This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

The only fighting in the Quasi-War occurred at sea, and mostly in the Caribbean. But with war at a fever pitch and French ...

This was such a major problem that in 1790, President George Washington said in his first State of the Union address that ...

Next year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas ...

Jefferson officials celebrated the parish's 200th birthday Tuesday with the unveiling of a new sculpture in Gretna, marking ...

Passing over 14 centuries of religious intolerance and persecution, as Vice President JD Vance did in a recent speech, in ...

America’s first armed conflict with a foreign nation following the American Revolution was not the War of 1812, but rather a ...

Today, in part because of the Trump tax cuts, wealth inequality in America is reaching dangerous proportions. By the end of ...

A wing of the capitol building housed the library. As president, Thomas Jefferson appointed the first Librarian of Congress. He chose his campaign manager as the first librarian. To date ...

Wales have been boosted by the return of winger Josh Adams, fullback Liam Williams and lock Dafydd Jenkins for their Six Nations opener against France in ... number 10 Ben Thomas, who is usually ...

After his training, Hemings was named head chef at the hotel and residence where Jefferson lived in France, cooking for “international guests, statesmen, authors, scientists, and European aristocrats, ...