The free summertime classical series in Millennium Park will celebrate America’s 250th birthday with work from dozens of ...

From Hahams, Hazans, Ubercantors, Rabbis, Ministers, and Dayanim, to Knights, Generals, and Professors, my ancestors have held all of these titles across 1000+ years. Theirs are stories I’m beginning ...

Historical artifacts, including land surveys by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, a letter written by Abraham Lincoln ...

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade!” ...

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Linda Eder ...

For decades, Canada and the United States have been strategic allies and defence partners. But it wasn’t always that way. U.S. President “Donald Trump is not the first American to say that he wanted ...

He has been in exile for nearly 50 years. His father — Iran’s shah — was so widely hated that millions took the streets against him in 1979, forcing him from power. Nevertheless, Iran’s Crown Prince ...

Plot: With the Civil War raging, Abraham Lincoln mourns his dead 11-year-old son, Willie, in a Georgetown cemetery, returning ...

This unique series of stories and photos about our founding fathers will be published in our papers throughout 2026, in ...

Semyon Bychkov will soon take up the most prestigious post of his long, varied career. Collaborating with Ralph Fiennes on ...

I believe Ben Franklin got it wrong about “early to bed early to rise”. I think his confusion was due to spending too much time in France eating all that rich food and washing it down with bottles of ...

From the Smithsonian magazine archives, some of our favorite reader questions about our nation's founding upon its 250th birthday. Q: Did Benjamin Franklin really fly a kite in a thunderstorm? Thanks ...