Americans, on July 4th, celebrate the nation’s birthday, when the Continental Congress officially declared that the United States was no longer a British colony, but an independent country. It gained ...

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

Edward Gibbon the English historian (1737 to 1794) wrote six volumes of The History of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. His conclusions have been disputed ever since. But he ushered in a new era ...

The Broadway musical “Hamilton” and the historian whose book inspired it will collect the National Constitution Center’s ...

President Donald Trump’s military parade isn’t the first held in the nation’s history, but it is unprecedented since it's happening outside a time of war.

Since President Ulysses S. Grant held the first official White House State Dinner 150 years ago, presidential hospitality has reflected the evolving tastes, traditions and diplomacy of the United ...

BalletMet will be presenting "Black Voices" June 6-14 in the Davidson Theatre. This program displays ballet by three generations of exceptional Black choreographers: "Red Angels" by Ulysses Dove ...

Step into history and explore where President Ulysses S. Grant lived before his time in the White House. This historic site offers a glimpse into the life of the 18th president.

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, a massive collection of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia by ...

In addition to his role at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Semmes is an adjunct history faculty member and also a faculty member for MSU Libraries, where he manages research fellowships, ...

Curt Fields will present a program on May 16 about Grant’s two terms as president. Grant was Rutherford B. Hayes’ presidential predecessor.