For President’s Day, learn the story behind the giant birds sent to Washington to celebrate Roosevelt’s reelection Jack Tamisiea Both ostriches still sport their original labels, which note their ...

Recently I had an opportunity to visit the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a goal of mine for decades. From its extensive dinosaur collection to the Akeley Hall of African Mammals ...

In 1960, the "Chairman of the Board" asked the first lady of the world if she had one word of encouragement for viewers of his "Frank Sinatra ABC Special." "That one word would be 'hope.'" said ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt had many Christmas traditions he took part in with his family and White House staff during his time in office. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, a place he ...

In an 1887 speech, Theodore Roosevelt said of the bomb-throwing anarchists of his day, "There is but one answer to be made to the dynamite bomb and that can best be made by the Winchester rifle." What ...

There are some trials that naturally lend themselves to dramatic recounting in books or movies. They're usually the same ones that get called "trials of the century." Cases, for example, involving ...

MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — The day his young wife and mother died, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his diary that “the light has gone out of my life,” and it was only through extended trips to the isolated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 28, 1924, Roosevelt Elementary opened for the first day of class. Named for Theodore Roosevelt, the school was built near ...