On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare of Mary Lincoln, widow ...

On the day Garfield died, Guiteau wrote to then-President Chester A. Arthur: “My inspiration is a godsend to you and I presume that you appreciate it. . . . Never think of Garfield’s removal ...

Transportation across North America with reached a new level in 1862.It was the year when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law.Tha ...

Vermont state historic sites are opening up for the season with a big focus on America’s 250th anniversary. The Bennington ...

In addition to his legal career, he served as secretary of war under President James Garfield and continued in that post under President Chester A. Arthur after Garfield’s assassination.

This Act was signed by Vermont-born President Chester A. Arthur. It was the first United States law to place broad restrictions on immigration. Eventually it was expanded and Chinese residents were ...

Strangers in the Land” by Michael Luo shows how a people who were met with racist cruelty pressed the United States to make good on its founding principles.

Investigators in Whitemarsh Township are just beginning to determine what caused a medical helicopter to make an emergency ...

Lastly, the site of Vermont’s first U.S. President, the President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site, opens Saturday, May 24. “The Vermont State Historic Sites present history where it happened and ...

Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site, the site of Vermont’s first U.S. president, will open on May 24. “The Vermont State Historic Sites present history where it happened and provide exciting ...