Washington reviewing the troops As commander in chief, George Washington reviewed the western army at Fort Cumberland, ...

The breakup of Yugoslavia during the early 1990s led to the creation of five new national currencies in Slovenia Bosnia and ...

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The Medal of Honor is the only American military decoration worn around the neck rather than pinned to the uniform. Each of ...

Wooden bowling pin used in the White House during Harry S. Truman's administration, about 1951 Truman installed the first ...

Most important, Washington established the presidency as the central power of the executive branch. He carefully maintained ...

People who are left-handed encounter some of the same experiences as people with disabilities. The world is not designed for ...

Truckers' protest poster The increasing influence of the federal government over the economy has led many Americans to expect ...

That symbolic power has also spawned an entire industry devoted to the preservation of America's collective memory through ...

In 2013 the U.S. government released a redesigned 100 dollar note made from paper with enhanced security features, including ...

As the nation's official hosts, the president and his family are responsible for receiving a wide variety of dignitaries at ...

John and Abigail Adams moved into a partially completed White House in late 1800. Construction started eight years earlier, ...