But in her magisterial new history of the constitutional debates of the era, legal historian Alison LaCroix expands her (and our) horizons beyond the modest contributions of the Supreme Court of the ...

Rendered in a modern style, the portrait shows Donald Trump with blood streaming down his face, his fist raised in defiance, shouting to his stunned supporters, "Fight! Fight! Fight!" ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

The Greater Compromiser,” Henry Clay was born in Virginia but built a large political legacy in Kentucky. The Herald-Leader’s ...

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced Left Bank Bourbon in Jefferson County as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and ...

This year marks the Bicentennial, 2024-2025, of Lafayette and his farewell tour, “Guest of the Nation”, which took place August 15, 1824-September 7, 1825. To commemorate the occasion, the LaGrange ...

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USA Today has released the results for its 10 best public squares list, and one Louisiana public square came in second place.

A four-year effort to find Gen. Andrew Jackson’s trail and his historic “Fort Deposit” near Guntersville by a group affiliated with the Guntersville Historical Society culminated in the unveiling of ...

And Canada seemed an easy target. It had a population of only 500,000, while the U.S. was home to 7.5 million, and Britain ...

The White House, one of the most famous buildings in the United States, is also said to be one of its most haunted.

The nation's seventh president brought the seeds of a magnolia from his home near Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1800s.