Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

Jon Batiste turned his Super Bowl opportunity into a symphony of artistry, the debut of new music and a tribute to his ...

Gone are the days of steamboats and horse carts in Carver, but that doesn’t mean that a trip downtown now can’t elicit the same feel as it did when early settlers first came to the area. Carver’s ...

Since last summer, the Carver County Historical Society has been working to rehabilitate the county’s historical pride and joy: the Andrew Peterson Farm in Waconia. Rehabilitation of the farm has been ...

George Washington Carver pioneered the field of chemurgy, combining chemistry and agriculture developing hundreds of products from crops. Icon History - 360Wise ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused "Quad" grouping's top ...

George Michael’s life itself — coming out as gay in the 1990s and confronting head-on potentially embarrassing aspects of his personal life that became headline fodder for the tabloids ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

In 1789, when George Washington was sworn in for the first time, his speech was not available to the public until several days later. Thomas Jefferson became the first president to have his ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...

But on the first Inauguration Day, in 1789, George Washington did something else. He gave a speech. Every president since has followed his example and delivered an inaugural address as part of the ...

The Potomac River in Washington is frozen. On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup ...