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Six other presidents didn’t run for another term. Here’s what happened then
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 15 hours agoLyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Rutherford B Hayes, James Buchanan, and James K Polk....
Opinion: This July 4th, a different way to celebrate the history we share
CNN.com· 15 hours agoEditor’s Note: Lonnie G. Bunch III is the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Carla Hayden is...
Tipping Point contestant makes major Abraham Lincoln blunder in viral clip
The Independent via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAn ITV quiz show contestant is going viral online after making a major blunder about when Abraham ...
Paradise Stolen | Essence
Essence· 18 hours agoThis project is a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. Karen Dove Barr parked her cart next ...
34 actors who have played U.S. presidents
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo Canada News· 18 hours ago...Davis/Showtime/Courtesy Everett Collection Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump in 'The Comey Rule'; Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in 'Lincoln'; O-T...
A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’
AOL· 19 hours agoThe revelation comes in a previously unpublished letter that Jefferson, who was president from 1801 to 1809, wrote to a friend who acted as his financial agent in October 1802. The document, ...
'We the People' includes all Americans, and it took a lot of work to get there
Chicago Sun-Times· 20 hours agoThe United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of monarchy 248 years ago, on July 4, 1776. Political power does not come from some absolute authority of a king ...
Today it seems like Americans all hate one another. But our country was founded on friendship
Los Angeles Times· 21 hours agoIn this age of partisan rancor, when political rivals often describe each other as enemies, we...
Hot dogs, fireworks, parades: Americans love July 4th. How Independence Day evolved.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 22 hours agoOn July 4, 1848, President James Polk witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington...
How Presidents and First Ladies Have Celebrated Fourth of July at the White House Through the Years
WWD· 1 day agoAside from the crowds that will turn out Thursday night to watch the fireworks that will festoon...