The Kennedy Center is run by a 36-member board of trustees appointed by the sitting president, as decreed in the legislation ...

President Dwight Eisenhower first envisioned the cultural center which sits on the east bank of the Potomac River as an ...

JFK assassination files are one step closer to possible public release per a President Trump executive order to declassify ...

New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch mingle hidden history with nail-biting detective work in their ...

Born in a three-bedroom East Texas house as the 10th in an 11-person family, Jackie Berry-McDowell was named in honor of ...

"The Cambridge Companion to US First Ladies" takes an in-depth look at the position of first lady. While many books exist to tell the story of individuals, the new work examines the job from ...

What a first lady eats can say a lot about the food values of a presidential administration. Some first ladies have ...

The fact that Josephine Baker was the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, Siren of the Tropics (1927), is only one aspect of her remarkable achievements. In addition to being a major ...

A rare letter signed by former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover discussing the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's ...

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis remains one of the most iconic figures in American history, revered for her grace, intelligence, ...