When Jimmy Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, gays and lesbians were unable to obtain government security clearance, same-sex intimacy was illegal in at least two dozen states and gay marriage ...

India, Feb. 16 -- US Presidents' Day, which people call George Washington's Birthday, functions as a federal holiday in the United States to remember all former American presidents. The holiday, which ...

Every American knows about George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Hanson, Elias Boudinot and Thomas Mifflin? Some historians point to the latter three as the country’s ...

As a youngster, classmates learned about President Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 12 and President George Washington on Feb. 22. In 1971, Congress set Presidents Day as the third Monday in February as a ...

WASHINGTON — From the oldest person to become president to the first vice president with a beard. Here are some of the historic firsts that the Trump administration will bring with it to the White ...