Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the ...

Absent the errors committed before and after 1929, the year that Andrew Ross Sorkin writes about would have little relevance.

Since the 12th Amendment separated out the votes for president and vice president only two sitting vice presidents have been elected president: Martin Van Buren (1836) and George H.W. Bush (1988).

The last Lincoln penny was recently struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Its removal from circulation marks just one of ...

Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of ...

Vice President JD Vance dished about the story behind viral photos of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House ...

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham to win a bet. Write a book fewer words than The Cat In The Hat of 236 different ...

Today is the 163rd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches of all time.  What is remarkable is that ...

For 90 years, a U.S. Supreme Court decision centered on the disputed firing of a Hoosier-born Federal Trade Commission member ...

Wings Park offers another recreational option, with its swimming pool providing welcome relief during Iowa’s humid summer days. The sound of children’s laughter mingles with the splash of water, ...