More than 1400 take part in this year's Revolutionary Run followed by a step back in time at Washington Crossing Historic ...

On the bicentenary of Dance’s death, the Soane museum has mounted an online exhibition of Dance-associated objects and drawings, giving us insight into this unjustly unknown figure. —BR Events: ...

A new book explores how painters, sculptors and writers, especially women and people of color, used their craft to advocate ...

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a two-volume book by Emmanuel.

Two of her five-times great grandfathers, John Westcott and Dr. John T. Hampton, made the famous crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, with Washington, then commander-in-chief ...

During a trip to Washington, Rios was introduced to an aide to now-Sen. Jim Banks, of Indiana, who asked if he’d like to fit some friends for suits. One fitting turned into several. At one point ...

Morven, 55 Stockton Street, will hold its annual Independence Day festivities on Friday, July 4, from 12 to 3 p.m. For this ...

The Washington Monthly is an independent voice, listened to by insiders and willing to take on sacred cows—liberal and conservative. And we need your support. The poem that inspired the song, America ...

Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...