Some food items are so strange or rare, they're best left in the past. This unusual seafood snack was one of George ...

Charles Town’s streets were alive with cheering crowds, celebrations and cannon fire during the first week of May 1791. George Washington was in town. Having never visited the South, Washington toured ...

The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country's founding document, in 2026. Twenty years later, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

This video is no longer available. Hundreds gathered at the Virginia home of the first U.S. president for a special naturalization ceremony, with one of the most famous action stars welcoming the new ...

The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the country’s founding document, in 2026. Twenty years later, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of ...

A Montgomery County estate that briefly served as former President George Washington's headquarters during the Revolutionary War has been listed for sale for $3.3 million after undergoing extensive ...

Nov. 1 marks a pivotal milestone in American history: 225 years ago, the doors of the White House opened to welcome its first residents: President John Adams and first lady Abigail Adams. Back then, ...

On Thursday, November 26, 1789, the newly formed United States of America celebrated the nation’s first Thanksgiving. About two months earlier, on September 25, 1789, New Jersey Rep. Elias Boudinot ...

The first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving day was issued by our nation’s first president, George Washington, in October 1789. On the same day Congress passed the Bill of Rights, it passed a ...