Many former presidents are known to be voracious readers. Among the more noteworthy are Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama.

For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines ...

Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. How much do you know about America’s ...

The first two episodes of Kevin Costner 's The West will premiere on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025, at 9 pm EST. Episode ...

As I have noted in prior columns, President Teddy Roosevelt is my third favorite, after George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ... the Jackson-Lincoln-Roosevelt (both Theodore and Franklin ...

Kevin Costner joined his latest collaborator, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, at a May ...

John Monsky is a collector of stories. They live within the stars and stripes of American flags — or, at the very least, what ...

Test your knowledge of the great and obscure Americans killed in battle and the great and not-so-great battlefields.

The 21st Great Americans Day, held Tuesday, gave fifth grade students from Joplin and Carthage a chance to hear stories of Americans who became great for what they did, the challenges they overcame ...

Many travelers think of Mount Rushmore as a selfie stop. After capturing your iconic photo, what else is there to do at the ...