Reagan’s inauguration was the first to be held on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol, a vantage that planners selected both ...

President William Henry Harrison delivered his inaugural address on a bitterly cold day in March 1841. He refused to wear a coat and traveled to and from the inauguration on open horseback. His ...

Artist Joe Mallard stitched a quilt of events during President Barack Obama's first term. It will be included in the Obama ...

The Democratic Party’s left wing has warned for decades that America is moving toward an oligarchy in which a handful of ...

Eleanor Roosevelt posing in the Sally Milgrim gown that she wore to her husband Franklin’s second inaugural festivities in 1937.

The National Archives painted a dire picture for the future of America’s historical records, according to documents FOIA ...

Barack Obama shared a sweet birthday tribute to Michelle Obama after it was confirmed she will miss the inauguration of ...

Michelle Obama was very active during the 2024 presidential campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris. In her speech at the ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the ...

In a statement, the Obama family said former President Obama would attend the inauguration. “Former President Barack Obama is ... of the services held at the National Cathedral.

“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed ... Michelle Obama was the only spouse absent at last week’s funeral service at Washington National Cathedral, where her husband and Trump were ...