Near the anniversary of his sudden and early death from a heat stroke on a hot, steamy Chicago street in July 1897, supporters of Venerable Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) g ...

St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore — founded 1791 — is helping its seminarians become the best priests they can be.

As we have just celebrated Independence Day it is a good time to remember how on September 5, 1774, the First Continental ...

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

The wait was over for more than 100 people as they finally got to call the U.S. "home." And what better place to do it than ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday urged Nigerians to pray for troops battling bandits and terrorists in the Northeast and Northwest. “Let us continue our prayers for our front-line officers ...

A statue of George Washington has stood on the grounds of the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh since 1857. It’s been four decades since it was last refurbished Kaitlin McKeown The News ...

Thus, in some ways, it is Mount Vernon that stands for the American national character. This essay is about Mount Vernon, George Washington, and the American national character.

A new book, “George Washington and the Two-Term Precedent,” authored by David Alistair Yalof, the vice provost for Academic Affairs at William & Mary, provides an answer on why a perpetual ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday creating a religious liberty panel during a White House Rose Garden ceremony to recognize the National Day of Prayer.

George Washington used the light of this brass candle stand while laboring over his farewell address in 1796. Richard Strauss / NMAH George Washington was a man of many talents. Writing speeches ...