Librarian of Congress librarian Carla Hayden (right) with Lincoln's possessions. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Original sketches of the Washington Monument and Vietnam War Memorial.

The 1912 Boston Red Sox pose in front of their dugout at Fenway Park. Top row (left to right): Quirk (trainer), Speaker, Joe Wood's sister Zoe, Wood, Cady, Thomas, O'Brien, Bradley, Lewis. Middle ...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. He was uncertain about so many things. But Woodrow Wilson wasn’t at all uncertain ...

Just in time for the Oscars. A coveted long-lost silent film about President Abraham Lincoln was recently discovered on Long ...

I was walking across campus when I suddenly heard what can only be described as a commotion. There was a large group of ...

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