Wikimedia Commons/Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress When the British Burned Washington, D.C.

Wikimedia Commons/James Akin Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson wrote that Black people were inferior while secretly having six children with his enslaved half-sister-in-law Sally ...

NASA Created as Eisenhower Signs Space Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – On this day in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, officially creating NASA – the ...

Instead, oyster ice cream is a savory, spoonable dish. Think of it like an oyster soup, with aromatics, spices, and oysters ...

The last phase of shifting southbound lanes along I-495 from Georgetown Pike to between Old Dominion Drive and Lewinsville Road has been rescheduled for Wednesday night. Starting at 10 p.m., three ...

From Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump, ice cream has dripped deeply into the fabric of the White House and presidential history.

The National Ice Cream day in the United States took place on Sunday, July 20, in 2025. The annual celebration of everyone’s favorite dessert began in 1984, when the 40th President of the United ...

This former first lady loved ice cream so much that it was a common appearance at many of the elite events that she threw at ...

After a successful No Kings Day rally in McLean, organizers are planning a follow up event on July 17 at McLean Central Park.

“Presumably, Dolley Madison understood that and in the process, she formulated the role, customs and demeanor of a first lady,” she said.

Dolley accepts a marriage proposal by James Madison, who had been engaged once before but never married.