On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg address. Did you know that no one knows exactly where he gave the...

On this day in 1924, Calvin Coolidge is elected President of the United States. He’d won 35 states and 382 electoral votes in the...

On this day in 1764, John Adams, future second President of the United States, marries Abigail Smith. When you think of John and Abigail...

On this day in 1833, future President Benjamin Harrison is born. He is perhaps best known as one of the few to win the White House with...

On this day in 1924, Calvin Coolidge vacations at his family home in Vermont. He needed a break from his presidential campaign. He was...

On this day in 1923, Calvin Coolidge takes the presidential oath of office. It was about 2:30 in the morning, and the former Vice...

On this day in 1813, Abigail Adams sends a note to Thomas Jefferson. She had been upset and hadn’t communicated with him in years. Her...

On this day in 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt accepts the Democratic Party’s renomination for the presidency. He would go on to win the...

On this day in 1912, ex-President Theodore Roosevelt storms out of the Republican Party convention. Perhaps you know that Roosevelt...

On this day in 1806, future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. Jackson participated in many duels during his...

On this day in 1868, President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial comes to a close. Thirty-five Senators had voted to convict him, still...

On this day in 1758, future President James Monroe is born. Did you know that Monroe was a participant in George Washington’s famous...

On this day in 1789, George Washington leaves Mount Vernon. He is headed to New York, where he would be inaugurated as the first...

On this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln gives a speech that would propel him toward the presidency. He wasn’t yet the well-known figure that...

On this day in 1732, George Washington is born. “No American is more completely misunderstood than George Washington,” one of his...

On this day in 1818, President John Adams reflects back on the American Revolution. Was the real Revolution to be found in the battles...

On this day in 1825, John Quincy Adams is elected sixth President of the United States. He was selected by the House of Representatives....

On this day in 1879, Congress makes George Washington’s birthday a holiday. As far as the federal government is concerned, there is no...

On this day in 1835, a would-be assassin tries to shoot President Andrew Jackson. The assassination attempt stemmed from Jackson’s...

On this day in 1826, future First Lady Julia Dent Grant is born. Her love story with Ulysses S. Grant is not well known, but “they shared...