At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national ...

Museums around the country are celebrating the nation’s heritage in ways that go beyond what might be considered traditional.

It is one of the most recognizable obelisks in the world, but did you know the Washington Monument we know today is not the ...

Mississippi’s warts-and-all approach to reflecting its history as part of the state’s official commemoration of the nation’s ...

In Europe, a staggering three quarters of Germans and French view China unfavorably.” Compounding today’s multipolar mistrust, Westad argues, is a widespread ignorance of the true “intensity and scale ...

Talk about good timing. Antisemitism, an American Tradition, a powerful new book by American University professor Pamela Nadell, has just been published. The book comes at a time when certain sectors ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a ...

Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton spoke with Jenna Bush Hager in a TODAY exclusive ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

(RNS) — This February marks the 50th anniversary of the national commemoration of Black History Month, proclaimed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebrations. But Black ...