The Formerly Enslaved Household of the Grant Family
Women are often overlooked in history for their role in the institution of slavery. First Lady Julia Dent Grant, wife...
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Women are often overlooked in history for their role in the institution of slavery. First Lady Julia Dent Grant, wife...
Although President Thomas Jefferson owned hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children in his lifetime, he brought only a handful...
President Thomas Jefferson was widely recognized as a Francophile, embracing all things French including art, culture, and custom. While serving...
When First Lady Michelle Obama delivered this powerful statement during a speech before the Democratic National Convention on July 25, 2016, she...
These powerful words open the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, the document by which the Second Continental Congress announced...
First published in 1872, William Still’s The Underground Rail Road drew on the author’s personal experience working with the Penn...
In January 1829, less than two months before he became president, Andrew Jackson ordered an inventory of his slaves. The inventory...
For the first seventy-two years of its existence, the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., harbored one of America’s most...
In a single week in early 1801, James Madison experienced two major life events. On February 27, his father James Madison Sr....
Nestled in the heart of Washington, D.C., Lafayette Park attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. From school...
On May 14, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford announced that construction of a new outdoor swimming pool on the White House South...
For nearly four decades until 1836, John Gadsby was the premier hotelier of Alexandria, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. He leased...