The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 ...

The Presidential Records Act of 1978 mandates the preservation of White House and vice presidential documents and ...

Deacon Maccubin, founder of Lambda Rising bookstore in Dupont Circle, holds DC’s first annual Pride event, the Gay Pride ...

George Cassiday sold liquor to politicians between 1920 and 1930 during Prohibition. In 1930, he wrote a series of Washington ...

After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S.

Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza stood as a place to mourn, celebrate, argue and ultimately renew the nation’s ...

The Romanian blouse — an embroidered top traditionally worn by villagers, particularly women — has acquired a new set of ...

“It was a hot summer day in August 1974,” Pang recalls. The image was shot by famed rock photog Bob Gruen. Originally, Lennon wanted Pang to shoot the photo, but at the time she just had a ...

The musicologist Lawrence Kramer dates the “invention” of listening to the 18 th century, alongside the concept of the inner self. In his 2007 book Why Classical Music Still Matters, he writes, “All ...

Gen. George A. Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, recognized the sacrifices made by Schuylkill County servicemen and women in Vietnam in a letter dated May 25, 1996. “As a company commander ...

Poland’s knife-edge presidential race has become the latest battleground for the global populist right, with Donald Trump’s allies warning that defeat in Warsaw could sap Trumpist momentum across ...

Grey's Anatomy has been welcoming a star-studded cast of doctors, only to brush them off a few seasons later. While many ...