested the idea of developing a congressional library at the new capital Washington City. Before that, the ...

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the ...

This week's letters address proposals in the Missouri legislature to allow concealed guns on buses and a call for MSU to end DEI programs.

Washington DC is great because there are so many free things to do! Find out the best free things to do in Washington DC.

The curious sight is actually a pop-up art installation called “Monument ... his own spot on Mount Rushmore — Thomas Jefferson lost to John Adams in 1796. The exhibit illustrates how several ...

In 1798, president John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition ... But critics, including his vice president and future successor, Thomas Jefferson, accused Adams of using his power to silence ...

This tactic is called a “ strategic lawsuit against public participation ,” or SLAPP for short, and it’s a tried-and-true way ...

This iconic hall houses paintings ... Madison Memorial Building and the John Adams Building are mainly used for scholarly research, but the Thomas Jefferson Building welcomes visitors Tuesday ...

Although these offices have been held by military veterans from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (Vice President to John Adams before becoming President) to George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush ...

This painting depicts a rowdy crowd ... John Adams and John Quincy Adams simply left early. Thomas Jefferson stayed in the White House with the Madisons for a month after his term ended.

This diary is the official, minute-by-minute record of the president’s activities, meetings, phone calls, and travel, meticulously maintained by a presidential diarist, who is an employee of the ...