People largely came for the battle between the opposing forces, but the entire experience was designed for educational ...

The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial ...

With Mitch McConnell nearby, state House Speaker David Osborne said statues at the Capitol tell Kentucky's story — and "maybe ...

From ghostly cavalry patrols to phantom footsteps in 19th-century forts, haunted military base stories have become a staple ...

Here are two weeks of real estate transactions in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties. Several of the purchases exceeded a million dollars.

Jim Irsay’s legacy shines in an epic auction that unveils timeless legends, from iconic guitars to historical letters and ...

Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution traces the complex legacy, at home and abroad, of the Declaration of Independence.

Join us as we look through these presidential photographs that strips away the formality, offering an intimate glimpse into ...

Former Lake County judge Raymond J. McKoski visited the David Davis Mansion Historical Site in Bloomington by chance in 2007.

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...