For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, ...

The idea for a concert hall at the Library of Congress did not stem from congress. It came from philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge — and one bespoke piece of bipartisan legislation. "She was ...

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) The idea for a ...

W hen America’s Founders wrote the declaration that gave birth to the new nation, they began by saying that “a decent respect ...

Some of the world’s greatest treasures weren’t made of gold or jewels—they were written on paper, carved in stone, and ...

In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied ...

More than a decade before Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, she was a sexual assault investigator.

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding Father’s words to present him as an abolitionist without mentioning he had ...