One of most important figures in our nation’s culinary history toiled away in the slave kitchens of an American founding ...

Every president gets to decorate the Oval Office to their liking — but sometimes, they keep the decor of their predecessor.

The first ever portrait of the first lady, Martha Washington, was painted with oil on canvas, according to The White House Historical Association, which has a gallery of all the first lady ...

The White House unveiled its official portrait of first lady Melania Trump on Monday. Mrs. Trump is pictured in a suit, standing in front of a window with the Washington Monument in the rearview ...

NEW YORK – William E. Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian widely admired for his authoritative writings on the U.S.

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Lincoln County Historical Association is a nonprofit organization that provides stewardship for the 1754 Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, the 1761 Pownalborough Court House in Dresden and the ...

Now a museum, this 18th-century plantation house (also known as Bush Hill House) was the base for George Washington and his sick half-brother Lawrence (who had tuberculosis) for two months in 1751.