Little Feat, who have been regularly touring in some form since their formation in 1969, have announced “The Last Farewell Tour.” The band has announced a series of dates starting in April 2026 with ...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.,) is displaying George Washington’s gavel on his platform at the State of the Union address tonight. Washington first used the gavel in 1793 to lay the cornerstone of the ...
Chloe Chapin is a costume designer, fashion historian and the author of “Suitable: The Sartorial Revolution and the Fashioning of Modern Men.” ...
The story is that George Washington had wooden teeth, and while he did have dental troubles and dentures, they weren’t made out of wood.
Mayor John Horhn introduced Dr. RaShall Brackney as the nominee for Police Chief of the Jackson Police Department ahead of her Feb. 24 confirmation.
BOSTON (AP) — More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was ...
America was a house divided over slavery 165 Februarys ago on George Washington’s birthday. On that day, Feb. 22, 1861, in Louisville, two of the city’s most famous newspaper editors climbed on the ...
Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents’ Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as our first chief ...
A 22-year-old George Washington's 1754 military mission in Pennsylvania sparked the French and Indian War. Washington's inexperience led to a controversial skirmish known as the Jumonville affair, ...
Monday is a federal holiday celebrating George Washington’s birthday. The holiday is confusing, to be sure. He was born on Feb. 11, 1731, when the Julian calendar held sway. But in 1752, the Brits, ...
In 1784, George Washington left his Virginia home to visit his land near Pittsburgh. The early September days were extremely hot, and his horses struggled to haul wagons filled with provisions ...