Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa , a well-deserved honor for the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, ...

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural ... cloth,” in what amounts to a very early example of the “shop local” movement. Mr. Washington was persuaded to forego the finer ...

This Blast from the Past article was initially published in the first issue of Army Logistician (the former title of Army ...

For George Ostrom, the word “bored” didn’t exist. Between smoke jumping into the Bob Marshall Wilderness, greeting the ...

This time last year, Shawn Wilkerson lay wounded in a George Washington University Hospital bed, the unlikely survivor of a shooting early on Christmas ... to save his life. And one holiday ...

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

If, driving past, you spot the Italianate farmhouse called Melody Farm, 16680 W North Ave., in Brookfield, you just may do a double-take, as I did. Once spotted, of course, I had to see for myself.

George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor, sometimes known as the “Peanut Man”. In the early 1900s ... for the rest of his life. Carver spent a lot of ...

Thousands from around the U.S. are in D.C. for the National March for Life as some seek to end ... re using public transportation,” said George Washington University historian Dr. Matt Dallek.

Perle moved to Pittsburgh after marrying George ... Washington was her uncanny ability to recognize political talent before others did: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson were all ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

William Colfax, once a member of George Washington’s Life Guard. Together ... The building received state funding for capital repairs early this century, but it has been largely inactive ...