On this day in history, groundbreaking started for the Lincoln Memorial in D.C. Crews started construction of the Lincoln ...

Feb. 12 is Lincoln's Birthday, a legal state holiday in Connecticut. The post office will remain open, but entities like the ...

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday ...

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The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of historic moments in American civil rights history, and a museum set to open in 2026 will highlight how the memorial became a platform for the First ...

“[George] Washington had no place within his administration for nepotism and wanted all appointments to be based on merit,” wrote Cyrus A. Ansary in “Dealmaker-In-Chief.” Abraham Lincoln ...

Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush and former President Barack Obama listen as President Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in as the 47th President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Washington to protest against Donald ... from three different parks and culminated near the Lincoln Memorial. “Mass protest is one of the most effective ...

Washington, D.C., is preparing for the inauguration ... It concludes with official inaugural balls, according to Destination DC. A number of restaurants throughout the greater D.C. area are ...

Thousands of people have marched from three separate points around Washington DC on Saturday ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration tomorrow. The rally, going by the People's March, was a rebrand of ...