The Bergen County Historical Society is planning a new museum at the site of one of Gen. George Washington’s most important ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

The founders didn’t foresee flight — but they knew a throne when they saw one. And to this George Washington scholar, Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to President Donald Trump reads like a ...

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In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled over ...

George Bancroft was born on Oct. 3, 1800, into an accomplished family. His father, Aaron, fought in the Revolutionary War and went on to write a book on George Washington.

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country’s first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.

NEW YORK (AP) — The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award.

The author of a new biography of Phillis Wheatley, one of the country's first major poets, has received a $50,000 history award. David Waldstreicher's “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's ...