Presidents Day, a federal holiday honoring U.S. presidents, is Feb. 17. What to know about the day, and presidents Washington and Lincoln.

An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

The Crypt That Isn’t a Tomb S. Capitol lies an intriguing feature known as the Crypt. This curious name often misleads ...

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County will host a special presentation titled More than a Hoarder: Osborn ...

George Washington had an English-style lawn at his home in Mount Vernon ... the development of suburban housing after the Civil War,” said Virginia Scott Jenkins, author of The Lawn: A History ...

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

Income taxes were first introduced to pay for debts incurred from the Civil War. New taxes ... The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. "Whiskey Rebellion." ...

President Trump visited three inaugural balls around Washington, D.C., on Monday night, after a jam-packed first half-day in office as the 47th president.

Shortly after the band played "Americans, We," Trump was introduced by an emcee at the Walter Washington Convention Center in Mount Vernon ... Ward Howe’s 1861 Civil War anthem "Battle Hymn ...

A group of Franklin County residents is fighting against what some call an invasion of industrial solar sites. They believe ...

Over more than six decades, Dr. Marr studied every other major moment in Iraqi affairs, including Saddam Hussein’s rise to power in the 1970s, the devastating Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s and the ...

A New York man who fired a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue on the first night of Hanukkah pleaded guilty to federal civil ...