One of America’s Founding Fathers helped launch one of the largest and most respected Black denominations in America.

There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...

A campaign to liberate slaves would be a natural extension of the previous decade’s anti-apartheid movement, when major human-rights organizations and black leaders passionately took on the issue of r ...

an enslaved man who worked as George Washington’s personal chef at Mount Vernon, and later prepared lavish meals for ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Inside it, National Park Ranger Ryan Ventura says is the actual stone where George Washington stood to take the oath of office to become president of the United States back on April 30 ...

The Potomac River in Washington is frozen. On Friday afternoon, divers on a D.C. police boat maneuvered through slabs of ice atop the water and recovered the second of two dead bodies—a pickup ...

MIDDLETOWN -- George A. Tice, the unofficial “photographer laureate” of New Jersey whose black-and-white photographs often captured the visceral, almost haunting urban landscapes of his home ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...

But there was one other former president there at the Washington National Cathedral, George W. Bush, who seemed to be enjoying himself and having as much fun as his two direct successors.

For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat, which distanced his office from the military and from European royalty, will be on display at Mount Vernon. By Alexander Nazaryan Fashion ...