British soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War, but the Americans would go on to win the second ...

If Horace Greeley is remembered at all today, it’s most often for the line, “Go West, young man!”—advice the crusading New ...

The most recent sitting president to not receive the party nod was President Chester Arthur, who served from 1881 to 1885 and ended up in the White House entirely by accident. Arthur was not even ...

Born: October 5, 1830, in Fairfield, Vermont... "Arthur is president now," declared James Garfield's assassin. A cog in the New York party machine, upon his presidency, Arthur revealed an ...

She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...

Chester Arthur (President #21, 1881--1885) Most people don't know ol' Chesty for anything other than his mammoth moustache. But he should be remembered as a guy who rose to the occasion.

U.S. presidential assassins are examined here through modern forensic definitions. The public at large should familiarize ...

Before Sunday's apparent second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump this year, there have been multiple ...

Freshmen at Shurtleff College faced hazing with paddles by sophomores, a common rite of passage in the 1930s and 40s.

Three U.S. presidents held office in 1881. Rutherford B. Hayes relinquished the office to James Garfield in March, and Chester Arthur became president when Garfield died in September.

1984: A suicide bomber attacks the US embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killing 20. 1987: French driver Alain Prost wins the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril – his record 28th Formula 1 victory ...

5, 2020 6:14 a.m. The words in these letters spoke volumes. Julia Sand wrote to then-vice president Chester A. Arthur, who would become the 21st president of the United States, offering advice on ...