Writing to a lawyer, the founding editor of The New York Times conveyed his vast respect for President Abraham Lincoln.

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a ...

Surveyor Edward Gillette saved a railroad thousands of dollars by rerouting tracks near Donkey Creek in northeast Wyoming, ...

This narrative explores the Battle of Gettysburg as one of history’s defining turning points, tracing the conflict from the strategic movements that preceded it to the brutal, chaotic fighting across ...

On October, 23, 2025, Encounter Books honored Charles R. Kesler with the Encounter Prize for Advancing American Ideals during ...

Time seems to be going faster than ever, but it’s still important to remember and learn from the past, writes Lynne Agress.

A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we ...

In 2015, a group of Florida scholars, including this writer, began assembling mini-biographies of Florida’s governors. The ...

It was not even the first national Thanksgiving – which was held on Dec. 18, 1777, at then-General Washington’s behest. Nor was Thanksgiving yet a federal holiday to be observed every last Thursday of ...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) prepares to conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) on Nov. 8, 2024. US Navy Photo Less ...

Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the father of the late Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla, has died at 84 years old, his family ...

Abraham Quintanilla Jr., an instrumental force in shaping the career of the late Tejano legend Selena Quintanilla, has died ...