Charleston Mayor William Cogswell is asking for a roadside marker honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee be moved to a militia’s headquarters on Meeting Street.

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...

Even during his lifetime, Washington faced criticism for holding slaves. In 1775, British essayist Samuel Johnson criticized ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? Several states in the South still celebrate ...

The thread of partisan power and control is stitched through America’s public education system. In the name of the revisionist Lost Cause history — which holds that the South fought the Civil War over ...

Presidential pardons are interesting when looking over the executive branch’s powers. They aren’t necessarily intended as a blank state for offenses committed against a state. However, on the federal ...

Historically, the second year of a president's four-year term is the weakest for the stock market. Presidents tend to return their focus to the economy in their third years. There's no way to know ...

Since the earliest days of the presidency, hosting dignitaries and world leaders at elegant repasts has been a significant part of White House social traditions — these occasions are notable for the ...

History can be full of surprises and, as historian Elaine Clonts Russell will confirm, research can reveal inconvenient truths that challenge long-held beliefs. Russell, a Blount County resident, ...

A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a technical term, it galumphed. The creature was apparently lost, curious and well below New Zealand 's legal drinking age. It lodged itself under the dishwasher ...

Former President Barack Obama's much-maligned presidential center will officially open in June in Chicago after years of delays and protests, the former president revealed. "We’re going to open in ...